This training is facilitated by Victoria Franklin

Overview:

For Heads, Senior school Leaders, Attendance Champions and Attendance Officers. Training is to understanding the barriers to improving school attendance.

The training is divided into 6 sections, national context, focus on expectations, examining the perceived barriers, the role of data, working with parents and putting together a toolkit.

Focus:

• Examine the principles and ethos of the new statutory guidance governing attendance and absence
• Understand the rationale behind the changes and what this means for your practice
• Increase your knowledge about what works documented in the latest research
• Breaking down the barriers both in and out of school
• Lunch is included

Session Outcomes:

• Secure knowledge and understanding of statutory responsibilities and changes
• Understanding the role of your setting in attendance improvement
• Understand that factors both in and out of school and consider strategies to address these
• Deeper knowledge of your data to inform effective practice
• Embracing the research telling us how to support parents and children best to improve attendance
• Colleagues feeling empowered and well-resourced to address and overcome barriers

This training is facilitated by Sally Perkins

Sally Perkins has a passion for School Improvement and she especially loves developing Leadership and Management in schools. Sally is an expert in governance, safeguarding, attachment and Looked after Children (LAC) & Previously Looked after Children (PLAC).

Focus:

• In the morning the course will cover the roles and responsibilities of the designated teacher and all other staff & key stakeholders relating to LAC & PLAC.
• The afternoon will be an introduction and understanding of attachment and some strategies to support in your settings.

(Lunch is included)

This training is facilitated by David Robinson - School Improvement Director (SEND and Inclusion) at TOVE

The Olevi Outstanding Teaching Assistant training day is an opportunity for experienced teaching assistants who are, or who have the potential to be, outstanding in their role.

The sessions will develop the potential for teaching assistants to build upon their existing high level of practice and have a wider impact on improving the quality of teaching and learning across the school. This will allow participants to explore their current practice within a collaborative learning environment with colleagues.

This training is suitable for both Primary and Secondary Teaching Assistants.

The training will cover the following areas:

• What is an effective TA?
• Using different methods and styles of support to challenge learners
• Creating opportunities for learning
• Maximising impact

Over 2 days, second date Thursday 6th March 2025 – 09:30-13:00 

This training is facilitated by Mark Anderson (strategic speaker, trainer and consultant in all things AI in Education & EdTech and author of The Little Book of Generative AI Prompts)

Beyond the hype an impactful, approach to using AI in education. For KS3 through to KS4/5, covering Middle to Senior Leaders and Support Staff.

Key Objectives:

1. To understand what AI is, what it is good at and what it is not good at.
2. To develop prompt craft.
3. To understand safeguarding and ethical implications of AI in education.
4. To understand the current research and evidence surrounding AI in education and its impact on productivity, teaching, and learning.
5. To understand the implications of AI on academic integrity and assessment practices.
6. To explore how AI can support and enhance creativity in teaching, learning, and student work.
7. To develop teachers' confidence and competence in using AI tools for teaching, learning, and administrative tasks.
8. To explore the role of AI in promoting equity and addressing accessibility in education.
9. To explore data privacy, security, and governance issues related to AI in education.
10. To understand the role of AI in shaping the future workforce and how to prepare students for future employability.
11. To understand how to use AI to create adaptive learning resources that cater to individual student needs.

The training will include practical hands on activities to put the theory into practice.

This training is facilitated by Ann Pugh (Director of the Grand Union Training Partnership & ECF Facilitator)

Overview:

A day focusing on key elements that leads to successful classroom practice.

Providing a toolkit of knowledge, approaches and techniques to support delivery in the classroom for Cover Supervisors & HTLAs.

Focus:

1. Communication skills - understanding communication pie.
2. Classroom routines and managing behaviour.
3. Understanding the principles of cognitive architecture; how pupils learn.
4. Effective questioning techniques in the classroom.
5. Engaging students in the classroom.

Lunch included

This training is facilitated by David Robinson - School Improvement Director (SEND and Inclusion) at TOVE

The Olevi Outstanding Teaching Assistant training day is an opportunity for experienced teaching assistants who are, or who have the potential to be, outstanding in their role.

The sessions will develop the potential for teaching assistants to build upon their existing high level of practice and have a wider impact on improving the quality of teaching and learning across the school. This will allow participants to explore their current practice within a collaborative learning environment with colleagues.

This training is suitable for both Primary and Secondary Teaching Assistants.

The training will cover the following areas:

• What is an effective TA?
• Using different methods and styles of support to challenge learners
• Creating opportunities for learning
• Maximising impact

Over 2 days, second date Thursday 6th March 2025 – 09:30-13:00