Professional Learning

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 next Open Evening held at Blackfriars Academy.

When? 12th February 2020

Where?Blackfriars School. Priory Rd, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Newcastle ST5 2TF

Time? 4.30pm – 6.30pm

Book your Place: Please book your place by following this link: https://knste-shaw.org.uk/open-evening-train-to-teach-12th-february-2020/

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.

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 3: 20th and 21st January 2020 at Keele on BOOK KEELE COURSE 3

Course 4: 23rd and 24th March 2020 at Thomas Alleynes High School, Uttoxeter, ST14 8DU BOOK COURSE

Course 5: 22nd and 23rd June 2020 at Teacher Education Bungalow, Keele, ST5 5BG BOOK COURSE

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 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, 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 at the Keele University Open Evening by following this link https://knste-shaw.org.uk/open-evening-booking-form/

NOTE: We also have an Open Evening on 12th February and this will be held at Blackfriars Academy: please use this link to book onto this open evening: https://knste-shaw.org.uk/events/open-evenings-train-to-teach-2020-blackfriars-academy/

Celebrating Teacher Educators

Where & When? Staffordshire University on 23rd April 2020

Cost? Free to Stoke-on-Trent Schools with £150 towards cover costs for each school.

We are delighted to be part of a collective that is organising this free event for Teacher Educators (TE) from all schools and settings in Stoke on Trent. Details about this exciting event are below. We hope that each school in Stoke-on-Trent will be able to support at least one TE to attend. We are so pleased to have attracted so many speakers of national repute as well as offering workshops that will enable TEs.

As a provider collective we are very grateful to the Stoke-on-Trent Opportunity Area for their support for Teacher Educators, (Mentors). Effective professional learning supports not only recruitment, but also retention, as so many colleagues value this essential role.

Effective Teacher Educators enhance the progress that our pupils make through their own high quality teaching and by enabling their colleagues to be even better informed by engaging them with the increasing evidence-base that underpins our growing community of professional knowledge.

Day Conference Agenda:

9-9.30 am Arrival – Welcome and refreshments

9.30 – 10.15 Keynote 1: Setting the Scene for Teacher Educator Opportunities: Professor Samantha Twistleton, Chair of the ITT Core Content Framework Working Group, She currently sits on the DfE Expert Research and Recruitment Advisory Group, the DfE Specialist NPQs Advisory Group and is Vice President (external) Chartered College of Teaching

10.20 – 10. 55 Workshop 1 (Choice from 5, These will include, Supporting diversity in our profession; Novice to Expert, how experts and novices think differently; Holding difficult conversations; Exploring the proposed new Ofsted Framework for Initial Teacher Education Partnerships; Sharing the work of Education Support, )

10.55 – 11.15 Break and networking – Sharing a resource: What have you read (either a book, blog or article) that has had a positive impact on your work as a Teacher Educator? We will share these during the day and collate and share following the event, together with a summary of the tweets and the work of our visual artist.

11.15 – 11.45 Workshop 2 (see above for choices) 11.45 – 11.55 Movement break

11.55 – 12.30. Keynote 2: Creating evidence-informed professional dialogues. James Richardson, Head of Dissemination & Impact Education Endowment Foundation. James has supported the work of both the Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Research Schools, who have supported Teacher Educators in accessing evidence as part of their professional learning conversations.

12.30 – 1.15 Lunch and networking – sharing resources (See above)

1.15 – 2.15 Keynote 3: Exploring the role of Ethical Values in Teacher Education: Dr. Peter Kent, Headteacher at Lawrence Sheriff School, Rugby, past-president of ASCL (Association of School and College Leaders) and a Commissioner who developed the ethical leadership framework. .

5 minute movement break

2.20 – 3 pm Workshop 3 (choice from 5 – see above) 3-3.15 Movement and tea break

3.15- 3.45 Keynote 4: Why what you do matters – Emma Hollis, NASBTT and James Nobel-Rogers, UCET

Emma Hollis is Executive Director of the National Association of School-Based Teacher Trainers (NASBTT) which promotes high-quality schools-led programmes of training, education and professional development of teachers. Emma was appointed in 2017 having previously been a Trustee at NASBTT for 18 months. She was also formerly Head of a Teaching School Alliance and ran a SCITT.

James Noble-Rogers is Executive Director of the Universities Council for the Education of Teachers (UCET), a membership organisation for universities involved in teacher education and education research.

3.45 – 4pm Sharing next steps and evaluations. Raffle Draw

Book your Place: Please book your place by following this link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stoke-on-trent-teacher-educator-conference-tickets-83310506969

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, 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 at the Keele University Open Evening by following this link https://knste-shaw.org.uk/open-evening-booking-form/

NOTE: We also have an Open Evening on 12th February and this will be held at Blackfriars Academy: please use this link to book onto this open evening: https://knste-shaw.org.uk/events/open-evenings-train-to-teach-2020-blackfriars-academy/

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, 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 at the Keele University Open Evening by following this link https://knste-shaw.org.uk/open-evening-booking-form/

NOTE: We also have an Open Evening on 12th February and this will be held at Blackfriars Academy: please use this link to book onto this open evening: https://knste-shaw.org.uk/events/open-evenings-train-to-teach-2020-blackfriars-academy/

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.

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 3: 20th and 21st January 2020 at Keele on BOOK KEELE COURSE 3

Course 4: 23rd and 24th March 2020 at Thomas Alleynes High School, Uttoxeter, ST14 8DU BOOK COURSE

Course 5: 22nd and 23rd June 2020 at Teacher Education Bungalow, Keele, ST5 5BG BOOK COURSE

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