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A course to help strengthen all aspects of your Arts teaching at AS/A2. Get to grips with the new 2004 specification with practical and effective examples. Feel comfortable and confident generating questions, and presenting your candidates' coursewor...
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This course will examine ways in which those responsible for the day-to-day management of the site and facilities can employ their resources and time more effectively. It will provide a sound body of information and ideas for improving site managemen...
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Learn how to work smarter, not harder with this intensive management skills training day for busy office managers. Discover the keys to building successful teams, and providing a quality service. The day will focus on how to work effectively with col...
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This course aims to bring into focus a number of issues concerning GCSE Art and Design for teachers who wish to improve their professional practice. It will include planning the course, organising the examination, presentation of work and discussion ...
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Gain an understanding of stage make-up with this indepth and practical day. The course covers the essential aspects of stage make-up, from planning and materials to application. Create vibrant standard, character and fantasy make-up for examination p...
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This course offers an introduction to basic technical video production skills including camera operating, lighting the scene and sound recording on set. The emphasis will be practical with real 'hands on' experience. Equipment can be provided but del...
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In any school minimising stress and 'burn out' is a key to becoming more successful and productive. This course focuses on the 'stressors' and 'stress carriers' in school and examines how to manage and organise ourselves, reduce stress, and increase ...
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Mime and Mask often seem complex and daunting branches of Drama, yet they are the most freeing forms of performance work and very accessible to pupils of all ages. They are invaluable tools for extending a student's expressive range in such areas as...
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Deal with tasks more effectively, lead while minimising conflict, and understand the signals people are sending you. These are crucial skills when working in any school environment, and this course shows you how, helping you to become a more valued m...
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Research shows that effective schools are those that have successfully created a supportive learning environment. The course will establish how to generate a workable policy on teaching and learning, and show ways of meeting the needs represented in ...
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Chaucer features on the set books list of many syllabuses and though some teachers and students are daunted by the language, Chaucer is one of the most amusing and enjoyable authors in English.
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Creative writing should be an inspiring activity, with free writing met with generous support by teachers and peers. This course shows how to make this a reality, with a wide variety of suggested techniques, which have proved stimulating and producti...
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This course aims to suggest approaches to the teaching of both prepared and unseen passages of poetry and prose at AS/A2 Level; to outline the language and terminology necessary for critical expression at this level; to give practical examples of pas...
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Loss and bereavement of some degree is unavoidable, and it is with young people that its impact is most felt. This course will cover a wide range of loss experiences, including developmental and traumatic loss, and normal and unexpected loss - rangi...
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Most people have at sometime had to deal with difficult behaviour from colleagues at work. This course will help individuals to develop positive strategies for managing negative behaviour. The day will involve a balanced mix of tutor input, group dis...
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Good leadership has been identified by Ofsted and DfES reports as fundamental to success in schools & colleges. This course will review current theories and relate this to good practice.
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This course is designed for managers in education for whom personnel management is a key responsibility. The day will focus on improving people management techniques; increasing the effectiveness and impact of HR management and identifying the HR nee...
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Frequently the first point of contact with the outside world, front line staff play a vital role in contributing to the image and reputation of their school or college. This course will help office staff to maximise their potential in this area.
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This course aims to offer an account of Craig's life and work.
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Brechtian theory can often seem dry, dull and irrelevant to students. This course will use practical, accessible exercises to explore the vivid ideas behind Brecht's work. This course will bring Brechtian theory to life and use it as a springboard to...
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This course is suitable for any drama department preparing for Ofsted re-inspection. Every participant will come away feeling confident that they have the necessary documentation for their Ofsted inspection.
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The National Curriculum in English requires pupils at Key Stage 3 to study poetry from a prescribed list of Pre-Twentieth Century authors. This requirement can create difficulties for teachers. The course aims to consider in detail ways in to this as...
