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CompSci+

What is CompSci+?

An opportunity to build computer science skills for use in the classroom. This initiative is designed to allow professional development at your own pace. Attending training sessions can prove difficult and therefore this programme is bolstered by online resources which provide guidance in how to teach core aspects of the national curriculum. The national curriculum goes beyond coding therefore the materials available investigate topics such as computational thinking, staying safe online and digital literacy. Each module is accompanied with tasks that provide you with the opportunity to practice classroom activities thereby building confidence for your classroom delivery. To further support you, there are face to face sessions with a computer science specialist, online video conference tutorial and advice sessions.

Who is it suitable for?

This programme is suited to all who work in primary education and especially those who have taken a lead in the development of computer science in schools. Being largely online focused, you will be able to choose when and how you build your expertise and this can be scaffolded in the face to face CPD sessions.

Programme Details

In addition to online modules there will be three face to face sessions delivered by Michael Jones who is a Senior Leader for Education in Computer Science.

Where and When: Face to Face sessions will be hosted at Northfleet Technology College from 4-6pm on the following dates:

• Thursday 22 February 2018
• Thursday 22 March 2018
• Thursday 26 April 2018

Online modules can be completed when convenient for the participant. It will be directed in the first face to face session which units will need to be complete before each face to face session.

Cost: £90 per participant

Offer: A second participant from the same school will be charged £60 totalling £150 for two participants.

Booking

Please contact Helen Lambkin at New Horizons Teaching School for more detailed information by emailing h.lambkin@tsatrust.org.uk or by calling 01634 843049 .

Applications needed with the following required information - Name, School and current position.

Early Leadership

The New Horizons Teaching School Alliance, are pleased to be in a position to offer another cohort of the Early Leadership Suite Programme to start in March 2018 for teaching and support staff. This course will be organised and led with the UCL Institute of Education (UCL/IOE) and based at Strood Academy.

In brief, the course is designed for leaders/aspiring leaders to reflect upon the behaviours required to lead effectively. This course could lead to the more practitioner based programmes of NPQML, NPQSL and NPQH.

Why choose NHTSA and UCL Institute of Education?

UCL Institute of Education (IOE) is a world-leading centre for research and teaching in education and social science.

Ranked number one for education worldwide in the 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 QS World University Rankings, the IOE was awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prize in 2016. In 2014, the Institute secured ‘outstanding’ grades from Ofsted on every criterion for its initial teacher training, across primary, secondary and further education programmes. In the most recent Research Excellence Framework assessment of university research, the IOE was top for ‘research power’ (GPA multiplied by the size of the entry) in education. Founded in 1902, the Institute currently has more than 8,000 students and 800 staff. In December 2014 it became a single-faculty school of UCL, called the UCL Institute of Education (IOE).

NHTSA and UCL Institute of Education have worked collaboratively delivering the Leadership Programmes successfully as a local cluster for over four years, we are able to show impact and career progression through participant outcomes and professional development.

Early Leadership - for new and aspiring leaders (£595)

Who can apply?

New middle leaders or those aspiring to a middle leader role; Middle leaders who have not undertaken any professional leadership development; Professional support staff.

Application

If you are interested in attending any of these courses, please download an application form and email to Helen Lambkin NHTSA Administrator, Helen Lambkin@tsatrust.org.uk.

Course Fees and Attendance

Course fees must be paid in full prior to the commencement of the programme. Full attendance is required. If you do miss one of the sessions, you can potentially attend a catch-up session at the IOE in London, however you will be responsible for securing and booking catch up sessions through the IOE - please contact Maggie Woods, Senior Administrator and Training coordinator for Widening Leadership and Early Leadership Programmes on 020 7612 6616.

Costs - School/Participant Payment

Costs are exceptionally competitive and also include refreshments and materials during the course. The courses will only run if they have viable numbers

Withdrawals

Before any withdrawal from the programme can be approved, a discussion must take place with the programme leader or the cluster leader to ascertain if there is any other method of resolving any issues and finding a way forward. However, if a withdrawal is agreed, you will be required to provide a reason for withdrawal in writing and signed off by your Principal or Headteacher, you may be subject to cancellation fees or exit fees. We reserve the right to charge an appropriate fee commensurate with length of time completed on the programme and to include an administration charge.

Cancellation and Exit Fees

For cancellations made up to 8 weeks before the course: 30% of the course fee will be retained, with 70% refundable.

For cancellations made less than 8 weeks before the course: no refund will be issued.

Refunds of programme fees cannot be made if a participant withdraws during the course of the programme.

