Extended Training Programme
Subscribing settings have five places on the Extended Training Programme. This is a new programme which will include a mixture of linked sessions (for example research training courses from Huntington Research School with four sessions and gap tasks) and longer training sessions (for example two half days or a full day of training from the LSIP team with additional resources).
Click on the tabs below to view the programmes and book places.
Costs for additional places (beyond the five included within the subscription) for subscribing schools and places for non-subscribing schools are available on request – email enquiries@learnsheffield.co.uk.
Primary Ofsted Preparation
| Restarting inspections in 2021/22 – what are the changes? |
Session Information
A briefing for senior leaders on the recent changes to the Ofsted Framework and the return to routine inspections.
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Venue |
Booking |
21 September 2021
9.00-10.00am |
Online |
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| The Ofsted Phone call and documentation |
Session Information
A briefing for senior leaders outlining the content of the Ofsted phone call prior to inspection.
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Venue |
Booking |
24 September 2021
1.00-2.00pm |
Online |
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| School self-evaluation |
Session Information
Senior Leaders will explore the Ofsted criteria for the quality of education and look at how their school monitoring supports whole school evaluation and leads to school improvement priorities.
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Venue |
Booking |
13 October 2021
1.00-3.00pm |
TBC |
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| Subject Leader Ofsted Preparation |
Session Information
The role of the subject leader during a ‘deep dive’ on an Ofsted inspection.
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Venue |
Booking |
9 November 2021
10.00-12.00pm |
TBC |
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Research: Metacognition
These sessions will be led by: Julie Kettlewell, Stephen Foreman, Alastair Gittner
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Date/time |
Description |
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| Session 1 |
9 November 2021
2:00-4:00pm |
This session will enable you to:
- Consider how teachers should acquire the professional understanding and skills to develop their pupils’ metacognitive knowledge and consider what knowledge staff need.
- Understand the key concepts including the myths around metacognition.
- Initiate the ‘explore phase’ of implementation.
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| Session 2 |
7 December 2021
2:00-4:00pm |
This session will enable you to:
- Understand how we can explicitly teach pupils metacognitive strategies, including how to plan, monitor and evaluate their learning.
- Exemplify metacognitive scaffolding in the classroom.
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| Session 3 |
18 January 2022
2:00-4:00pm |
This session will enable you to:
- Understand the impact of a limited working memory and how we can support pupils with this deficit.
- Understand the importance of deliberate difficulties and how this relates to motivation.
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| Session 4 |
8 February 2022
2:00-4:00pm |
This session will enable you to:
- Understand how classroom dialogue can be used to develop metacognitive skills.
- Recognise the role teacher play in guiding and supporting the conversation to ensure it’s challenging and builds on prior subject knowledge.
- Have a common, clear understanding of what independent learning truly is.
- Explore the things your students do to organise and manage their learning effectively.
- Explore the ways you and your team effectively support students to learn independently.
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| Session 5 |
22 March 2022
2:00-4:00pm |
This session will enable you to:
- Understand how to assess metacognition and self-regulation in a valid way.
- Consider how you currently engage with parents and how you can provide practical strategies to support learning at home.
- Begin implementation planning for your chosen intervention/ next steps.
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Subscribing settings have up to five places in total across the Extended Training Programmes. Costs for additional places (beyond the five included within the subscription) for subscribing schools and places for non-subscribing schools are priced at £295 per person.
Research: Learning Behaviours
These sessions will be led by: Rob Newton and Andy Marsden
Please note by bookings on the first session you will automatically be enrolled for the whole programme (5 sessions) and joining instructions will be emailed out prior to each session.
Effective learning behaviours have emerged from the rich and diverse evidence base represented in the EEF guidance reports on improving behaviour, metacognition and self-regulation, special educational needs in mainstream schools, working with parents, and social and emotional learning.
Successful learning behaviours rely on layering all these areas to wrap around every child in our schools.
Each is part of a puzzle which makes best sense when all parts click together, building long-term protective factors for deeper learning.
Aims:
- Explore the evidence base around social and emotional learning and improving behaviour.
- Identify the areas that you intend to focus on in order to improve your school culture around learning behaviours.
- Monitor and evaluate the impact of your implementation plan in order to ensure it is as effective as possible.
The programme is designed to support the development of Learning Behaviours across a school or phase. Therefore it is important that attendees are in a position in school that enables them to be able to influence change across their school – not just in their own classroom.
