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Assessment is an integral – indeed, one might argue, an essential – ingredient of good teaching. Once the curriculum is designed and being taught, its effectiveness needs to be assessed, and students’ progress through the curriculum needs to be assessed too. This course is perfect for Subject Leaders and Heads of Department leading any discipline and is ideal for those new to the role and those just seeking their first middle leadership position. It is a practical course, anchored in the day-to-day reality of running a department and it follows a focused, logical sequence, and is full of real-life learning.

During this practical short course, Pooky will walk you through a range of simple ideas to help you to support your teen with their friendships.  None of these ideas require any existing knowledge or experience and they are all designed to feel easily doable.  You don’t have to do them all; pick one or two and see how you get on. This course is written with parents and carers of children from about the age of 11 primarily in mind, but the ideas here could easily be adapted for use by people working with young people or you could use them to deliver workshops or discussion sessions to parents or carers. This is one of a series of webinars commissioned by Resilient Rutland who are funded by the National Lottery

During this practical short course, Pooky will walk you through a range of simple ideas to help you to support your child with their friendships.  None of these ideas require any existing knowledge or experience and they are all designed to feel easily doable.  You don’t have to do them all; pick one or two and see how you get on. This course is written with parents and carers of children up to the age of about 11 primarily in mind, but the ideas here could easily be adapted for use by people working with young people or you could use them to deliver workshops or discussion sessions to parents or carers. This is one of a series of webinars commissioned by Resilient Rutland who are funded by the National Lottery.

This is a playback of a past live webinar. During this one hour webinar, Wendy Minhinnett, Founder of Rollercoaster Parent Support will share simple ideas for effectively supporting and working with parents and carers of children who are struggling with their mental health. Wendy will explore what works, what doesn’t and some of the simple things that can make a big difference.

This course is designed to teach you some of the basics about how to make your child more independent in accessing their learning online and how we can enable them to make effective use of their technology for homework tasks. We will also consider some of the ways of staying safe online

This course is for parents supporting their child with an eating disorder. Gemma will guide you through, what an eating disorder is, warning signs to look out for and tips to support your child. Gemma will end the course with the importance of practicing self-care as a parent and some useful resources.

This is a playback of a past live webinar. During this one-hour webinar, Lisa Artis and Vicki Dawson from The Sleep Charity will lead the discussion about teenagers and sleep. We’ll be thinking about what teens need to know about sleep, how we can convey those messages in a way that will be heard. We’ll also learn about ‘The Teen Sleep Hub’ and how you could use this resource which has been co-produced with young people, within your teaching or pastoral work.

Especially when working with our more vulnerable learners, child-centred planning is crucial. There is a danger that this can become somewhat tokenistic and a box-ticking exercise. When this happens, child-centred planning loses its power and can sometimes do more harm than good. So I am sharing five principles to help you engage in genuine, child-centred planning that will make a difference to the children you are working with.

There have been a lot of changes to the way that schooling has been received by young people and there may be more in the future. This course is designed to give you some practical hints and tips around managing these changes and enabling your child to get the most out of their learning wherever they are. So, if you want to know what you can do to support your child in these unpredictable times, join me to learn more. This course has been designed for parents/carers with a child in primary school or lower secondary school and requires no previous training or knowledge.

The teenage years must be an exciting time to be a brain! Everything is changing, new connections are being made and the way that information is processed also evolves. This course will take you through the essential information you need to know in order to be a supportive adult to a teenager.    

This pathway brings together a range of ideas and voices to support you to support the return to school. We don't imagine you'll do all the modules, but we hope that bringing them together in one place will allow you to take a pick and mix approach according to the priorities and challenges within your specific context.

Subject leaders are responsible for developing their disciplinary curriculum. They need to ensure their disciplinary curriculum is challenging for all, and is pitched in students’ struggle zones so that work is hard but achievable. This course is perfect for Subject Leaders and Heads of Department leading any discipline and is ideal for those new to the role and those just seeking their first middle leadership position. It is a practical course, anchored in the day-to-day reality of running a department and it follows a focused, logical sequence, and is full of real-life learning.

This is a playback of a past live webinar.  During this one hour webinar, Amanda Seyderhelm, author of ‘helping children cope with loss and change’ will help you to begin to explore your school’s story when it comes to loss and bereavement.  She’ll help you consider what is needed both at a whole school and at an individual level and what steps you can practically take to ensure every child and adult feels safe and supported.

In this course you'll explore practical and effective de-escalation techniques that you can use to help the young people you support. This course is aimed at teaching assistants or anyone working with young people in an educational setting and there are some ideas here that could be adapted for use by parents and carers too.

During this short course you'll learn how to support children with their writing including those who are reluctant or appear to be struggling.  As well as providing you with practical ideas you can use to support any child you are caring for or working with, we hope that Jess' calm and reassuring approach will boost your skills and confidence.

No matter how many years you spend in the profession, the first day back after a long break can feel terrifying. In this short course, I’ve shared some simple practical ideas to help you feel more confident about returning to school and to help you manage if things don’t go quite to plan.

We all have an internal monologue, that voice in your head. In this course we get you to think about what that voice is like – is it harsh and critical or kind and encouraging? We all live in a world with increasing pressures and this course will help you to take a step back and reflect on how to be kinder to yourself – what sort of friend are you to yourself?

During this practical short course, Pooky will walk you through a range of simple ideas to help you to boost the wellbeing of your family.  None of these ideas require any existing knowledge or experience and they are all designed to feel easily doable.  You don’t have to do them all; pick one or two and see how you get on. This course is written with parents and carers primarily in mind, but the ideas here could easily be adapted for use by people working with young people or you could use them to deliver workshops or discussion sessions to parents or carers. One of a series of webinars commissioned by Resilient Rutland who are funded by the National Lottery

Subject leaders don’t just manage people, they manage a discipline, they are the champions of their subject field and arbiters of its quality.  In this course we will explore how subject leaders can ensure their subject is taught well and that pupils are engaged, challenged and achieve.

This course is perfect for Subject Leaders and Heads of Department leading any discipline and is ideal for those new to the role and those just seeking their first middle leadership position. It is a practical course, anchored in the day-to-day reality of running a department and it follows a focused, logical sequence, and is full of real-life learning.