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Supported self study is a recognised and important method of encouraging individual and active learning within a structured and secure framework. If correctly used it gives students a sense of empowerment and 'ownership' of the material they are stud...
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This course is suitable for all members of the teaching staff. It is especially valuable for those looking at the learning process and culture within their school, and wrestling with establishing 'quality learning'. It is also suitable for those with...
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This popular course has been updated to take account of changes in the GCSE specification. It aims to develop the necessary skills and fit them into a scheme of work which can be progressed throughout the whole course. It will be packed full of new i...
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We begin by looking at the coursework requirements and what the chief examiner has to say, then move on to the practicalities of designing schemes of work and setting assessment objectives. A course for people who want to tighten up their knowledge a...
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It is tempting to confuse assertiveness with being pushy, or "getting what you want". Truly assertive behaviour enables all parties to retain their self-esteem, to work towards positive inter-personal relationships, and to achieve satisfactory soluti...
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Sexual health education is a topic which many tutors find difficult to approach. Some students find discussing such issues embarrassing, and teachers often find themselves unqualified to give appropriate advice. This course will offer guidance on i...
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This course will enable participants to develop interpersonal skills that are particularly important in times of conflict and change. By improving these skills we can increase self-awareness, thus improving the ambience of school. Relationships in an...
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This course is based on Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP). During the course of the day this seminar will enable you to learn powerful skills for developing your personal and professional effectiveness. This method is in regular use in the United ...
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This course will focus on defining the professional role, achieving effective time management and positive people management strategies.
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This course will address the problem often encountered in the teaching of the novel at AS/A2 Level. It will provide an overview of the possibilities available at this level and suggest ways into a variety of texts. When it comes to choosing the texts...
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The fascination with simple automata has recently been enhanced by the work of touring exhibitions. This course focuses on the production of cardboard automata either as a product or as an exploration of a design to be realised in resistant materia...
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The workshop aims to look at masks from around the world and use the multicultural stimulus to develop mask making and design in a range of media, which can be used across the age ranges in school.
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This course is designed for all technicians who are working in teams or alone. It will explore issues of service quality, self management and effective distribution of the work load.
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This is a practical skills-based course exploring the inspirational nature of composition and music. This is an area where students are most highly inspired and generate ideas and enthusiasm which helps them not only in music but across the whole cur...
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Composition is currently the basis for music education in lower Key Stages and has become more central to the new AS/A2 Level curriculum. Indeed, all basic musical skills are enhanced by the study of composition. This course aims to refresh those alr...
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Ideas and advice are shared in this practical course, which aims to aid teachers in the difficult task of introducing children to the world of Shakespeare.
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The aim of this course is to provide practical advice for support staff in schools and colleges enabling participants to deal more effectively with disruptive pupil behaviour. This course is suitable for all members of the associate and support staf...
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This highly practical course examines useful and simple strategies to raise the achievement of boys. It focuses on ways to improve boys' behaviour, attitude and performance, while offering successful methods to ensure meaningful group work, successfu...
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Person, Social and Health Education now has a stronger place in the National Curriculum with the non-statutory framework and has a higher profile in inspections. The aim of this course is to prepare schools for the inspection of PSHE. The course wi...
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This course aims to give a concise, coherent and usable account of Artaud's ideas and writings. It will also suggest ways of integrating Artaud into the rest of the syllabus.
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Talented and gifted students can remain unidentified within the school / college system, and now come under the overall umbrella of SEN. This course will aim to help teachers and tutors identify these students and review strategies for addressing the...
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This classroom-based course will cover the key aspects of health and safety awareness in theatres and studio spaces.
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The re-written specifications for the Media GNVQ qualification will be used as a basis for the course.
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This course will examine the processes required to develop a focused and healthy customer service attitude, enabling individual staff to provide a high quality service.
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The management and organisational skills explored on this comprehensive course will help with the day to day running of school premises. Premises, caretaking and site management staff will learn how to organise their workload effectively, manage the...
