Subject Leader's Development Day RC227 / B29
Summary
Explore the key issues affecting secondary science, through a series of presentations and workshops. Network, share and develop ideas and discuss best practice with other secondary science teachers and heads of department.Please see the listings on the right to find more detail about the focus in your locality.
A teacher release payment of £84.00 is available for this course. Please email slp@bishopchalloner.sch.uk for more details.
Who is it for?
Secondary subject leaders
What topics are covered?
Session – Curriculum workshop
Is your curriculum delivering the outcomes you want in science? Does it support your teachers to deliver high quality lessons?
This workshop is an opportunity to explore and compare the approaches taken by different departments and allow you to reflect on your current practice and develop next steps. We will look at how curriculum design, lesson delivery and quality assurance triangulate and allow opportunity for you to ask questions and share with other science leaders how to ensure impactful learning and improving outcomes from your science curriculum.
Outcomes:
By the end of the session you will have:
Reflected on how your curriculum is meeting all learners needs
Explored key features of effective science curriculum design that lead to great pupil outcomes
Identified next steps for your current curriculum
Session – supporting SEND and disadvantaged learners in your science lessons
More than ever the need for learning in science to be adapted to need is key to successful lessons. What does this mean for your teachers planning, resources available and changes to the approach to learning in science.
This workshop will explore current provision for SEND and disadvantaged learners in science and identify strategies and tools that can support effective learning for SEND and disadvantaged learners in science lessons.
Outcomes:
By the end of the session you will have:
Shared and reflected on successes and practice in science departments
Identified approaches from research that can support SEND and disadvantaged learners in science
Identified your teams next steps for development of their practice
Session – AI in science the advantages or drawbacks?
The word of the moment AI, from JCQs perspective to how it is reducing workload for teachers, this session will explore what this can mean for teachers, pupils and families in science learning. Bring your top finds/tips and we will explore together the possibilities and pitfalls. How can you be confident that AI enhances learning in your department? What needs to be your next steps?
Outcomes:
By the end of the session you will have:
Reflected on the current use of AI in your science department
Identified how your approach can impact on teaching strategies and pupils outcomes
Evaluated next steps to develop an impactful approach to AI in your team
Session - sharing best practice in groups
This session will be to have time to discuss questions tabled prior to the conference. Suggestions might be:
- Bridging gap between boys and girls in Science
- Improving exam results through exam analysis
- Implementing revision skills throughout the curriculum
- How are teams providing work to students with both short and long term absences. How are they checking that students have caught up when they return?
- Standardised approach to KS3 assessment
- Effective assessment and Feedback for Science teaching - examples of Feedback policies
- Health and safety questions?
- T Level - who is doing it?
- Design of Science curriculum within alternative provisions.
- Enrichment, what to do and where to go in the WM
Who is the course leader?
Outcomes
You will be able to:
- discuss current good practice in secondary science
- network with colleagues from across your area
- reflect on ways to translate ideas to your school context and plan for action
Sessions
| Date | Time | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Secondary science conference | 02 July 2024 | 09:00-15:30 | Houlton School |
Actions
Cost
| State-funded school or college | Activity fee£120.00 +VAT |
|---|---|
| Fee-paying school or college (independent) | Activity fee£200.00 +VAT |
Additional information
For courses at the National STEM Learning Centre in York, fees include meals and accommodation for the duration of the course.
Alternative dates
University of Bedfordshire, Bedford Campus, Bedford, Bedford MK41 9EA
University of Wolverhampton, Walsall Campus, Gorway Road, Walsall WS1 3BD
Orton Hall School, Orton Longueville, Peterborough PE2 7DN
Plumpton Racecourse Ltd, Plumpton Racecourse, Plumpton BN73AL
City of Stoke-On-Trent Sixth Form College, Leek Road, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 2RU
Keele University, Keele University, Staffordshire ST5 5BG
AstraZeneca Discovery Centre, 1 Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus CB2 0AA
AstraZeneca Discovery Centre, 1 Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus CB2 0AA
Bishop Challoner Catholic College, Institute Road, Birmingham B14 7EG
Bishop Challoner Catholic College, Institute Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7EG
St Clement Danes School, Chenies Road, Chorleywood WD3 6EW
National STEM Centre, University of York, York YO10 5DD
Bishop Challoner Catholic College, Institute Road, Birmingham B14 7EG
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX
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