Two-day SCERTS training course

The SCERTS model is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary educational approach designed for people working with children with autism. It provides a framework for those who are implementing a comprehensive educational plan helping children progress through the stages of becoming a competent social communicator. Participants of this course will learn how to determine meaningful, purposeful and motivating goals and strategies based on a child’s developmental stage, functional needs and family priorities.

A two-day training course on SCERTS will take place this June, providing:

• An introduction to the SCERTS model
• An understanding of the neuroscience of social competence in children with autism and social emotional learning differences
• Ability to identify the developmental stages and essential social communication and emotional regulation objectives
• Ability to use the SCERTS Practice Principles to identify objectives and appropriate strategies

Dates: Tuesday 27 June and Wednesday 28 June 2017

Location: Dunchurch Conference Centre

Time: 9am – 4pm

Cost: £250 per person (this includes refreshments and a light lunch)

Cancellation within 10 days will incur full charge.

To book a place, click here to complete the booking form or email meltwells@warwickshire.gov.uk

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Primary and secondary CPD: practical classroom strategies to help learning stick

*** Offered through the Community Academies Trust Teaching School (CATTS) ***

Date: Wednesday 15th March 2017

Time: 3.15pm - 4.45pm

Venue: The Polesworth School, Dordon Road, Dordon, Tamworth, Staffordshire B78 1QT

Speaker: Caroline Bentley-Davies

Caroline Bentley-Davies still teaches pupils in revision sessions in schools from Newcastle to London. Her best- selling books ‘Outstanding Lessons Pocketbook: How to be an Amazing Teacher’ details the good practice she has observed in many schools and shares the teaching tips from many talented teachers.

In this session staff will review strategies to help pupils ensure that their learning is remembered, recalled and reviewed so that pupils can face the challenges of final assessments. 

Start time: 3:15pm  

How ‘Sticky’ is our teaching?

• Practical classroom strategies to help learning stick
• Sticky Learning for exam success

Finish: 4:45pm

Cost: £35 + VAT per delegate

Further details are available on the CATTS website

Please contact Michelle Borders, Teaching School Coordinator at The Polesworth School for more information or to book: M.Borders@thepolesworthschool.com

Improving Teacher Programme

*** Offered through the Community Academies Trust Teaching School (CATTS) ***

The Improving Teacher Programme is used by the National College for School Leadership that empowers teachers to consistently deliver high quality lessons.  Through practical and interactive development sessions, participants will build confidence as they generate ideas and strategies on how to improve their practice.

Who is this programme for?

This programme is for schools and teachers, who want to advance, develop and improve their teaching practice and deliver consistently good lessons. The Improving Teacher Programme provides a targeted support programme to enable teachers to deliver ‘good’ lessons more consistently. The key objectives for this programme include, developing teachers to understand the impact of the programmes’ concepts on ‘good’ teaching and learning, and be able to deliver these concepts through consistent practice.

Dates:

The course will take place from 1.30 – 4.30 pm over 6 sessions and will be operated out of two sites, Higham Lane School in Nuneaton and The Polesworth School near Tamworth.

Cost:

£450 + VAT per delegate.

For further information please visit the CATTS website or contact Michelle Borders, Teaching School Coordinator: M.Borders@thepolesworthschool.com

Creating Impact with Technology - Strategic Leaders Conference for Headteachers and School Leaders

• Ever dreamed of being a member of a band? Get ready to pick up an iPad, select your instrument of choice, and become the newest member of the iPad GarageBand, led by the creator of the iPad band concept, David Kirklan, who is looking forward to meeting his latest band members! 
• MINECRAFT Education Edition is an open world game that promotes creativity, collaboration, and problem solving in an immersive environment. There has been much talk about this, but now it is time for less talk and more action – ignite that passion for learning! 
• Understand why WeLearn365 is so much more than just email and see how it can support learning and administration in your school.
• To finish we are all going on an adventure – no passport required! Explore coral reefs and the surface of Mars, all in an hour. Here is your chance to get hands-on with Google Expeditions and experience a technology that allows teachers to take pupils on immersive, virtual journeys