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Spontaneity and creativity are useful attributes, but effective teachers must succeed in managing the classroom environment in order to maximise the opportunities for all pupils to learn. We examine the principles of good classroom management, and th...
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The aim of this course is to analyse how drama can be used as a technique, by both specialists and non-specialists, to manage difficult behaviour, particularly in adolescence. Through a variety of techniques, which are active, fun and therapeutic, w...
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This course is suitable for teachers of special needs who are interested in using drama techniques as a valuable means of teaching and for drama teachers who would be interested in finding out more about special needs and exploring how their teaching...
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This course is suitable for teachers who are not media specialists and those wishing to update themselves on key concepts. This day is an opportunity for teachers to focus on how key Media Studies concepts can be used to provide students with an inte...
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Many students opt for Media Studies because of its glamorous image as a subject. This course aims to ensure that teachers are able to turn interest in the subject into a maximum level of achievement by candidates of all abilities.
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This course will enable participants to understand the effect of communication on those around them as well as to understand how we influence people through verbal and unspoken language. We will also look at ways of developing techniques, which will ...
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There is an increased emphasis upon access, inclusion and entitlement within mainstream schools and colleges; this course will consider the management of an increasing number of support staff for more effective inclusion.
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The role of science technicians is defined and explored, with emphasis placed on time and workload management; the provision of a quality service and working with colleagues and the staff team.
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The skills and knowledge for successful interviewing are indispensable to senior managers who are responsible for interviewing potential recruits, current staff and prospective students. Only through effective preparation and good interpersonal skil...
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This course will enable teachers to develop strategies to combat the under-achievement of boys in English KS3 and KS4. The discrepancy between sexes is often very pronounced by the time that pupils reach GCSE level and it is clear that such boys have...
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A comprehensive and sensitive review of the key issues in child protection. The course is suitable for a wide range of staff, and will explore current research, abuse in the context of the law and ways to work with abused pupils.
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Looked after children are more likely to be excluded from school and are the least likely group to obtain any academic qualifications. This course is designed to help schools investigate the factors involved and to develop a strategy for supporting t...
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This course will identify methods of successful target setting and strategies for raising levels of achievement in secondary school pupils.
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GCSE Media Studies calls for a variety of assessment methods including the internal assessment of coursework and production in preparation for external moderation. This day will give teachers the opportunity to review their approach to assessment. It...
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AS / A2 Level Media Studies exams call for a wide variety of assessment methods including the internal assessment of coursework and production in preparation for external moderation. This day will give teachers an opportunity to review their approach...
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The teaching assistant's role is fundamentally different from that of the teacher. The specific skills required of the TA are explored in this course; with particular emphasis on organisation, management and maximising effectiveness.
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Grades are the focus and teaching is key. From structured lessons (and their success!) to critical thinking we examine how to get the best out of your students. There is a close emphasis on the National Curriculum criteria at GCSE, and what is requir...
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This one-day workshop aims to provide practical ideas and techniques which can be used in order to enhance the breadth and depth of this core aspect of the Art curriculum. Further discussion will focus on the role ICT has to play in this process, and...
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Through detailed examination of the management skills required of creative and expressive arts technicians, this course aims to provide you with the personal resources necssary for the most efficient and effective use of your time.
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This course examines a range of legal health and safety issues including legal responsibilities, the requirements for health and safety policies and the implications of recent changes in legislation.
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This course, which is suitable for all teachers and support staff, will identify individual, departmental and school/college responsibilities to raise awareness of Health and Safety issues, assess risks and to reduce hazards and accidents.
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This course is designed to give information to those responsible for others in their workplace.
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This course will review the health and safety requirements for the school or college office. The day will include risk assessment, manual handling, accident prevention and specialist areas such as the Display Screen Equipment Regulations.
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This course aims to develop an awareness of the requirements of modern legislation. The course introduces the concept of managing risk and discusses the legislative requirements. Delegates will be required to draw up a risk assessment protocol as wel...
