What is learning? How does it work? On this online, self-paced course you try and answer these questions, exploring how you can use the science of learning to inform your teaching and support your students’ learning.Drawing upon educational neuroscience and psychology (and combating neuroscience myths), you will learn...

Location	Online
Duration	12 Hours
Fees	From £75.00 + VAT. Fees can vary, see page for more details

As a teacher who wants to promote the learning of your pupils, you'll want to make evidence-informed judgements and apply a range of approaches to respond and adapt teaching during and in between lessons.  Experts in assessment for learning, Emeritus Professor Dylan Wiliam, Dr Chris Harrison and Andrea Mapplebeck...

Location	Online
Duration	12 Hours
Fees	From £75.00 + VAT. Fees can vary, see page for more details

“Learners do not always learn what we teach. That is why the most important assessment does not happen at the end of learning, it happens during the learning, when there is still time to do something with what you find out.” - Dylan WiliamThis self-paced online course will help you ask better questions and design...

Location	Online
Duration	6 Hours
Fees	From £30.00 + VAT. Fees can vary, see page for more details

This online course will help you to be proactive about encouraging good behaviour in your classroom and in responding calmly to poor behaviour. This is a practical course. We will not delve deeply into theory of behaviour, but will focus on what you need to know to manage and improve the behaviour of your...

Location	Online
Duration	15 Hours
Fees	From £60.00 + VAT. Fees can vary, see page for more details

Online, self-paced course. Participants can join and start this course at any time after the advertised date.This course explores key considerations of running a STEM club in the long term. It focusses on identifying the factors needed to support club progress and developing a club improvement plan that aids student...

Location	Online
Duration	9 Hours
Fees	Free

Online, self-paced course. Participants can join and start this course at any time after the advertised date.This course will take you through the process of planning a school science, technology, engineering or maths club, from developing a proposal and setting objectives, to creating a marketing campaign, developing...

Location	Online
Duration	6 Hours
Fees	Free

In this course, Professor Chris Harrison explains that good teaching is not about individual tuition for 30 students in a class. It’s about making use of good diagnostic assessment and then making a decision about what you need to do over the next few lessons to ensure that all students are challenged in their...

Location	Online
Duration	8 Hours
Fees	From £75.00 + VAT. Fees can vary, see page for more details
Subsidy	From - £0.00

For KS1 – KS5 teachers from S T E M , computer science and careers subjectsCome and find out who STEM Ambassador volunteers are and how they can support your school and students.  This short virtual session is run by the North West STEM Ambassador Partner, STEMFirst and you will:Meet 3 STEM Ambassadors and...

Start date	23 May 2024
Location
Duration	45 Minutes
Fees	Free

Microscopes are an expensive yet essential part of the science department, being used from from KS3 to KS5.Why do you need to care and maintain your microscope? How do you keep microscopes in good condition? How do you protect a microscope? Can I save money on maintenance costs by carrying this out in-house? Learn the...

Start date	06 Jun 2024
Location
Duration	2 Hours
Fees	From £60.00 + VAT. Fees can vary, see page for more details

 This session is designed to develop confidence and science skills of cover supervisors and teaching assistants supporting or leading secondary science lessons.It focuses on the importance of health and safety and the nuances of teaching in a science classroom or laboratory.

Start date	11 Jun 2024
Location
Duration	2 Hours
Fees	From £60.00 + VAT. Fees can vary, see page for more details

Maintaining a science prep room can pose a number of challenges. Explore strategies to organise your prep room in an efficient way to maximise the operational side of delivering practical science lessons. You will look at ways to streamline practical requestions as well as how to document inventories and safety...

Start date	11 Jun 2024
Location	Remote Delivered CPD
Duration	5 Hours
Fees	From £100.00 + VAT. Fees can vary, see page for more details

discuss the current situation STEM needs in the countryreview the Gatsby Benchmarksgain ideas for building STEM career learning into your teachingexplore the role of clubs and competitions in providing STEM career learningauditing the current picture in your department/practice and plan next steps A DfE Bursary...

Start date	11 Jun 2024
Location	Remote delivered CPD
Duration	2 Hours
Fees	From £75.00 + VAT. Fees can vary, see page for more details

Identify what stretch and challenge means in terms of curriculum planning and lesson deliveryRelate stretch and challenge to the demands of GCSE examinationsExplore practical strategies to provide stretch and challenge in lessons to better prepare your pupils for examinations. 

Start date	12 Jun 2024
Location
Duration	90 Minutes
Fees	From £75.00 + VAT. Fees can vary, see page for more details

We all have pupils who lose marks when carrying out calculation questions; mixing decimal places with significant figures, failing to show working out, rearranging equations and converting units are all potential areas of concern. This session looks at how we can use Thinking Aloud, a metacognitive strategy, to...

Start date	19 Jun 2024
Location
Duration	90 Minutes
Fees	From £45.00 + VAT. Fees can vary, see page for more details

Are you new to teaching KS3 science? Are you an early career science teacher? Are you and experienced teacher with little science background but with science teaching in your timetable?If so, then this is designed to help you. Presented by a highly experienced science teacher you will find helpful non-judgemental...

Start date	19 Jun 2024
Location	Remote Delivered CPD
Fees	From £45.00 + VAT. Fees can vary, see page for more details