Time to explore developing your teaching skills further as well as looking towards new challenges and developments for your 2nd year in teaching.

This one and a half hour session is designed for school teams who would like to develop their awareness and understanding of autism.

The course is suitable for SENCos, teachers, teaching assistants lunchtime staff, senior leadership and governors.

The session is suitable for practitioners working with school-age pupils on the autism spectrum in both mainstream and specialist settings.

The NQT year is an exciting but challenging time for new teachers.  This will support NQTs to be successful in their induction year. The seminar will provide all the statutory information about what to expect from the year, share useful resources and proformas to support the induction process. It will also signpost NQTs to professional development opportunities. This is also a great opportunity to network and meet other NQTs in South Gloucestershire and surrounding areas.

Mentoring NQTs is rewarding and a great opportunity to effectively steer the next generation of teachers on to a successful long term career. Solid mentoring and coaching during the induction year allows your NQT to develop their skills and become a reflective teacher that will continue to develop their practice.

In this essential guide the roles and responsibilities of the Mentor/Induction Tutor, NQT and appropriate body will be explored. Statutory guidance will be exemplified, giving mentors a solid understanding. The course will look at meeting schedules and offer guidance, explo ...

The nationally established Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA) course trains skilled teaching assistants to deliver interventions for emotionally vulnerable pupils. Trainee ELSAs attend 6 full training days and subsequently carry out supervised practice over the course of the year leading to ELSA certification.

The cost for this course is £540 per delegate (which includes six full days training, four subsequent supervision sessions, the published course Handbook and relevant handouts/resources plus basic refreshments (please bring a packed lunch).

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Basic autism awareness training for all staff in all early years settings, whether or not they work directly with children with autism.

The new inspection framework puts the curriculum at the heart of inspection. Subject leaders need
to be able to clearly articulate the intent, implementation and impact in their subject.

Quality of education will be inspected through an approach using ‘deep dives’ into a selection of subjects where inspectors will gather evidence from a range of sources including lesson visits and workbook scrutiny. Conversations with leaders, teachers and pupils are central to the deep dive model. Inspectors will invite curriculum leaders and teachers to take part in joint scrutiny ...