LEO Academy Trust CPD Brochure for 2021-2022

Please take a look inside our LEO Academy Trust 2021-2022 CPD Brochure to find out more about the CPD opportunities we have on offer from September.

Google Level 2 Training (Virtual)

Have you booked your place for Google Level 2 Training in the Spring term?

Audience: All staff welcome

Dates: Thursday 17th March & Thursday 24th March

Time: 4.00-6.00pm

This is a fantastic opportunity to gain additional support in training for the Google Level 2 Exam. The training will consist of 2 sessions in total.

Staff should have completed the Level 1 exam before registering for the Level 2 course.

Click here to book your place.

Please take a look below to find out about all of the exciting Olevi programmes we will be offering in 2021-2022 at LEO Academy Trust.

The Senior Outstanding Leadership in Education Programme

Full attendance of this programme will enable you to:

* Articulate a compelling vision that creates momentum;

* Drive a well-considered yet agile strategic plan;

* Achieve the intended outcomes whilst leading a high performing growth culture.

Please click here to book your place.

LEO Network Learning Community Meetings

Take a look in the LEO CPD Brochure for dates of a range of Network Learning Community Meetings.

Enterprising Mindsets Podcasts

Sharon speaks with Faye Gibney, Deputy Head at Shawley Community Primary School and Zoe Redmill, Financial Champion at The Romsey School in Hampshire and finds out how, as Financial Champions in their schools, they support young people’s financial capability, while also achieving accreditation for their respective schools as a Centre of Excellence for financial education.

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0tunp2fU32GZc5rL8GzDZY

Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/enterprising-mindsets/id1530790971

How Teachers Can Improve Financial Education in Schools

Check out this interview featuring Faye Gibney, Deputy Head at Shawley Community Primary!

The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) launched a new initiative in November 2021 to promote ‘Financial Education Guidance for Primary Schools in England’. It will act as the co-ordinator of the 10-year UK Strategy for Financial Wellbeing, and IFA Magazine says it is “aimed at encouraging conversations about money in the classroom by setting out ten steps schools can take to boost the delivery of financial education.”

Click here to read more.

EEF blog: Modelling Independence – The ​‘Seven-step Model’ planning tool

The EEF’s Learning Behaviours Specialist Julie Kettlewell explains how to support pupils’ independent learning using the seven-step model.

Activating prior knowledge

Explicit strategy instruction

Modelling of learned strategy

Memorisation of strategy

Guided practice:

Independent practice:

Structured reflection

Click here to read more.

A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO COGNITIVE SCIENCE

Inner Drive

There’s been a real boom of interest in the education world about cognitive science, which is a very broad discipline within psychology. It covers many processes, including higher order functions and executive processes such as thinking, memory, attention, and word processing.

Cognitive science forms the basis for many other areas of interest in psychology such as metacognition. So what exactly is cognitive science and where did it come from? Let’s take a closer look at how it’s relevant to teachers and students today…

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Cold Call Forensics: purpose; spirit; details

Tom Sherrington

'I probably discuss cold calling more than any other teaching technique. I think this is because I feel it makes a very big difference when it has become the default questioning mode in a class and warrants detailed exploration. However, despite its power, teachers’ habits and inhibitions can often prevent them from deploying the technique effectively or consistently. Here I’m going to look at each of the five steps we use in Walkthrus to define cold calling, exploring the purpose, the spirit and the technical details of each one.'

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The Simple View of Writing: Music to our ears

David Windle of Charles Dickens Research School on the complexity of teaching writing.

'In the EEF’s recently updated Improving Literacy in KS2, ​“The Simple View of Writing” shows that writing poses a great challenge for the working memory.

A person’s working memory coordinates and handles the writing process at the moment of writing but, as we know, the working memory has a finite capacity and can easily become overwhelmed.'

Click here to find out more.

Have you subscribed to the LEO YouTube Page yet?

If you would like to engage in CPD opportunities at a time that is convenient to you then why not take a look at our LEO Academy Trust YouTube Page.

New training videos are added on a regular basis and there is already a bank of quality training materials for you to engage with today.

Make sure you subscribe today and click the bell to ensure you are kept up to date with all new additions!

Click here to find out more.

ECT+1 Programme

ECT+1s from across LEO Academy Trust enjoyed taking part in a PD workshop this week focusing on the importance of subject & curriculum knowledge.

✅Establishing secure knowledge

✅Linking new ideas to existing knowledge

✅Teaching unfamiliar vocabulary explicitly

✅Using retrieval practice

As part of the training day participants enjoyed visiting classrooms Cheam Fields Primary Academy to see teaching & learning in action.

Thank you to all all of the classes we visited this afternoon to see some great IPC lessons.