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The course will offer support and advice to teachers working with candidates on the SEG GCSE Media Studies coursework and practical production and the Media Studies controlled test. As well as discussing the general requirements of the course, the co...
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This course will examine the key issues and suggest practical measures for managing effective inclusion. It will identify strategies for enabling pupils with social, emotional and behavioural problems to be effectively 'included' into mainstream scho...
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A concise approach to getting the best out of your students for this paper. With the syllabi firmly in mind, the course focuses in on the key skills of planning schemes of work, building cross curricular links and assessing the work.
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Major and minor building work on-site is the responsibility of the school. This course explores the implications of this, with reference to practical legal and safety issues.
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This course explores, through workshop and practical activities, the newly developed techniques of accelerated learning as applied to the secondary classroom. The day will highlight and demonstrate many of the new methods and also explore the theore...
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This course will deal with preparing the English department for the return of an inspection team.
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The formulation of Behaviour Plans by LEAs and the establishment of targets to reduce exclusion has resulted in many schools reappraising their current policies with regard to behaviour management. A variety of approaches are considered during this ...
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Inclusion, access and diversity are now key elements in a successful organisation. The course will help to develop strategies for convincing others of the benefits of inclusion, establishing the infrastructure for effective inclusion and developing a...
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| 80 |
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PSHE is often delivered by form teachers who may not have experience in this area. The aim of this course is to cover the essential issues, topics and approaches in order to enhance form tutors' ability to contribute to the personal development of t...
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Schools are not always made aware of the latest research about young people's drug use and national incentives and guidance. This course is intended to bring them up to date with the current situation. The course is suitable for PSHE Co-ordinators ...
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Effective management strategies for the drama / performing arts department are examined with emphasis placed on self-organisation, team-building, management and successful delegation.
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This course is essential for schools running their own Swimming Pools. Full attendance and successful completion of the course enables a delegate to gain the Institute of Sport and Recreation Management Pool Plant Operators Certificate. (A further £5...
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This course is designed for technicians and teachers who work in laboratories. It includes a brief look at individual responsibilities under Health and Safety Law, as well as COSHH, controlling hazards in a laboratory environment and assessing risk.
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This highly interactive course is aimed at support / associate staff team leaders. The day provides plenty of opportunities for participants to identify the main issues and reinforce their skills through short, practical exercises. After participatin...
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This course will identify strategies for effective time and resource management while recognising the special context in which educationalists have to work.
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Team working is recognised as one of the most effective processes to develop management structures and improve communication in schools. This course is suitable for senior staff who are developing 'whole school' team working, or those leading other s...
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In this course we examine Brook's debt to practitioners such as: Artaud, Grotowski, Brecht and Stanislavski, in terms of their aims for and requirements of the theatre and the demands and problems that these created for their actors. We will also loo...
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This course will practically examine the development of Grotowski's work from experiments in the role of the audience and what acting is to para-theatre and the objective drama programme.
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Prepare your Art Department for inspection through the examples of others. This course takes its cue from what Ofsted themselves say about the effective Art Department. It provides numerous examples of good practice from inspected schools, and is a w...
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Feedback from our courses that focus on learning and teaching is that they are opening up new opportunities for making pupils' learning more powerful. This course extends our portfolio and looks at how mind mapping can help the learning process.
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This course looks at the various ways in which different students learn, and will focus on providing strategies to access diverse learning styles.
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A 'hands on' course for secondary school music teachers wishing to extend their skills in teaching this aspect of NC music. It will provide a balance between personal skills development in composition and in the organisation and management of individ...
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This is a course for secondary school music teachers wishing to improve and extend their skills in this important element of National Curriculum music. It would seem that the national trend, which was rapidly leading to the demise of singing in secon...
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Every delegate will come away from this course feeling confident that they have the necessary documentation for their Ofsted inspection. We shall also explore practical lessons that really work and how you can assess them effectively.
