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Peps McCrea - Building Classrooms Where Every Student Belongs and Succeeds

"Transform your classroom into a place where every student feels they belong, stays motivated, and is inspired to succeed."

 

This interactive training session, delivered by Peps McCrea, explores how to balance firm classroom norms and routines with highly engaging, motivational learning environments that cultivate a genuine love for learning.

 

Key takeaways:

  • Gain confidence in refining teaching approaches to support and include every pupil, without sacrificing established, effective routines.
  • Critically reflect on current classroom practices and create an actionable plan to boost motivation, belonging, and engagement.

 

Event Date Wed, 07 Oct 2026 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Cut off date Tue, 29 Sep 2026 11:00 pm
Individual Participant Price Secondary & Primary SLA members free. Non SLA members £50 per person
Location Online via Zoom

We are no longer accepting registration for this event

Facilitated by Nathan Richardson

Suitable for Colleagues who want to refresh their classroom practice.

CCP provides teachers with in-depth coaching tailored to a self-assessment of their teaching.

The programme supports a wider range of teaching activities, including: planning lessons, starter activities, and plenary sessions, questioning techniques, engaging in learning, challenging learning, assessment and adaptive teaching strategies.

The CCP builds confidence of staff to become used to class observations and adopt a positive “can do” attitude.

Participants improve their teaching through facilitated practice and the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues.

TUESDAY 20 OCTOBER & TUESDAY 17 NOVEMBER 2026

 

Event Date Tue, 20 Oct 2026 8:45 am - 4:00 pm
Cut off date Wed, 07 Oct 2026 4:00 pm
Individual Participant Price £300.00 per delegate non-members; Secondary SLA members 2 free places, Primary SLA members 1 free place. Lunch provided.
Event Venue Information http://bit.ly/2RyDCwm
Location GUTP House Training Centre

Delivered by James Rawbone and Sara-Jane Godfrey

Are you ready to lead and inspire coaching practice in your school?

This course is designed for staff who are stepping into or are already taking a lead in coaching. Whether you are an experienced coach or responsible for developing and supporting a team of coaches, this programme will strengthen your impact and confidence.

Open to both teaching and non-teaching staff across Primary and Secondary settings, the course is ideal for colleagues who are motivated to develop their coaching skills, embed high-quality coaching practice, and drive meaningful professional development within their school.

Prerequisite: Participants must have successfully completed the Introduction to Coaching training prior to attending the APOC programme.

Advanced coaches confidently utilise advanced techniques to increase their effectiveness and expertise. Through informal coaching conversations, formal coaching sessions and structured coaching programmes, they ensure clarity, inspire confidence, and create momentum for colleagues, pupils, and teams to achieve both professional and organisational goals. They can lead effective coaching across groups and teams.

The Aims:

  • Understand Advanced Coaching: Clarify what advanced coaching is — and is not — and explore its powerful impact on improving teaching and learning/training, leadership practice, and communication and culture across your organisation.
  • Develop advanced coaching expertise: Build your effectiveness as a coach by learning how to identify and work through a coachee’s limiting beliefs and deliver powerful feedback that moves thinking and practice forward.
  • Master coaching models: Confidently apply a range of formal and informal coaching models to support impactful, high-quality coaching conversations.
  • Lead impactful coaching at scale: Learn how to lead effective coaching across groups and teams, delivering clear value and confidently measuring impact.

There are two sessions to this training. The second session will be held on Friday 4th December 2026 9 am - 3.30pm.

 

 

Event Date Fri, 06 Nov 2026 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
Cut off date Fri, 23 Oct 2026
Individual Participant Price £300.00 per delegate non-members; Secondary SLA members 2 free places, Primary SLA members 1 free place. Lunch provided.
Event Venue Information http://bit.ly/2RyDCwm
Location GUTP House Training Centre

Facilitated by Nathan Richardson

Suitable for Colleagues who want to refresh their classroom practice.

CCP provides teachers with in-depth coaching tailored to a self-assessment of their teaching.

The programme supports a wider range of teaching activities, including: planning lessons, starter activities, and plenary sessions, questioning techniques, engaging in learning, challenging learning, assessment and adaptive teaching strategies.

The CCP builds confidence of staff to become used to class observations and adopt a positive “can do” attitude.

Participants improve their teaching through facilitated practice and the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues.

TUESDAY 20 OCTOBER & TUESDAY 17 NOVEMBER 2026

 

Event Date Tue, 17 Nov 2026 8:45 am - 4:00 pm
Individual Participant Price £300.00 per delegate non-members; Secondary SLA members 2 free places, Primary SLA members 1 free place. Lunch provided.
Event Venue Information http://bit.ly/2RyDCwm
Location GUTP House Training Centre

Delivered by James Rawbone and Sara-Jane Godfrey

Are you ready to lead and inspire coaching practice in your school?

This course is designed for staff who are stepping into or are already taking a lead in coaching. Whether you are an experienced coach or responsible for developing and supporting a team of coaches, this programme will strengthen your impact and confidence.

Open to both teaching and non-teaching staff across Primary and Secondary settings, the course is ideal for colleagues who are motivated to develop their coaching skills, embed high-quality coaching practice, and drive meaningful professional development within their school.

Prerequisite: Participants must have successfully completed the Introduction to Coaching training prior to attending the APOC programme.

Advanced coaches confidently utilise advanced techniques to increase their effectiveness and expertise. Through informal coaching conversations, formal coaching sessions and structured coaching programmes, they ensure clarity, inspire confidence, and create momentum for colleagues, pupils, and teams to achieve both professional and organisational goals. They can lead effective coaching across groups and teams.

The Aims:

  • Understand Advanced Coaching: Clarify what advanced coaching is — and is not — and explore its powerful impact on improving teaching and learning/training, leadership practice, and communication and culture across your organisation.
  • Develop advanced coaching expertise: Build your effectiveness as a coach by learning how to identify and work through a coachee’s limiting beliefs and deliver powerful feedback that moves thinking and practice forward.
  • Master coaching models: Confidently apply a range of formal and informal coaching models to support impactful, high-quality coaching conversations.
  • Lead impactful coaching at scale: Learn how to lead effective coaching across groups and teams, delivering clear value and confidently measuring impact.

There are two sessions to this training. The second session will be held on Friday 4th December 2026 9 am - 3.30pm.

 

 

Event Date Fri, 04 Dec 2026 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
Individual Participant Price £300.00 per delegate non-members; Secondary SLA members 2 free places, Primary SLA members 1 free place. Lunch provided.
Event Venue Information http://bit.ly/2RyDCwm
Location GUTP House Training Centre

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