Professional Learning

Are you thinking about kick-starting an exciting new career in teaching?

If so, Train to Teach at Belgrave St Bartholomew’s Academy (Sussex Place, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 4TP) is the perfect opportunity for you to learn all you need to know about teacher training and how to apply.

When? Thursday 5^th December at Belgrave St Bartholomew’s Academy (Sussex Place, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 4TP) from 5:30pm until 7pm.

Who is this event for?

The event is designed for anyone who has a degree and is interested in teaching – particularly those who are considering starting their initial teacher training in September 2020. It offers a great opportunity to get all your questions about teaching and teacher training answered.

What to expect

If you attend Train to Teach you’ll be able to:

· discuss the different teacher training options available, to help you decide which would best suit you

· meet representatives from our own and other schools/universities that deliver teacher training in this area, and find out about their courses and entry requirements

· receive advice on submitting a successful UCAS application

· talk to practising teachers, including those who have changed career to teach, about what a career as a teacher is really like

· find out about bursaries, scholarships and funding available for teacher training

We look forward to meeting you.

Are you thinking about kick-starting an exciting new career in teaching?

If so, tplease join us at Thomas Alleyne’s High School, Uttoxeter, for  the perfect opportunity for you to learn all you need to know about teacher training and how to apply.

Who is this event for?

The event is designed for anyone who has a degree and is interested in teaching – particularly those who are considering starting their initial teacher training in September 2020. It offers a great opportunity to get all your questions about teaching and teacher training answered.

Where?

When? Thursday 12th December 2019 from 3.30pm – 5.30pm

Register your interest here:: https://knste-shaw.org.uk/open-evening-booking-form-thomas-alleynes-high-school/

We look forward to meeting you.

Are you ambitious to train to teach in 2020 or 2021? KNSTE is proud to announce our dates for the next Open Evenings.

When? 8th January 2020, 12th February 2020, 25th March 2020, 20th May 2020 & 10th June 2020

Where? Teacher Education Bungalow, Keele University

Time? 4.30pm – 6.30pm

Book your Place: Please book your place by following this link https://knste-shaw.org.uk/open-evening-booking-form/

Calling all Teacher Educators

Are you ambitious to gain formal recognition for your work as a Teacher Educator (TE)?

KNSTE is proud to announce the  Level 2 (Tier 2) “Advanced Coaching and Mentoring” for Teacher Educators programme. This tailor-made two-day programme has been designed in partnership with NASBTT (The National Association of School Based Teacher Trainers) to enhance the skills of teacher educators. This means that successful participants will be awarded a NASBTT certificate to formally recognise their achievements and contributions as an Advanced Coach and Mentor.

Who: The course is aimed at TEs with some prior experience of coaching and mentoring colleagues through their career development (these may include, but are not limited to ATs, NQTs, RQTs, etc.). It builds on our Tier 1 training.

Course Dates: The Level 2 qualification takes place over two days

Course dates are 13^th November 2019 & 16th January 2020

Cost: The cost for the course is £200 for partnership schools, which represents exceptional value for money and recognises the strength of our partnership working.

Course Content: The programme includes modules such as ‘Co-analysis’, ‘Re-Scripting Feedback’, ‘ Holding Difficult Conversations’ ‘Developing Listening Skills’ and much more!

The programme fee includes:

• Two days of tailored training
• A Sandwich Lunch;
• Refreshments throughout the day;
• Networking opportunities.

Course Outcome: This course will enhance your skills as a coach, mentor and educator, preparing you to work with a variety of colleagues.

Course Venue: All sessions will be held on Keele campus and you will be asked to arrive for 8.45am for a 9am start. We will finish by 3.30pm.

Book your Place: Please book your place by 6th November 2019 following this link https://knste-shaw.org.uk/tier-2-booking/

Who: This 2 day course is designed for all who want to practise P4C in an educational setting. Completion of the course and facilitating 6 P4C sessions in your classroom will qualify you for a P4C Initial Practitioner certificate.