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| 96 |
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This course is suitable for Heads of Department, teachers with subject management responsibility and those aspiring to become, or shortly becoming a Head of Department. This course will cover all aspects of the job, and give practical guidance in mak...
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| 97 |
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This course is suitable for anyone who wishes to implement a new appraisal/review scheme or adapt an existing one. The course will identify how the processes of appraisal work and how schools and colleges can develop an effective model for appraisal.
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This course aims to provide an introduction to teaching methods suitable for linking the elements in the new AS/A2 Level specification. This course is particularly suitable for teachers teaching AQA / AEB.
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STANISLAVSKI: 'It was necessary to picture not life itself as it takes place in reality, but as we vaguely feel it in our dreams'. This statement is not widely quoted, mainly because it does not easily fit our perceptions of 'the Method'. This cours...
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This course offers a comprehensive guide for how to teach plays at A Level. Delegates will have the opportunity to focus on their choice of text. We will then make specific reference to key aspects of texts delegates bring with them and make sure you...
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| 101 |
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This course will be run as a workshop and will focus on developing the management skills and attributes that are identified as essential to the subject leader's role.
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| 102 |
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This course will look at the development of the English language and the implications of literacy.
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| 103 |
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This course will help to capitalise on the positive one-to-one relationships that develop within the school/college between Professional and Pupil/Student - whether they occur in the pastoral or support role or in the subject setting. Delegates will...
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| 104 |
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The essentials of swimming pool health and saftey are covered in this one-day course which offers a comprehensive introduction to the field.
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| 105 |
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Recent experience suggests that there is a change in attitude by many girls in secondary schools across the country. Ungracious, surly, truculent, deliberately unpleasant behaviour appears to be on the increase. There are no easy answers. However, th...
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We live in times where sharing good practice is seen to be a vital part of the work of a variety of staff. As a result they are frequently asked to go out and spread the word to a wide range of groups - colleagues, parents etc. An effective present...
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| 107 |
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The course will identify current requirements including the new demands of performance-related appraisal schemes.
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| 108 |
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Classroom observation and assessment is a key element in current professional teacher appraisal and review schemes. The course reviews effective processes for devising and managing classroom observation as part of appraisal schemes and the inspection...
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| 109 |
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The education of children with emotional and behavioural difficulties is a key challenge for schools/colleges, particularly at a time when the Government is pressing for a reduction in exclusions and in levels of truancy. This course examines respon...
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This course will explore proven working strategies which allow students the opportunity to attain deserved grades. Devising is part of all Drama and Theatre Studies specifications, as is the interpretation of a script from page to stage in some way....
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This course will cover all the key aspects of these two plays, giving delegates clear and concise schemes of work to help the students perform well in written examinations. Through a mixture of practical work, discussion and examination of archive ma...
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| 112 |
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The programme identifies the key features for success in the written papers for drama and theatre studies.This course is suitable for teachers following the Edexcel or AQA specifications'
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| 113 |
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This course is designed to clarify elements of the syllabuses and suggest teaching methods to enable the pupils/students to fulfill the criteria and enable them to gain good grades.
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| 114 |
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The course introduces the concept of managing risk and the importance of having a COSHH compliance programme in schools & colleges. This widely applicable course is suitable for anyone working with hazardous substances. It is not necessary to have p...
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| 115 |
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This comprehensive one-day course provides supervisors with an extensive selection of ideas and approaces in order to ensure the provision of a high quality cleaning service. The topics covered are wide-ranging with specific emphasis placed on organ...
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| 116 |
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A functional approach is taken towards manual handling and RIDDOR in this comprehensive course. The requirements and importance of RIDDOR are discussed and practical advice is given on manual handling with the aim of raising awareness of the importa...
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| 117 |
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This course is suitable for school office managers who wish to monitor and improve professional practice in the office. The course will identify factual and tangible methods for ensuring quality management processes and systems. In addition, practica...