Coaching Development Programme - Middle Leadership

Programme Overview

This innovative professional development programme has been designed by the London Centre for Leadership in Learning (LCLL) at the UCL and IOE, in partnership with the New Horizons TSA. It is aimed at colleagues who have a coaching role in developing teachers through improving their practice. This may be facilitated by school improvement initiatives such as the STEP programme.

The programme helps participants to build on and further develop their coaching skills. It aims to develop an understanding of how, through coaching, to:

• support colleagues in improving their practice
• understand what ‘coaching readiness’ looks like
• know how change affects people
• be aware of themselves as emotionally intelligent leaders
• effectively manage challenging conversations
• understand what builds and destroys trust
• and so help to develop a coaching culture within and across the organisation.

Programme Fees

£250 per delegate

Learning Model

Sessions combine bursts of theory with practical activity. In addition, between sessions participants will be asked to apply their new learning and maintain a reflective log or journal.

How coaching can support improvements in practice. Understanding the concept of ‘readiness for coaching.’

• Coaching to support learning - of adults and students
• Lesson observations - providing a balance of challenge and support
• Post lesson conversations that lead to improvements in practice
• Managing under performance through a coaching approach.

Leading change and improvement and building trust.

• What it means to lead change
• How moving through change can affect people
• How do you build trust - and how can you lose it?
• Exploring the implications for you and your role.

Emotionally intelligent leadership and managing challenging conversations and behaviours.

• Why emotional intelligence matters
• Motivating, developing and managing people through emotionally intelligent leadership
• Coaching approaches to challenging conversations and managing performance.
• Exploring the implications for you and your practice.

Programme Dates and Venue

New Horizons Teaching School Alliance in partnership with the UCL/ Institute of Education

Facilitated by Graham Dring (UCL/IOE) and held at:

The Rochester Grammar School Maidstone Road, Rochester, Kent ME1 3BY - 4-6pm

Session 1 - Thursday 26 April 2018

Session 2 - Thursday 24 May 2018

Session 3 - Wednesday 4 July 2018

Applications

If you would like to make a booking, please complete the application form and return to Helen Lambkin at  H.Lambkin@tsatrust.org.uk. We will honour applications on a first come first served basis.

Teacher Specialist Subject Training - FREE Training

We are very pleased to announce that we have secured grant funding to run the TSST Programmes again in 2018.

The purpose of teacher subject specialism training is to improve the subject knowledge of non-specialist teachers and returning teachers, and aims to build the capacity of non-specialists who may be able to move into another specialism role.

Please download the programme flyers and expression of interest form for completion and please submit to Helen Lambkin at H.Lambkin@tsatrust.org.uk.

TSST Core Maths

• Induction day - Monday 26 March - 1pm-5pm
• Monday 23 April - 1:30pm-5pm
• Tuesday 8 May - 1:30pm-5pm
• Wednesday 13 June - 1:30pm-5pm
• Wednesday 20 June - 1:30pm-5pm
• Plus an immersion day (optional) working with other schools to observe Core Mathematics in action

TSST Secondary Mathematics

• Induction day - Monday 26 March - 1pm-5pm
• Monday 23 April - 1:30pm-5pm
• Tuesday 8 May - 1:30pm-5pm
• Wednesday 13 June - 1:30pm-5pm
• Wednesday 20 June - 1:30pm-5pm
• Plus an immersion day (optional) working with other schools to observe Secondary Mathematics in action

TSST Modern Foreign Language

• Induction day - Monday 8 January 2018 - 9am-3pm
• Monday 12 February 2018 - 9am-3pm
• Tuesday 3 April 2018 - 9am-3pm
• Monday 4 June 2018 - 9am-3pm
• Friday 6 July 2018 - 9am-3pm
• Plus an immersion day (optional) working with other schools to observe MFL in action.

TSST Secondary Physics

• Induction day - Monday 26 March - 1pm-5pm
• Monday 23 April - 1:30pm-5:30pm
• Tuesday 8 May - 1:30pm-5:30pm
• Tuesday 12 June - 1:30pm-5:30pm
• Wednesday 20 June - 1:30pm-5:30pm

Postgraduate Master’s Loans

£10,000 loans for students studying a Master’s.

The government has announced the opportunity for part-time post-graduate students to finance their study via the student loan system. They will provide up to £10,000 a year for taught and research Masters courses in all subject areas. This means that MSc Professional Practice Teaching and Learning pathway students now may be eligible for government loans. The new system will be introduced from the 1 August 2016.

Eligible students can borrow up to £10,000.

• All disciplines and subjects areas are eligible
• Loans will be available for part-time, full-time and distance-learning Master’s programmes
• The loans are not means tested ad are paid directly into your UK bank account
• Repayments will not start before April 2019

Please refer to the flyer and information on the University of Kent website