Course Dates:

Course 1 at Keele on 21st and 22nd October BOOK KEELE COURSE 1
Course 2 at Streethay Primary School on 11th and 12th November BOOK STREETHAY COURSE 2
Course 3 at Keele on 20th and 21st January BOOK KEELE COURSE 3

Course 4 at Keele on 15th and 16th June 2020 BOOK KEELE COURSE 4

Cost: £210 including lunch and refreshments

Trainer: Diane Swift

This course will include:

·An introduction to the theory and practice of P4C

·Opportunities to experience philosophical enquiry first-hand

·Developing children’s capacity to ask meaningful questions

·A framework for developing children’s caring, collaborative, critical and creative thinking skills

·Connecting P4C with the curriculum

Delegates will:

·Gain certification at Level 1 from SAPERE (opening the way to progression to Levels 2 and 3)

·Develop the confidence to start practising P4C in the classroom

·Experience pedagogical approaches that can be applied to their wider practice

·Get a copy of SAPERE’s comprehensive Level 1 Handbook

·One year of membership to SAPERE with individual log-in Course

“The feedback from all sessions is very positive with many describing it as ‘life changing’. Staff are enjoying the rigour of academic discussion themselves as much as seeing P4C as a way of working with children –just fantastic!” Local Headteacher

UK P4C Websites

http://www.sapere.org.uk (UK P4C membership, conferences, resources, more links)

http://www.p4c.com (online support and resources)

http://www.thephilosophyman.com (free resources)

International P4C Websites

http://www.icpic.org

Are you thinking about kick-starting an exciting new career in teaching?

If so, the Train to Teach event at Staffordshire University is the perfect opportunity for you to learn all you need to know about teacher training and how to apply.

We will be at the, Science Centre, Staffordshire University, Leek Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 2DF Tuesday 4th February 2020 between 4.30 – 7.30pm.

Who is this event for?

The event is designed for anyone who has a degree and is interested in teaching – particularly those who are considering starting their initial teacher training in September 2020. It offers a great opportunity to get all your questions about teaching and teacher training answered.

What to expect

If you attend Train to Teach you’ll be able to:

· discuss the different teacher training options available, to help you decide which would best suit you

· meet representatives from our own and other schools/universities that deliver teacher training in this area, and find out about their courses and entry requirements

· receive advice on submitting a successful UCAS application

· talk to practising teachers, including those who have changed career to teach, about what a career as a teacher is really like

· find out about bursaries, scholarships and funding available for teacher training

How to register https://getintoteaching.education.gov.uk/teaching-events

We look forward to meeting you.

TE Forums

This is an innovation for us, building on a highly successful pilot last year.

We would like to invite up to 10 TEs to join us on one of the following dates to help us to develop the programme.

We will pay each school £75 per half-day session towards cover costs and presentation time. You can look to attend 1, 2 or all 3 sessions.

The Forum will help us to develop the course and give you the opportunity to present your thinking to our Strategic Board. We have selected three areas for development for us for 2019/20 following an initial analysis of our evaluation and outcome data.

The three areas are assessment, inclusion and enabling ATs to use a wider evidence base.

Course Dates and Venue: 

You can apply for one, two or all three dates. The Dates are:

TE Forum 1: A Focus on Assessment 1-4pm at Seabridge Primary School on 23rd October and then presenting to Strategic Board 8.45am – 9.30am on 20th November, again at Seabridge Primary School

TE Forum 2: A Focus on Inclusion 1-4pm at Seabridge Primary School on 12th February and then presenting to Strategic Board 8.45am – 9.30am on 26th March, again at Seabridge Primary School

TE Forum 1: A Focus on widening our evidence base 1-4pm at Seabridge Primary School on 29th April and then presenting to Strategic Board 8.45am – 9.30am on 6th May, again at Seabridge Primary School

UK P4C Websites

http://www.sapere.org.uk (UK P4C membership, conferences, resources, more links)

http://www.p4c.com (online support and resources)

http://www.thephilosophyman.com (free resources)

International P4C Websites –http://www.icpic.org

Book your Place: Please book your place by following this link https://knste-shaw.org.uk/te-forum-booking/. Bookings will be taken on a first come, first served basis and we will run a waiting list. We encourage you and your schools to book as soon as possible as we anticipate that this will prove to be a very popular opportunity.