The following five live sessions will be delivered 2:00-4:00pm via Zoom:
Session 1 – 10 November 2021
Session 2 – 24 November 2021
Session 3 – 19 January 2022
Session 4 – 2 February 2022
Session 5 – 2 March 2022
In addition to attending these live sessions there is an expectation that participants will engage in an asynchronous launch and four intersessional tasks. There will also be the opportunity for optional follow-on support. The success of the programme is as dependent on the intersessional activities as it is on the live sessions. Therefore we recommend participants calendar 90 minutes between the live dates in order to engage with these tasks successfully.
Please note by bookings on the first session you will automatically be enrolled for the whole programme (5 sessions) and joining instructions will be emailed out prior to each session.
Subscribing settings have up to five places in total across the Extended Training Programmes. Costs for additional places (beyond the five included within the subscription) for subscribing schools and places for non-subscribing schools are priced at £295 per person.
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Research: Literacy (Primary)
These sessions will be led by: Marcus Jones and Rob Newton.
Primary literacy: Literacy relies on pre-existing oral language and cognitive skills, with the extent of
involvement of these processes differing between aspects of reading and writing and at different points during development across key stages 1 and 2. This course will look at the underlying skills used in reading and writing and how the processes are related, work together, and operate in isolation. Awareness of these processes can help teachers develop thoughtful and focused pedagogy that supports children’s literacy development.
Please note that booking on to the first session date enrols you on the dates below. Sessions will be delivered 2:00-4:00pm
Module 1: Pre-recorded
Module 2: Session 1: 8 November 2021 – Understanding why speaking and listening matters, the importance of a shared language for speaking and listening and to gain a repertoire of activities to teach vocabulary.
Module 3: Session 2: 22 November 2021 – Understanding the importance of talking with children rather than just talking to children. This session will also consider strategies to enable collaborative learning.
Module 4: Session 3: 10 January 2022 – Understanding the components of reading in order to develop a balanced approach to reading that supports decoding and comprehension.
Module 5: Pre-recorded
Module 6: Session 4: 21 January 2022 – Understanding the importance of a reason to write and someone to write for (purpose and audience) and that writing is a process and each stage will require instruction and modelling.
Module 7: Session 5: 28 February 2022 – Understanding what the evidence says about the effective teaching of spelling and handwriting and a look at literacy assessment options.
Module 8: Pre-recorded
Module 9: Feedback on their literacy plan
Subscribing settings have up to five places in total across the Extended Training Programmes. Costs for additional places (beyond the five included within the subscription) for subscribing schools and places for non-subscribing schools are priced at £295 per person.
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Research: Literacy (Secondary)
These sessions will be led by: Marcus Jones and and Suzanne Woodward.
Secondary literacy: This course aims to help secondary schools improve literacy in all subject areas. It places an emphasis on the importance of disciplinary literacy, making clear that every teacher communicates their subject through academic language and that reading, writing and speaking and listening demands will different from Science, to Art, to History and to every other subject in secondary school.
Please note that booking on to the first session date enrols you on the dates below. Sessions will be delivered 2:00-4:00pm
Module 1: 30 minute pre-recorded launch around December.
Module 2: Session 1: 17 January 2022 – Live Spoken Language – Understanding of the meaning of ‘structured talk’ and recommended strategies for improving students’ talk in different disciplines.
Module 3: 30 minute pre-recorded disc literacy (Available to watch 24 January 2022).
Module 4: Session 2: 7 February 2022 – Live Vocabulary – Understanding the importance of selection to creating a coherent and strategic approach to vocabulary. The session will also look at practical strategies for classroom delivery and how to consolidate pupils’ understanding of key terms.
Module 5: Session 3: 7 March 2022 – Live Reading – Understanding the barriers students may encounter when trying to read academic texts, the impact this can have on learning and how to support students in overcoming these barriers.
Module 6: Session 4: 28 March 2022 – Live Writing – Understanding how to break writing down into planning, monitoring and evaluation, and support students by modelling each step.
Module 7: Post Easter pre-recorded – Interventions.
Module 8: Bespoke feedback on literacy plan in the summer term.
Subscribing settings have up to five places in total across the Extended Training Programmes. Costs for additional places (beyond the five included within the subscription) for subscribing schools and places for non-subscribing schools are priced at £295 per person.
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