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Quality improvement
Effective
Observation
of Learning
and Teaching
This
is a two or
three day
course that
gives you
the confidence
to evaluate
lessons based
on the Common
Inspection
Framework,
define key
strengths
and weaknesses,
grade the
lesson, give
feedback and
agree action
plans with
tutors. We
will also
discuss the
difference
between feedback
and professional
dialogue and
the role of
coaching as
part of any
improvement
plan. Between
day two and
day three
you will need
to arrange
an observation,
which you
can carry
out supported
by myself
or a peer.
Peer observation
is now an
integral part
of OFSTED
inspections.
On the third
day we will
also carry
out a grading
moderation
activity to
ensure grades
awarded are
consistent.
Training activities
include discussion,
watching videos,
problem solving
activities
and role-plays.
The course
is supported
by some online
resources
as well as
a participant
guide.
Target
audience:
Anyone with
responsibility
for the
observation
of learning
and teaching
Observation
of Learning
and Teaching
Awareness
Training
This
is a one-day
awareness
course aimed
at tutors.
The course
will look
at the Common
Inspection
Framework
and explore
what inspectors
and internal
observers
expect when
they observe
classes. You
will have
the opportunity
to observe
a class on
video and
grade it.
We will also
look at a
tutor self-evaluation
inventory
and develop
a personal
action plan.
The course
is supported
by some online
resources
as well as
a participant
guide.
Target
audience:
Tutors and
lecturers
Effective
self-assessment
Self-assessment
has a central
role in
all learning
and skills
sector organisations.
With self
regulation
and peer
review gaining
momentum,
the self-assessment
process
is considered
the cornerstone
of organisation’s
quality
improvement
strategies.
This one
day course
will give
you the
opportunity
to become
familiar
with the
Common Inspection
Framework
at a new
level, explore
the new
Framework
for Excellence;
write great
evaluative
judgements
based on
valid, sufficient
and current
evidence
to highlight
key strengths
and key
weaknesses,
grade confidently
and write
SMART quality
improvement
plans. We
will discuss
productive
self-assessment
processes
and how
to make
self-assessment
an ongoing,
beneficial
and integrated
activity
rather than
an annual
ordeal.
Training
activities
include
discussion,
sequencing
and problem
solving
activities
as well
as brainstorming.
The course
is supported
by some
online resources
as well
as a participant
guide and
will require
some work
prior to
the course.
Target
audience:
All members
of staff
responsible
for self-assessment
Effective
self-assessment
–
for those
completely
new to the
Common Inspection
Framework
and Self-assessment
The content
is the same
as on the
Effective
self-assessment
course but
will last
one and
a half-days.
RARPA
(Recognising
and recording
progress
and achievement)
RARPA
is one of
the LSC’s
Measures of
Success and
is now also
brought in
for accredited
provision.
RARPA is not
a new concept
and yet it
is causing
much debate
in the sector.
We will look
at how progress
and achievement
can be recognised
through relevant
assessment
methods as
well as through
celebrations
of achievement
and how best
to record
the process
as well as
the outcome
of assessment.
RARPA is well-known
for its 5-stage
process and
we will look
at how you
can make RARPA
relevant and
non-bureaucratic
for your learners
using both
paper-based
and electronic
means of recording.
The course
is supported
by some online
resources
as well as
a participant
guide.
Target
audience:
Curriculum
staff
Sharing
best practice
is the current
buzzword
in the learning
and skills
sector.
This one
day workshop
will give
you the
opportunity
to identify
existing
systems
in your
organisation
that can
contribute
to identifying
best practice
as well
as to question
what we
consider
best practice
in the first
place. When
it comes
to learning
and teaching
we are largely
guided by
the Common
Inspection
Framework
but what
are your
criteria
for best
practice
in customer
service,
administration,
management,
leadership
or learner
support?
How much
do you work
with LLUK
standards
and other
standards
such as
Customers
First? Once
you have
identified
what you
consider
good practice
and what
existing
mechanisms
you have
for identifying
it, we will
also look
at additional
mechanisms
that may
be required.
Most importantly
we will
explore
how best
practice
can be extracted.
This is
based on
some NLP
(Neuro-linguistic
Programming)
modelling
principles.
Target
audience:
Managers
and curriculum
staff
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Putting
the buzz into
teaching and
learning
Brain-friendly
trainer
training
This
is an exciting
workshop delivered
over two or
three days,
which will
allow you
to experience
through seeing,
hearing and
doing how
the learning
process can
be made most
productive
through aligning
it to how
our brains
work. Entirely
practical
and yet based
on latest
research you
will explore
ways of making
learning relevant,
active, collaborative
and multi-sensory
in a way that
honours the
uniqueness
of individual
learners as
well as managing
different
learning states
to make the
learning process
not only effective
but outstanding.
As a trainer
you will have
the opportunity
to stretch
your comfort
zones, improve
your presence
and explore
the use of
music in the
training environment.
Of course
you will also
go away with
a variety
of different
brain-friendly
training activities
and a tool
for making
planning more
organic and
is less time
consuming.
You will learn
to plan with
the end in
mind and also
engaging the
learners from
before their
first attendance.
You will get
to know the
4mat planning
tool and work
on your own
project.
