LEO Training & Professional Development Newsletter

LEO Training and Professional Development Opportunities 2022-2023

There are lots of professional development opportunities on offer for 2022-2023.

Take a look at our new LEO CPD Brochure here which contains the dates and times of upcoming training sessions.

We also have a brand new CPD website so please do take a look here.

Autumn term training programmes

Outstanding Leadership in Education Programme - starts on Thursday 10th November - Book now!

Google Level 2 - Thursday 24th November and Thursday 1st December - Book now!

Curriculum Network Learning Community Meetings

The Curriculum Network Learning Community (NLC) Meetings will now take place on the same date and time (please see image).

All links will also be available on the LEO Calendar.

Other Network Learning Community Meetings

Please see the table to view the dates of the following NLC meetings:

• Cloud Champions

• Financial Education

• Assessment

• EYFS

• Year 2

• Year 6

Inclusion and Safeguarding Network Learning Community Meetings

Please see the table to view the dates of the following NLC meetings:

• SENDCo

• Diversity

• Pupil Premium

• Senior Mental Health Leads

• ELSA

• DSL

• Online Safety

• Looked after children

• PVPP

• MH Champions and Trauma Informed Champions

National Essential Letters and Sounds Trainer

Congratulations to Eloise Willett, Foundation Leader at Manor Park, for being chosen to be a National Essential Letters and Sounds Trainer.

Essential Letters and Sounds is a Systematic Synthetic Phonics (SSP) programme, validated by the Department for Education.

By distilling Letters and Sounds to its purest form, – its essence – we ensure every phonics lesson is taught to the highest standard. Essential Letters and Sounds is an SSP where only the essential elements are included.

The name reflects the key principles of the programme; simplicity and consistency.

Well done again Eloise on this fantastic achievement!

Chartered College Fellowship Status

Congratulations to Amy Carlile, Director of Training and Professional Development, on being awarded Chartered College Fellowship Status. Amy is joining over 1,300 Fellows who are based all over the world.

'Nomination and the award of Fellowship recognises your commitment and achievement within the teaching profession and is an accolade held by some of the most committed teaching professionals who have shown a significant and sustained contribution to both the profession and their own professional development. It is a mark of your skills, achievements and expertise and a formal recognition and celebration of your ongoing contribution.'

Well done again Amy on this wonderful achievement!

Year 1 Early Career Teacher Conference

Early Career Teachers (ECT) from across LEO Academy Trust enjoyed taking part in the Harris Crystal Palace Teaching School Hub ECT Conference at the start of this term.

The day included an induction session covering all of the details of the two year induction programme. This was followed by a master class from Tom Bennett exploring all things behaviour.

In the afternoon, the cohort were split into cluster groups for training on Module 1 of the programme. This session focused on the following areas:

• Being inclusive

• Being Aspirational

• Working with parents, carers and colleagues

Thank you to all our ECTs for participating in the training and to Amy Carlile, Christopher Perrott, Dominique Briggs and Graham Macaulay for leading the sessions for both the Sutton and Croydon clusters.

Year 1 Mentor Training

Mentors from across LEO Academy Trust took part in their first online training session as part of the Early Career Framework Programme.

The session covered the following areas:

• Understanding the role of the mentor

• Understanding the principles of ONSIDE mentoring

• Relating the ONSIDE principles to your current practice

• Creating an open and trusting relationship with your mentee

• Potential tensions of mentoring / assessing

Mentors are now looking forward to their next training session so they can continue to develop their mentoring skills. Thank you to Amy Carlile and Dominique Briggs for leading this session.

Year 2 Mentor Training

Mentors from across LEO Academy Trust joined together with mentors from across Sutton for the first training session of the new school year. This session is the first of three sessions in the second year of the mentoring training programme.

The session covered the following areas:

• Educative mentoring and the role of the mentor in year 2 of the programme.

• Educative mentoring and learning conversations

• Supporting your ECT through Practitioner Inquiry

Mentors are now looking forward to supporting their ECTs with their practitioner inquiries this year. Thank you to Amy Carlile and Dominique Briggs for leading this session.

Google Level 1 Training

Staff from across LEO Academy Trust joined Ellen Cano and Julaan Govier for a brilliant Google Level 1 training session.