Early Career Teacher Training

ECTs from across LEO Academy Trust and schools in Sutton and Wallington Sutton Education Trust enjoyed a fantastic training session exploring what makes effective collaborative learning at the end of Spring 1.

• Practical ideas

• Evidenced informed strategies

• Opportunities to network & share ideas

Thank you Mrs A Carlile, Director of Training and Professional Development and Mr G Macaulay, Director of Innovation and Growth for a brilliant session.

Google Level 1 Training

Staff from across the Trust enjoyed part two of the Google Level 1 training programme before half term. The session explored Google tools and provided participants with top tips for the Google Level 1 exam.

Participants developed their confidence to use: Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms and Groups.

Thank you Mrs C Shirley, Director of Computing and Digital Skills and Miss L Tipping for a great practical session.

Google for Education Virtual Author Visit

Date: Tuesday 1st March

Time: 2pm-2.45pm

Join Ara as she dreams big!

Ara is on a new adventure, helping students around the world dream big and make their dreams come true through inclusive innovation.

Pupils and teachers, please join us for an interactive lesson and celebration of the book, Ara the Dream Innovator. Author and Googler Komal Singh will share insights alongside other Googlers and Google Certified Innovators in the UK and Canada.

Click here to find out more.

EdTech to support Business Managers and Admin/Support Teams

Date: 1st March

Time: 5pm-6pm

Cost: Free

A panel discussion into the edtech tools which are available within existing platforms to support school and college admin and finance teams.

Speaking on this webinar are Elaine Topham from Grimsby Institute, John Watson from Wildern Trust and Ben Moore from AET (Academies Enterprise Trust).

Click here to find out more.

EdTech to support those who teach maths in the classroom

Date: 15th March

Time: 5pm-6pm

Cost: Free

A panel of EdTech Demonstrators discuss and demonstrate the best tech to support those who teach maths in the classroom and learning at home. Speaking on this webinar are Luke Craig from Britannia Education Trust, Neil Atkin from AET (Academies Enterprise Trust) and Elaine Topham from Grimsby Institute.

Click here to find out more.

EdTech to support those who teach English in the classroom

Date: 22nd March

Time: 5pm-6pm

Cost: Free

A panel of EdTech Demonstrators discuss and demonstrate the best tech to support those who teach English in the classroom and learning at home. Speaking on this webinar are Michael Chiles from Kings Leadership, Giles Hill from Digital Learning Cornwall, Louise Eveson from Pheasey Park and Lynsey Holton and Sadiyah Ali from from Challney High School for Girls.

Click here to find out more.

EdTech Demonstrator Online Conference

Date: Thursday 10th and Wednesday 16th March

On Thursday 10th and Wednesday 16th March, EdTech Demonstator are hosting a free, national online conference. With over 70 sessions on offer, you can configure both days to meet your needs.

Whether you want to maximise the impact of technology on effective teaching techniques or explore in detail how to develop a comprehensive digital strategy, there is an enormous breadth of topics available. The live sessions are delivered by the EdTech demonstrator schools and colleges who were selected by the Department for Education for their significant expertise and experience in the effective use of edtech.

The huge diversity of content ranges from SEND, workload reduction, cyber security and 1-to-1 programmes, from which school leaders, teachers and technical staff can choose sessions aimed at their specialisms.

Click here to find out more.

On-demand training at your fingertips

View the Google on-demand series of webinars designed to help schools and educators in the UK and Ireland get the most out of Google Workspace for Education and Chromebooks.

Whether you are an educator, Senior Leadership or IT Administrator you can find a session to suit you.

Click here to find out more.

LFGL Training Hub

Online training events are free for all school staff to attend . Please click the button below to see the extensive training programme available.

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Free online professional development webinars for educators

Oxford University Press has a range of digital webinars to help you continue your professional development online. You can find links to recordings of previously-held webinars, as well as register your interest for upcoming sessions. The recorded webinars are available to watch on demand via Brainshark and you will receive a CPD certificate after watching each one.

Click here to find out more.

Financial Education - Free Online Teacher Training

Complete a free online course, in your own time and at your own speed…

The engaging eLearning courses are self-paced and take between 1.5-2.5 hours to complete. Along the way you will:

• Learn how financial education can be made real and relevant to the young people you work with

• See where financial education most effectively fits within your curriculum

• Discover key tools to assist in the development of financial education

• Find out how to access further support and resources to aid financial education delivery

• Develop a financial education Action Plan for your own

Click here to find out more.

Developing Reading for Pleasure

Join the Open Learn FREE Developing Reading for Pleasure badged online course.