Are you ambitious to train to teach in 2020 or 2021? KNSTE is proud to announce our dates for the next Open Evenings.

When? 8th January 2020, 12th February 2020, 25th March 2020, 20th May 2020 & 10th June 2020

Where? Teacher Education Bungalow, Keele University

Time? 4.30pm – 6.30pm

Book your Place: Please book your place by following this link https://knste-shaw.org.uk/open-evening-booking-form/

Who: The course is designed for all teachers in all phases and sectors of education who would welcome developing a dialogic metacognitive approach to their teaching.

Course Dates and Venue: The course will take place across three afternoons between 2.30 – 5.30 pm on 3rd March, 31st March and 28th April at Seabridge Primary School.

Cost: The cost for the three sessions is £110. Refreshments are included.

Our thinking ability is what makes us distinctively human. Yet we have no generally accepted approach to teaching thinking – and no common vocabulary to describe different ways of thinking.

This, when you think about it, is extraordinary. Imagine trying to teach or learn maths if we did not have commonly accepted terms such as add, subtract, multiply and divide.

Thinking Moves A – Z provides a vocabulary for thinking. The moves themselves are not new – we all use them in our learning and our life every day. But now we have a way of talking about how we think, and that gives us a means to work on improving the effectiveness of our thinking.

Our Three Part Thinking Moves A-Z training will:

o Introduce you to the Thinking Moves A – Z;

o Show you how to enrich inquiry based learning programmes, such as Philosophy for Children, by incorporating Thinking Moves;

o Show you how to build Thinking Moves into the main curriculum;

o Give you practical guidance on how to embed Thinking Moves in your school’s overall approach to teaching and learning.

Book your Place: Please book your place by following this link https://knste-shaw.org.uk/thinking-moves-booking-form/

Are you thinking about kick-starting an exciting new career in teaching?

If so, Train to Teach – Birmingham is the perfect opportunity for you to learn all you need to know about teacher training and how to apply.

We will be at the BCEC, Birmingham on Saturday 21 March 2020 between 10am – 2pm.

Who is this event for?

Our event is designed for anyone who has a degree and is interested in teaching – particularly those who are considering starting their initial teacher training in September 2020. It offers a great opportunity to get all your questions about teaching and teacher training answered.

What to expect

If you attend Train to Teach – Birmingham you’ll be able to:

· discuss the different teacher training options available, to help you decide which would best suit you

· meet representatives from our own and other schools/universities that deliver teacher training in this area, and find out about their courses and entry requirements

· receive advice on submitting a successful UCAS application

· talk to practising teachers, including those who have changed career to teach, about what a career as a teacher is really like

· find out about bursaries, scholarships and funding available for teacher training

How to register https://getintoteaching.education.gov.uk/teaching-events

We look forward to meeting you.

Are you ambitious to train to teach in 2020 or 2021? KNSTE is proud to announce our dates for the next Open Evenings.

When? 8th January 2020, 12th February 2020, 25th March 2020, 20th May 2020 & 10th June 2020

Where? Teacher Education Bungalow, Keele University

Time? 4.30pm – 6.30pm

Book your Place: Please book your place by following this link https://knste-shaw.org.uk/open-evening-booking-form/

Who: The course is designed for all teachers in all phases and sectors of education who would welcome developing a dialogic metacognitive approach to their teaching.

Course Dates and Venue: The course will take place across three afternoons between 2.30 – 5.30 pm on 3rd March, 31st March and 28th April at Seabridge Primary School.