• Google Search

• Drive

• Docs

• Drawings

• Sheets

• Slides

• Forms

• Classroom

Thank you to all who attended the session. We wish you the best of look with your Google exams.

PE Training with Sutton Sports Partnership

ECTs from across LEO Academy Trust enjoyed a brilliant PE training session this half term with Catherine Sinclair-Smith from @SSPSutton.

Lots of practical ideas for our ECTs to take away and try in their own lessons.

Thank you to Cheam Fields Primary Academy for hosting the session!

Professional Development Afternoon for Principals

Principals from across LEO Academy Trust enjoyed exploring the new @EducEndowFoundn Guidance Report on Effective Professional Development and exploring the Walkthrus materials in a recent training session.

A great opportunity to explore how we can:

• build knowledge

• motivate staff

• develop techniques

• embed practice

Thank you to all who attended for their wonderful contributions and to Amy Carlile, Director of Training and Professional Development for facilitating the session.

High challenge, low threat

If we are serious about providing pupils with an ambitious curriculum, we need to consider how the ‘high challenge’ is balanced by ‘low threat’.

First, what do we mean by challenge?

Click here to read more.

Developing Skilled Readers (Knowledge + Strategy)

• The reading jigsaw

• The importance of building background knowledge

• Is developing background knowledge enough?

Click here to read more.

Four tips for teaching multiplication facts recall

Building auditory sound bites makes the link between the question and the answer so strong that in time pupils will answer the question without even thinking about it.

Click here to read more.

EEF blog: New ​‘Voices From The Classroom’ on using worked examples

Using worked examples in the classroom to support self-explanation and independent problem solving.

Click here to find out more.

Blog: Routines for relationships – three conversations

Hannah Heron explores the importance of routines for relationships. Hannah Heron is the Content Specialist for Learning Behaviours at the EEF and a Primary School Leader based in Manchester.

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.

Spotlight session: SEND

10th October

3.30pm-5pm

FREE!!

Join this 1.5 hour session on pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND).

Programme summary:

Pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) have the greatest need for excellent teaching. This session covers the evidence-based recommendations from the EEF’s SEND guidance report, providing a starting point for schools to review their current approach.

Click here to find out more.

Teaching Creative Digitial Skills

Join the Adobe Autumn Camp, FREE courses running from 26th September to 13th October, 2022.

Each learning path is designed and delivered by expert teachers and Adobe Education Leaders. Participants who complete this course will receive a certificate and a digital badge accrediting 10 hours of professional development. This is the perfect professional development for busy teachers looking to get more hands-on experience with Adobe Creative Cloud apps including Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, XD, InDesign, Premiere Pro, Audition and Animate.

The Adobe Autumn Camp courses are FREE and provide four tracks of learning.

Teaching and Learning Spotlight Magazine and Webinar

Join for the FREE first edition of the Teaching & Learning Spotlight magazine and webinar, presented by Jade Pearce and Bradley Busch.

Choose the time that suits you best for the webinar, as both options will have the same content: the first one starts at 4.30pm BST on 17 October, and the second at 6.30pm BST on 17 October.

The magazine will summarise 10 recent research studies into topics such as Retrieval Practice, motivation, and Cognitive Load Theory.

In the accompanying webinar, Jade and Bradley will discuss the studies featured in the October edition, exploring their potential applications in the classroom. You will leave this talk full of ideas on how you can use the latest studies in your classroom to help your students learn more effectively, with knowledge of the research to back it up.

Click here to find out more.

SPIKE Essential training

Tuesday 18th October 2022

9.30am-4pm

A fun, hands-on training workshop at the Education Centre, LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort! A LEGO® Education Certified Trainer will be introducing LEGO Education's SPIKE™Essential to new users from primary schools.

Click here to find out more.

If you are interested please speak with your Principal and then contact Cheryl Shirley directly.

The Teaching Life: A webinar with Kate Jones and Robin Macpherson

19th October

4pm-5pm

A free live webinar for teachers and school leaders delivered by Kate Jones and Robin Macpherson, co-authors of The Teaching Life: Professional Learning and Career Progression. The Zoom link to join will be emailed to all attendees.

- CPD strategies

- Being evidence-informed

- Leadership

- Alternative career progression

- Live Q & A plus more!

Click here to find out more.