Developing the skill to read and the will to read are interrelated, however, this course focuses on the latter; it is an exploration of Reading for Pleasure and its significance for children’s lives and development. You will consider current research, debates and challenges that impact on children’s reading and gain knowledge and strategies to help you promote reader engagement across schools, homes and communities.

Click here to find out more.

Creative Cloud Express

New to Adobe Creative Cloud Express?

Watch these quick videos to learn the basics.

Click here to find out more.

Creative Cloud Express projects for classrooms.

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Creative Cloud Express projects for classrooms.

Dip into the Adobe learning calendar, linking educational days to easy-to-use resources to liven up your teaching throughout the year. From Earth Day to Superhero Day, you’ll find ideas for students at all levels designed to make teaching and learning fun all year round.

Click here to find out more.

#MathsConfOnline Recordings

The following recordings are from the workshops that were delivered live at #MathsConfOnline on Friday 21st January 2022. They are displayed in the order they occurred, but by no means need to be consumed in that way, so feel free to jump straight to any video you wish.

Making an Example — Stuart Welsh

Mathematical Hooks — Julia Smith

Multiplying and Dividing Fractions — Matthew Ainscough

And more presentations.

Click here to find out more.

Become a Creative Ambassador

Adobe are looking for staff who might be interested in becoming an LGfL Adobe Creative Ambassador. Adobe would work directly with you to understand how you use Adobe tools as part of your teaching and to offer support and assistance with a view to producing ‘best practice’ case studies. There might even be some Adobe swag on offer! Reach out to Alister Black - alblack@adobe.com

Reading Zone Book Club

Join the ReadingZone Bookclub programme of free virtual author events each term. The bookclub is aimed at classrooms and libraries that are keen to develop a love of reading. Events for ages 5-11 years.

These events are open to schools and classrooms, and are free to join! Meeting an author can have a real impact on children's Reading for Pleasure - and taking part in a virtual bookclub event is a great way to end the week! To sign up for any of these free events, and for more details, email info@readingzone.com

Click here to find out more.

Adobe in a Box!

Adobe in a Box is a project-based series for learners of all ages. These free, self-paced modules feature creative experts from Adobe and partners who share real-world industry insights and creative advice. The interactive videos and activities in this series help you learn, find inspiration, and see how creativity is essential for all kinds of careers.

Click here to find out more.

Greenshaw Research School Courses

Take a look at the Greenshaw Research School brochure which contain all of their courses for 2021-22.

Click here to find out more.

Adobe Monthly Creativity Challenge

Adobe are excited to introduce their Monthly Creativity Challenges for educators and students.

Introducing the Challenge for January: My Creative Identity.

• Use the template to create your "Creative Identity" graphic

• Try out the Remove Background Quick Action with Creative Cloud Express, add in quick facts about you, and customize colors and icons

• Share out with the Adobe Creative Educator community and inspire others to join in

Click here to find out more.

Youth Sport Trust Conference 2022: Inspiring Changemakers

Wednesday 2 March Awards Dinner

Thursday 3 March Conference

Coventry Building Society Arena (formally Ricoh Arena), Coventry

Here is just a small taste of what the workshops will offer:

• The role of PE and sport in addressing growing inequalities

• Getting to the heart of a Well School – tackling the growing wellbeing crisis for all young people

• Transforming curriculums to respond to the impact and lessons from COVID

Click here to find out more

Online PE CPD for Teachers

England Football's Online PE CPD for Teachers course is designed to increase confidence in the delivery of engaging, inclusive, high-quality Physical Education lessons through the invasion game of football.

Click here to find out more.

Free Anti-Bullying CPD online training

The following online training courses are available:

• What is bullying?

• Bullying and the Law

• Bullying and SEN/disability

• 10 principles to reduce bullying

• Preventing bullying

• Responding to bullying

• Cyberbullying (Online bullying)

• Young Carers and Bullying

• Looked After Children and Bullying

• Mental Health and Bullying

• Sexual Bullying

• Bullying and Gypsy, Roma and Traveller young people

Click here to find out more.

LGFL Training Portal

Check out the LGFL training portal for online training events available to ALL school staff to attend for free* (with the exception of Designated Safeguarding Lead training).

Click here to find out more.

Google for Education Events

Join Google for a series of Google Workspace for Education training sessions, which will explore the new Google Workspace for Education capabilities across Education Fundamentals, Education Standard, Teaching and Learning Upgrade and Education Plus.

Click here to find out more

EEx Podcasts

Join our Early Excellence community and listen to our blogs via a handy podcast to hear tips on best practice, resourcing your environment and up to date news, reviews and interviews at a time to suit you. Our podcasts are available to listen here or on a variety of platforms, including the following

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