Facilitator conference (remote) NB299 / FD01
Summary
Our facilitator conference is designed to support you in leading effective professional development through the provision of learning opportunities linked to topical developments in education. Supported by world-leading input from keynote speakers and our own facilitator pool, you will be provided with tools and strategies to support your professional development leadership. You will also be able to reflect on your own practice and share ideas around best practice with other facilitators.
What topics are covered?
Timetable
09:30 Welcome
10:00 Keynote : Professor Philippa Cordingley, CUREE : Effective Leadership of Continuing Professional Development and Learning (CPDL); what can and do facilitators and school leaders do to make a difference?
11:00 Break
11:15 Workshops (Choose one)
David Shakespeare : Better reactions, better relationships - better CPD
Tina Whittaker : Professional Culture: Establishing community and connectivity is not ad hoc
Clare Warren : STEM facilitators: Developing communities of practice?
12:15 Lunch
13:15 Keynote : Professor Emily Perry, Sheffield Hallam University :Understanding professional development leaders: insights from research
14:15 Break
14:30 Subject and Phase Workshops (Choose one)
Primary Science
Ruth Shallcross : Primary Science Capital Teaching Approach - working towards equitable classrooms.
Stacey Reid : Explorify: what’s new and what’s next?
Primary Computing
Sarah Zaman : Teaching computing with limited devices
Secondary Science
Alison Ackroyd : Databases, Datasets and Digital Skills Development
Mark Langley : Auditing and supporting effective health and safety in science
Secondary Computing
Luke Ravenscroft : Exam Reference Language and the importance of coding with a pen
General Computing
Paul Thornton : Facilitator guidance and bespoke CPD leadership
15:30 Close
Who is the course leader?
Outcomes
The conference will aim to provide facilitators with:
- an opportunity to discuss current best practice from research and evidence to enable you to implement into your own practice;
- share good practice and reflect on ways to translate ideas into CPD delivery to improve outcomes for participants;
- an opportunity to network with like-minded individuals from the facilitator community.
Sessions
| Date | Time | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bespoke | 02 March 2022 | 09:30-15:30 | Virtual |
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Fees & Subsidies
Included in your CPD subscription
Our remote CPD courses for teachers are delivered across a series of sessions run at specific times and dates. Information on all course sessions can be found under the description of each course. To complete a course, all sessions are mandatory.
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