About the Programme
Programme Overview
Overview of programme and current education research to support rationale. Mentor and NQT to attend
Date: 17th September 2019
Time : 3.00- 5.00pm
Location: Colmore Teaching School, B14 6AJ
- Fundamental duties of an NQT and NQT +1 mentor
- Commitment to wider research and lesson study
Setting High Expectations
Day 1: 2nd October 2019
Time : 12.30 – 4.30pm (lunch included)
Location: Colmore Teaching School
- Well-being, motivation and impact upon pupil behaviour
- Teachers as role models
- Effective relationships with colleagues, parents and children
- Effective primary classrooms
- Teacher resilience
- Investment in following research (Research Portfolio)
Effective Behaviour Management
Day 2: 11th November 2019
Time: 12.30 – 4.30 pm (lunch included)
- Routines and rules = effective learning
- SEN and creating inclusive environment
- Self-regulation
- Effective relationships (Consistency, care…)
- Developing a culture of trust and productivity
The Journey to Good Progress
Day 3: 13th January 2020
Time: 12.30 – 4.30pm (lunch included)
- Long term memory and working memory (spaced practice, repeated learning)
- Development of Knowledge progression
- Learning styles variation/ Growth mindset
- Sequencing lessons to good effect (Intelligent planning)
- Developing independent learning
Subject Knowledge = Curriculum Knowledge
Day 4: 11th February 2020
Time: 12.30 – 4.30pm (lunch included)
- Using resources effectively
- Role of published material in the classroom (Schemes)
- Peer Lesson study for development of skills and knowledge
- Schemata
- Importance of language and vocabulary development
- KS related workshop
Effective Lesson Structures
Day 5: 9th March 2020
Time: 12.30 – 4.30pm (lunch included)
Effective Lesson Structures
- Meta-cognition and self-regulation
- Effective questioning developing deeper thinking
- Mastery models
- From Scaffolding to independence
- Abstract/ Concrete and pictorial experiences
- How pupils demonstrate learning
Adapting the Learning
Day 6: 21st April 2020
Time: 12.30 – 4.30pm (lunch included)
- Making formative assessment (Assessment of Learning- 3 boxes)
- SEN barriers to learning
- SEND Code of Practice
- Adaptive teaching- high expectations for all
- Flexible/ fluid groupings- engagement and motivation
- Myths around learning styles
- Managing interventions (stopping when not effective)
Making use of Assessment
Day 7: 2nd June 2020
Time: 12.30 – 4.30pm (lunch included)
- High quality feedback- regulation
- Using assessment data productively- if not don’t do it!
- Low stake testing of retained knowledge and skills
- Impact of marking over verbal feedback
Professional Behaviours
Day 8: 1st July 2020
Time: 12.30 – 4.30pm (lunch included)
- Deployment of adults
- Managing difficult conversations
- Managing workload/ life balance
- Commitment to ongoing learning (CPD) (Social Media threads)
- Social media training- LinkedIn etc
- Responding to critical feedback
- Career progression
- Positive engagement of stakeholders