Cost: The cost for the three sessions is £110. Refreshments are included.

Our thinking ability is what makes us distinctively human. Yet we have no generally accepted approach to teaching thinking – and no common vocabulary to describe different ways of thinking.

This, when you think about it, is extraordinary. Imagine trying to teach or learn maths if we did not have commonly accepted terms such as add, subtract, multiply and divide.

Thinking Moves A – Z provides a vocabulary for thinking. The moves themselves are not new – we all use them in our learning and our life every day. But now we have a way of talking about how we think, and that gives us a means to work on improving the effectiveness of our thinking.

Our Three Part Thinking Moves A-Z training will:

o Introduce you to the Thinking Moves A – Z;

o Show you how to enrich inquiry based learning programmes, such as Philosophy for Children, by incorporating Thinking Moves;

o Show you how to build Thinking Moves into the main curriculum;

o Give you practical guidance on how to embed Thinking Moves in your school’s overall approach to teaching and learning.

Book your Place: Please book your place by following this link https://knste-shaw.org.uk/thinking-moves-booking-form/

Who: The course is designed for all teachers in all phases and sectors of education who would welcome developing a dialogic metacognitive approach to their teaching.

Course Dates and Venue: The course will take place across three afternoons between 2.30 – 5.30 pm on 3rd March, 31st March and 28th April at Seabridge Primary School.

Cost: The cost for the three sessions is £110. Refreshments are included.

Our thinking ability is what makes us distinctively human. Yet we have no generally accepted approach to teaching thinking – and no common vocabulary to describe different ways of thinking.

This, when you think about it, is extraordinary. Imagine trying to teach or learn maths if we did not have commonly accepted terms such as add, subtract, multiply and divide.

Thinking Moves A – Z provides a vocabulary for thinking. The moves themselves are not new – we all use them in our learning and our life every day. But now we have a way of talking about how we think, and that gives us a means to work on improving the effectiveness of our thinking.

Our Three Part Thinking Moves A-Z training will:

o Introduce you to the Thinking Moves A – Z;

o Show you how to enrich inquiry based learning programmes, such as Philosophy for Children, by incorporating Thinking Moves;

o Show you how to build Thinking Moves into the main curriculum;

o Give you practical guidance on how to embed Thinking Moves in your school’s overall approach to teaching and learning.

Book your Place: Please book your place by following this link https://knste-shaw.org.uk/thinking-moves-booking-form/

TE Forums

This is an innovation for us, building on a highly successful pilot last year.

We would like to invite up to 10 TEs to join us on one of the following dates to help us to develop the programme.

We will pay each school £75 per half-day session towards cover costs and presentation time. You can look to attend 1, 2 or all 3 sessions.

The Forum will help us to develop the course and give you the opportunity to present your thinking to our Strategic Board. We have selected three areas for development for us for 2019/20 following an initial analysis of our evaluation and outcome data.

The three areas are assessment, inclusion and enabling ATs to use a wider evidence base.

Course Dates and Venue: 

You can apply for one, two or all three dates. The Dates are:

TE Forum 1: A Focus on Assessment 1-4pm at Seabridge Primary School on 23rd October and then presenting to Strategic Board 8.45am – 9.30am on 20th November, again at Seabridge Primary School

TE Forum 2: A Focus on Inclusion 1-4pm at Seabridge Primary School on 12th February and then presenting to Strategic Board 8.45am – 9.30am on 26th March, again at Seabridge Primary School

TE Forum 1: A Focus on widening our evidence base 1-4pm at Seabridge Primary School on 29th April and then presenting to Strategic Board 8.45am – 9.30am on 6th May, again at Seabridge Primary School

UK P4C Websites

http://www.sapere.org.uk (UK P4C membership, conferences, resources, more links)

http://www.p4c.com (online support and resources)

http://www.thephilosophyman.com (free resources)

International P4C Websites –http://www.icpic.org

Book your Place: Please book your place by following this link https://knste-shaw.org.uk/te-forum-booking/. Bookings will be taken on a first come, first served basis and we will run a waiting list. We encourage you and your schools to book as soon as possible as we anticipate that this will prove to be a very popular opportunity.

