Workshops are held at St Luke's Centre, Great Colmore Street, Birmingham, B15 2AT, unless otherwise stated. Delegates are asked to ensure that they are booked on an event before attending.
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Scroll down for a list of available workshops.
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'Surviving the First Year of Teaching'
Workshop for Primary Teachers in their first term.
Date; Friday 2nd November 2012
Time; 9.30am (coffee) till 3.30pm. Lunch provided.
Location; St Luke's Centre, Great Colmore Street, Birmingham, B15 2AT
Cost; £210 per delegate
Purpose and Aims
- explore classroom management; sharing practice
- developing relationships; children, parents, staff
- examine conflict management within the school setting; real-life examples
- maintaining professionalism; survival tactics, keeping on top of things
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'Managing Parents'
Workshop for family workers and other non-teaching staff
Date; Friday 16th November 2012
Time; 9.30am (coffee) till 3.30pm. Lunch provided.
Location; St Luke's Centre, Great Colmore Street, Birmingham, B15 2AT
Cost; £210 per delegate
Purpose and aims
- explore methods and reasons for engaging with parents effectively
- achieving quality dialogue; the written word, parent interviews
- examine conflict management within the school setting; real-life examples
- maintaining professionalism; dos and don'ts
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'Being A New Subject Coordinator'
Audience; Primary Teachers about to enter their first coordinator role. No previous coordinator role assumed. Not subject specific. Excellent feedback from March '12 workshops.
Date; Friday 6th July 2012
Time; 9.30am (coffee) till 3.15 (lunch provided)
Location; St Luke's Centre, Great Colmore Street, B15 2AT
Cost; £210 per delegate
The purposes and aims will be to;
- explore role of the coordinator within the school setting
- examine expectations; gaining knowledge and understanding
- develop skills in audit, action plans and being a leader
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'Religious Education For New Coordinators'
Workshop for Primary teachers. No previous coordinator role assumed.
Date; Friday 12th October 2012
Time; 9.30am (coffee) till 3.30pm. Lunch provided.
Location; St Luke's Centre, Great Colmore Street, Birmingham, B15 2AT
Cost; £210 per delegate
Purpose and aims;
- explore role of coordinator within the school setting
- examining legislation and syllabus; resources and visits
- develop skills in audit and action plans
- look at key documents; local and national level
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'Developing Assessment in Religious Education for Key Stage One and Key Stage Two'
Workshop for Primary RE Coordinators at the beginning of developing this area.
Date; Friday 7th December 2012
Time; 9.30am (coffee) till 3.15pm (lunch provided)
Location; Birmingham Central
Cost; £210 per delegate
The purposes and aims will be to;
- examine models of assessment in RE
- explore skills-based approach
- monitoring and evaluation; looking at work samples and planning
- developing effective procedures
Delegates are asked to bring along work samples and planning to share with the group.
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'Managing Parents'
Workshop for Primary Phase NQTs and more experienced teachers
This workshop has received excellent feedback to date.
Date; Friday 5th October 2012
Time; 9.30am (coffee) till 3.30pm (buffet lunch provided)
Location; St Luke's Centre, Great Colmore Street, Birmingham, B15 2AT
Format; Workshop
Audience; Primary Phase NQTs/more experienced teachers
Cost; £210 per delegate
The purposes and aims will be to;
- Explore methods and reasons for engaging with parents effectively
- Achieving quality dialogue; Parents evenings, report writing, etc
- Examine conflict management within the school setting; real-life case studies
- Maintaining professionalism; Dos and Don'ts
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‘Examining Standards In English’
Workshop for KS2 Teachers
Date; Friday 9th November, 2012
Venue; St Luke’s Centre, Great Colmore Street, Birmingham, B15 2AT
Time; 9.30am (coffee) till 3.30pm. Lunch provided.
- Explore standards in language; recent reports, audit of skills, expectations
- Language knowledge/definitions; developing analysis/ implementation
- Examine language at work; real-life examples/case studies
- Where do we go from here?; accessing self learning/developing action plan
Cost; £210 per delegate
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'Teaching Christianity'
Workshop for teachers of any faith and of no faith.
Audience; Primary Phase teachers, RE Coordinators
Date; Friday 29th June 2012
Time; 9.30am (coffee) till 3.30pm approx
Location; St Luke's Centre, Great Colmore Street, Birmingham, B15 2AT
Cost per Delegate; £210
Purpose and aims;
- Examine recent reports on teaching Christianity; evaluating practice
- Developing knowledge and understanding; Scriptures, artefacts, festivals, etc
- Christian place of worship (with visit); exploring differences
- Where do we go from here; fitting into planning/Action Plan
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'Developing the RE Curriculum in the Primary Classroom'
Workshop for Primary Practitioners.
Date; Friday 15th June 2012.
Time; 9.30am (coffee) till 3.30pm (Lunch provided)
Location; Birmingham central
Audience; Primary practitioners seeking to further develop the subject, especially with artefacts and visit.
Cost; £210 per delegate
Format; Workshop. Delegates are requested to dress modestly in light of planned visit to place of worship.
Purposes and aims will be to;
- Examine the latest reports on RE teaching; evaluating current practice
- Developing knowledge and understanding; using artefacts and Holy books
- Places of worship; practical approaches (with visit)
- Where do we go from here?; fitting into the planning and Action Plan