Maths No Problem Conference 2022

24 November 2022

This year’s conference will assemble subject specialists and internationally renowned speakers in maths mastery. The event will tackle some of the key lessons learned during the pandemic and how can we apply them as we continue to advance all learners and build pupils’ confidence in mathematics.

Click here to find out more (inc costs).

Curriculum Thinking - Free Masterclasses

Over the last three years, the Curriculum Masterclasses have proven to be popular online events. Each speaker brings a fresh perspective and heaps of wisdom, setting out their ideas in depth. With huge thanks to the generosity of each speaker listed here, I’ve put together a sample from across the whole series. These are now free for you to access and share within your schools for CPD purposes. Dive in!

Jon Hutchinson: What might a coherent curriculum look like in practice?

Jeffrey Boakye: Tackling Ideology: Design principles that underpin curriculum planning

Rich Kennett: Bringing in assessment from the cold.

Chris Such: Reading Development and the Wider Curriculum

Bennie Kara: Types of curricular knowledge and diversity in the curriculum

Alex Pethick: The Curriculum as the Progression Model

Tom Sherrington: Can we teach to the top AND secure mastery?

Sonia Thompson Reading for pleasure and progress

Tom Sherrington: Designing a Brilliant Curriculum – an overview of key concepts.

Mary Myatt: Fewer things in greater depth

John Tomsett Beyond being intimated. Curriculum development made doable.

Christine Counsell: Thinking Big: Making a school curriculum bigger than the sum of its parts.

Martin Robinson: Curriculum as conversation.

Click here to access the recordings.

Greenshaw Research School Brochure 2022-2023

Greenshaw Research School are pleased to share their plans for 2022-23 with the launch of their new brochure!

They have Focus Days, online Spotlight Sessions and bespoke support on offer – the brochure can be viewed here.

In the Autumn and Spring terms they will be covering topics ranging from Pupil Premium to Effective Professional Development, and Literacy to Cognitive Science. Their sessions will help participants develop evidence-informed practice and decision-making.

Senior Mental Health Lead Training

This course, focusing on the staff development aspects of whole school wellbeing (learning outcome 4, based on the PHE '8 Principles'¹), will provide you with the tools, strategies and resources to support your own mental health, and to engage your colleagues and help them promote and support their own wellbeing and that of the pupils/students in your school.

Click here to find out more.

Maths Hubs Professional Development Support Opportunities 2022/23

There’s still plenty of time to get involved in the wide-ranging programme of school and professional development opportunities on offer across the Maths Hubs Network for 2022/23. There’s something for teachers and schools in all phases – find out more in their downloadable catalogue.

SWLSEP Leadership Programme 2022 – 2023

This programme has been specifically designed to complement the suite of NPQ courses currently available and we believe has many advantages for senior leaders wishing to refresh their skill set and wishing to have a broader understanding of leadership in school.

Click here to find out more and book your place.

Parental Engagement Strategies

Date: 11/11

Time: 9.15-11.30am

Cost: Free

An increased understanding of parental involvement and engagement is vital for children and young people’s attainment and learning. This course aims to inform, identify and explore the parent partnership culture, within your school. You will gain knowledge around the different aspects and features for effective communication and intervention for positive home school links.

Click here to find out more.

Free short online course: Learning for a Sustainable Future

Join a personal and professional global learning journey towards a sustainable future. What on Earth could be more important?

Click here to find out more.

Becoming a Google Certified Coach

A Google Certified Coach is someone who is :

→ Eager to support educators

→ Wanting to drive impactful technology into classrooms

→ Looking to learn research-proven strategies & skills

Does this sound like you?

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.

Adobe Professional Development Courses

Find out all about the free professional learning opportunities on offer from Adobe.

Creativity for all

Adobe Creative Cloud Express in the Classroom

Engaging Video Projects in the Classroom

and many more...

Click here to find out more.

Inclusive Ed Bootcamp: How to meet the needs of a diverse range of students

How can we better meet the needs of a diverse range of students? Sign up for our Inclusive Ed Bootcamp for help and advice. A free webinar series featuring Kate Griggs, the CEO of @MadeByDyslexia.

Throughout the series you will learn about:

• The best ways to support different learning needs including dyslexia.

• How to use technology to make learning more accessible across all subjects.

• Spotting and solving different visible and non visible barriers to learning.

• Supporting students with different learning needs online and remotely.

Click here to find out more.

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.

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.

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.

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