Are you ambitious to train to teach in 2020 or 2021? KNSTE is proud to announce our dates for the next Open Evenings.

When? 8th January 2020, 12th February 2020, 25th March 2020, 20th May 2020 & 10th June 2020

Where? Teacher Education Bungalow, Keele University

Time? 4.30pm – 6.30pm

Book your Place: Please book your place by following this link https://knste-shaw.org.uk/open-evening-booking-form/

Are you ambitious to train to teach in 2020 or 2021? KNSTE is proud to announce our dates for the next Open Evenings.

When? 8th January 2020, 12th February 2020, 25th March 2020, 20th May 2020 & 10th June 2020

Where? Teacher Education Bungalow, Keele University

Time? 4.30pm – 6.30pm

Book your Place: Please book your place by following this link https://knste-shaw.org.uk/open-evening-booking-form/

Who: This 2 day course is designed for all who want to practise P4C in an educational setting. Completion of the course and facilitating 6 P4C sessions in your classroom will qualify you for a P4C Initial Practitioner certificate.

Course Dates:

Course 1 at Keele on 21st and 22nd October BOOK KEELE COURSE 1
Course 2 at Streethay Primary School on 11th and 12th November BOOK STREETHAY COURSE 2
Course 3 at Keele on 20th and 21st January BOOK KEELE COURSE 3

Course 4 at Keele on 15th and 16th June 2020 BOOK KEELE COURSE 4

Cost: £210 including lunch and refreshments

Trainer: Diane Swift

This course will include:

·An introduction to the theory and practice of P4C

·Opportunities to experience philosophical enquiry first-hand

·Developing children’s capacity to ask meaningful questions

·A framework for developing children’s caring, collaborative, critical and creative thinking skills

·Connecting P4C with the curriculum

Delegates will:

·Gain certification at Level 1 from SAPERE (opening the way to progression to Levels 2 and 3)

·Develop the confidence to start practising P4C in the classroom

·Experience pedagogical approaches that can be applied to their wider practice

·Get a copy of SAPERE’s comprehensive Level 1 Handbook

·One year of membership to SAPERE with individual log-in Course

“The feedback from all sessions is very positive with many describing it as ‘life changing’. Staff are enjoying the rigour of academic discussion themselves as much as seeing P4C as a way of working with children –just fantastic!” Local Headteacher

UK P4C Websites

http://www.sapere.org.uk (UK P4C membership, conferences, resources, more links)

http://www.p4c.com (online support and resources)

http://www.thephilosophyman.com (free resources)

International P4C Websites

http://www.icpic.org

Are you thinking about kick-starting an exciting new career in teaching?

If so, Train to Teach at Edgbaston Stadium is the perfect opportunity for you to learn all you need to know about teacher training and how to apply.

We will be at the Edgbaston Stadium, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B5 7QU on Saturday 20 June 2020 between 10am – 2pm.

Who is this event for?

The event is designed for anyone who has a degree and is interested in teaching – particularly those who are considering starting their initial teacher training in September 2020. It offers a great opportunity to get all your questions about teaching and teacher training answered.

What to expect

If you attend Train to Teach – Edgbaston Stadium you’ll be able to:

· discuss the different teacher training options available, to help you decide which would best suit you

· meet representatives from our own and other schools/universities that deliver teacher training in this area, and find out about their courses and entry requirements

· receive advice on submitting a successful UCAS application

· talk to practising teachers, including those who have changed career to teach, about what a career as a teacher is really like

· find out about bursaries, scholarships and funding available for teacher training

How to register https://getintoteaching.education.gov.uk/teaching-events

We look forward to meeting you.