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| 118 |
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This course is suitable for any associate staff team leader who is responsible for appraising staff. Delegates should bring to the course a copy of their appraisal scheme and job descriptions if these are available.
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| 119 |
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An effective team starts with good self management, and in the hectic environement of a school such skills are increasingly becoming compulsory to deal with the body of work. Refresh your knowledge of good self management strategy, and learn new tech...
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| 120 |
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This course will explore the use of peers as tutors in support counselling. The tutor will identify how a counselling group can be set up and establish the value of using young people in peer support and counselling. Such a process can provide suppo...
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| 121 |
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This highly interactive course is for members of the Learning Support Staff team. The day provides plenty of opportunity for participants to identify the main issues and reinforce skills through short practical exercises.
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Children have different learning styles but they all need to be reasonably content and unstressed in order to maximise and integrate their classroom experiences. Over a certain threshold of stress the mind disengages. We all know about this 'switch...
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| 123 |
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Why do we do the things we do? Critical thinking is an essential tool in answering this, and other crucial questions. This course explores how you can use it to transform the way both you, and your students operate.
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This course aims to support secondary school PSHE co-ordinators new to the role and those who want to 'check out' their existing practice. It will provide a clear framework for leading and managing this subject.
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| 125 |
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This course is suitable for all Supervising Technicians or those aspiring to become Senior Technicians. It will provide a practical guide to achieving targets and managing the team.
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| 126 |
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Through detailed examination of the management skills required of premises and site managers, this course aims to provide you with the personal resources necessary for the most efficient and effective use of your time.
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| 127 |
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School/college maintenance is thoroughly examined in this far-reaching course. Discussion will focus on how to organise yourself to improve efficiency, how to manage others for successful outcomes, and your responsibilities under health and safety la...
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| 128 |
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Teaching Assistants (TAs) are a valuable and under-used resource for pupils, parents, teachers and the school. This course aims to enable LSAs to work more effectively in the classroom and shows how pupils can be supported and helped through the mana...
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| 129 |
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This course will focus on the physiological and sensory basis of cognitive development and optimum contexts for thinking and learning. From the biological detail to the classroom practice the day will provide a comprehensive introducton to the field.
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| 130 |
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This course is suitable for SENCOs and Teacher Assistants at KS2 and KS3 Special Needs. Many pupils, whether with special needs or not, find it difficult to write, organise their writing and decide upon content. The support of adults, whether teacher...
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| 131 |
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The role of the Teaching Assistant is crucial in the support of literacy skills. What to support and how to support it is a familiar dilemma, but knowing where to start helps! This course will help teacher assistants to have a clearer understanding o...
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| 132 |
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This course aims to assist teachers in developing cross-curricular literacy skills, providing evidence for this as part of National Targets for Education.
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| 133 |
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This course is suitable for teachers of Key Stage 3 & 4 and Teaching Assistants in special schools, including non-specialists. The course aims to build the confidence of both specialist and non-specialist adults in understanding the requirements of...
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| 134 |
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This course seeks to place Jane Austen's work within the historical and cultural context in which it was written and understood. The intention is to emphasise teaching methods to make dynamic the major ideas and stylistic qualities of the individual ...
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| 135 |
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This course is designed for Key Stage 3 teachers who want to build upon the impetus of the National Literacy Project to reach higher standards of literacy at KS3 and beyond. Many schools worry about how to meet demanding Government targets. This cour...
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| 136 |
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This course responds to the requirements of the new GCSE specification
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| 137 |
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Sound forms an integral part of theatre, yet the techniques involved in getting it right are complex, and the machinery specialised. We examine how you can get your productions, or any work in the theatre, sounding professional.
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| 138 |
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This course is designed to familiarise teachers with equipment such as video cameras, microphones and basic lighting which may be used as part of a scheme of work in Drama departments or Media Studies. Equipment will be provided but if you wish to b...