Target
audience:
Tutors, staff
developers,
teacher trainers
and anyone
with responsibility
for developing
teaching,
training and
learning
Putting
the buzz
into teaching
and learning
Like
the brain-friendly
trainer training
this one day
workshop will
allow you
to experience
through seeing,
hearing and
doing how
the learning
process can
be made most
productive
through aligning
it to how
our brains
work. Entirely
practical
and yet based
on latest
research you
will explore
ways of making
learning relevant,
active, collaborative
and multi-sensory
in a way that
honours the
uniqueness
of individual
learners as
well as managing
different
learning states
to make the
learning process
not only effective
but outstanding.
Of course
you will also
go away with
a variety
of different
brain-friendly
training activities
Target
audience:
Tutors
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Leadership
and management
SMARTER
leading
and managing
Managers
are increasingly
expected
to be
leaders.
Leaders’
and managers’
task is
to get
the best
out of
people,
to manage
change
effectively
and to
exceed
customer
expectations.
On this
two day
workshop
we will
explore
a variety
of techniques
coming
from areas
such as
neuro-linguistic
programming,
appreciative
inquiry
and solution
focus
to increase
rapport
with ourselves
and our
teams,
become
more effective
at agreeing
well-formed
outcomes,
giving
feedback,
engaging
in learning
conversations
and holding
more productive
meetings.
You will
have an
opportunity
to stretch
your own
comfort
zone,
explore
your own
beliefs
and values,
your base
line state
and how
that influences
your staff
and create
new models
of being
more resourceful
and effective
at work
and life
at large.
This is
a highly
interactive
workshop
–
so please
be prepared
to be
involved
in demonstrations,
role-plays,
simulations,
discussion,
body work
and group-work.
Target
audience:
Anyone
in or
aspiring
to a leadership
or management
position
Becoming
a coaching
organisation
This
one day
course
is about
developing
a coaching
culture
in your
organisation.
A simplistic
definition
of culture
is “how
things
are done
around
here”.
This workshop
will give
you an
opportunity
to develop
your coaching
skills
or build
on existing
ones as
well as
explore
how you
can make
use of
coaching
in meetings,
corridor
conversations,
appraisals
and many
other
work-related
situations
to get
the best
out of
people
and to
develop
your staff
in a way
that will
demonstrate
that “this
is how
things
are done
around
here”.
Great
coaching
is not
so much
about
being
proficient
in a particular
model
such as
the quite
well-known
GROW but
more about
developing
such as
attitudes
and associated
behaviours
as really
being
present
for someone
else by
listening
actively
and intently
and giving
space
as well
as by
asking
powerful
open questions.
You will
have the
opportunity
to either
work on
your coaching
skills
using
existing
models
or by
developing
your own
in small
groups.
Target
audience:
Anyone
with any
responsibility
for other
staff
Stress
management
–
1 and
2 day
versions
Work/life
balance
has become
a buzz
word over
the last
few years.
I use
the word
“Lifebalance”
because
I think
that work
is part
of life.
What else
are we
doing
at least
8 hours
a day
and 5
days a
week and
for many
people
a lot
more than
that?
And life
itself
consists
of many
different
facets
career/work
being
one but
amongst
a host
of equal
contenders
such as
love/relationships,
health
and fitness,
family
and friends,
growth
and learning,
community,
fun and
leisure,
spirituality
money
and finance
as well
as home.
I also
don’t
propose
a simplistic
equal
split
across
all those
areas
because
what your
lifebalance
looks
like is
probably
very different
from mine
or your
friends
and colleagues
at work.
And the
great
thing
is, we
are all
right
because
it is
an individual
interpretation.
Also what
lifebalance
means
to you
today
may also
very different
how you
will feel
about
it in
year’s
time.
We constantly
change
and learn,
which
is what
makes
this,
our lives,
such an
interesting
journey.
What this
two day
lifebalance
workshops
intends
to do
for you
is
Clear
the cobwebs
by dropping
off unwanted
or obsolete
beliefs,
values,
memories
and past
experiences
(This
is achieved
through
optional
1:1 coaching
sessions
prior
to the
attendance
of the
workshop
and is
not included
in the
fee.)
Build
foundations
by creating
a vision
and resourceful
beliefs
that are
in line
with your
values
Build
a clear
structure
by creating
well-formed
goals
and outcomes,
implementing
a maintenance
plan by
exploring
state
altering
techniques
that we
can easily
incorporate
into our
daily
lives
such as
setting
intent,
affirmations,
breath
work,
meditation,
gratitude
and acts
of kindness.
Target
audience:
Anyone
who wants
to get
more out
of life
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Pedagogical
use of
digital
technologies
these
courses
all count
towards
the European
Pedagogical
ICT Licence
Locating
and incorporating
online resource
Using and
creating
interactive
learning
materials
Electronic
communication
and collaboration
Publishing
on the web
Effective
use of VLEs
Presentation
Technology,
IWBs and
interactivity
Effective
use of VLEs
Unless
this is
an inhouse
course,
where you
work with
a different
VLE, this
course will
use the
Moodle VLE.
Moodle
is probably
the most
widely used
open source
virtual
learning
environment
on the market.
Due to its
flexibility
it is useful
not only
to schools
and colleges
but to many
sectors
including
private
companies
and Local
Authorities
who provide
training
through
their Human
Resources
Department.
In this
one day
workshop
you will
learn to
design and
populate
a course
in Moodle
as well
as explore
different
ways of
keeping
learners
interested
in the learning
process
when using
a blended
learning
approach.
Target
audience:
Anyone who
wants to
moodle