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| 139 |
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The role of purchasing in schools and colleges must be to ensure that the whole establishment works in harmony with the purchasing officer allowing that person to fully co-ordinate the needs of the students and staff and fulfil the fiscal policy of t...
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| 140 |
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This course aims to enable school and college staff to reflect upon 'best practice' and to develop new strategies for managing disruptive behaviour and confrontation in schools and colleges. The course would be helpful to all staff who work with pupi...
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| 141 |
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This introductory course to the basics of stage lighting will be held in a studio theatre to enable delegates to have a 'hands on' experience of stage lighting. This forms the first half of a two day course; the second day of which offers a more ad...
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Its studio theatre setting makes this 'hands on' course a popular one. Advanced stage lighting techniques are experimented with and many ideas for practical applications to shows and musicals are explored. Those new to stage lighting might choose t...
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| 143 |
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Lighting is critically important to good theatre. Learn the principles of stage lighting in this comprehensive two day course that goes from basics right through to production design and advanced techniques. Based in a professional studio, you will h...
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| 144 |
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This course will enliven and stimulate drama through work through the study of Augusto Boal and other alternative practitioners such as Joan Littlewood, Vakhtangov and Stephen Berkoff.
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This course will provide an up to date analysis of contemporary performance techniques, concerns and developments. We will also examine theories that have shaped or influenced theatre today. Links will be made to the AEB and EdExcel requirements, esp...
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| 146 |
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This course is suitable for all music teachers or those with an interest in developing music to enhance the curriculum. Activities are designed to extend teachers' own knowledge but there will be discussion on how they may be adapted to suit the part...
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| 147 |
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This course is suitable for all music teachers in primary, middle and secondary schools, or any teacher with an interest in developing music to enhance the curriculum. Activities are designed to extend teachers' own knowledge but there will be discus...
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| 148 |
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This course is suitable for all teachers of students with special educational needs. The activities will be discussed and adapted to suit the particular needs of your students. This is a practical based course. Please bring at least one small percuss...
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This course is suitable for primary and special school teachers. This will be a day of enjoyable activities to build confidence. Please bring one (or more) hand held percussion instruments. Teaching ideas and a cassette will be provided.
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This course will provide delegates with a series of practical exercises which can be developed into devised performance. We will also examine the collaborative nature of the work and the stage-spectator relationship. We will investigate how the use o...
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This course aims to give a general account of political drama throughout the post-war age. It will identify what is specifically political about political drama. It will also examine whether the theatre is an inherently political medium. This course ...
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This course is suitable for Office Managers/Senior Administrators and Bursars who are responsible for ensuring groups of Support/Associate Staff work together successfully. The course reviews effective ways of developing and encouraging team working....
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Managing time and ensuring successful delegation are two fundamental skills for all managers. Such skills are easy to talk about, but often difficult to achieve in the busy atmosphere of the school or college office. The day will focus on practical s...
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The supervision of other staff is a complex task requiring an armoury of skills. In many school/college offices the job of supervisory management is essential for the smooth running of the department. Developing staff as supervisors can provide a sub...
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In this course you will have the opportunity to explore a range of approaches and methods to help you to develop a drama scheme of work. There will be plenty of opportunity to find suitable ideas and schemes for your particular circumstances, the nee...
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This course is intended to give teachers the opportunity to discover effective teaching methods for their GCSE specification. It will explore schemes of work designed to cover assessment objectives and various units of work.
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The aim of this course is to provide a 'starter pack' of skills for teachers coming to AS/A2 Theatre Studies for the first time. As well as practical and theoretical work there will be time for questions in order to deal with individual problems and ...
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This course will examine how Special Schools can fulfil the requirements of Education for Citizenship.
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In this intensive two day course we examine the role of the SENCO: what your responsibilities are and how best to organise yourself for their fulfillment. Develop sophisticated team working skills to assist monitoring and evaluation in teaching and l...
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