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This course will promote an understanding of what Dyslexia is and how it presents itself in the primary classroom and identified. Participants gain an understanding of the strengths and weaknesses faced by a Dyslexic learner. Ideas and strategies are provided on how best to support students in class and what adjustments can be made.

Ideal for new middle school leaders or those looking for a solid foundation course before taking a new specialist NPQ in the near future. As with all our courses, it is evidence-informed and based on the latest research into curriculum knowledge and pedagogy.

Part 1: What does neuroscience tell us?

Part 2: Ensuring your school environment is conducive to positive mental health and learning.

The discoveries made by neuroscience have provided us with great insight as to the link between student mental wellbeing and learning. This training will look at the research and provide insights to help educators develop their educational setting to improve the mental wellbeing and learning of its students. It will look at why differentiation is important for all students and why it shouldn’t impose additional heavy burdens on teachers. As well as providing knowledge for strategic decisions, this training will also provide practical tools that can be used immediately to improve learning.

This online training will provide information on how recruitment processes should comply with the principles of safer recruitment practice and to understand best practice guidelines for schools, academies and colleges The training will examine perpetrator behaviour and how the school can deter, identify and reject candidates who are unsuitable to work with children and prevent them from gaining employment. It examines the required pre-employment checks for school staff and practical tools to apply throughout the process.

A practical guide to managing behaviour in classroom and creating a positive, purposeful working environment. Jam-packed with realistic, tried-and-tested techniques that really work, this training will help class teachers to feel confident about dealing with difficult pupils, settling noisy classes and trouble-shooting disruptive behaviour with immediate effect. Isabella will also draw on how the current situation may be adversely impacting on pupil behaviour and in this session will provide practical techniques for reinforcing classroom protocols and expectations.

‘‘Moving from feedback to feed forward’ (Cult of Pedagogy, accessed 2019).

Whether your school’s approach to improving teaching and learning seems to be working well, or team members are progressing inconsistently as a result of a teacher development process or programme not yet fit for purpose, using instructional coaching can support your whole team to develop a high quality, embedded approach to developing the quality of teaching and learning across your school using some simple techniques. Open questioning, active listening, careful observation skills, and a culture of professional discussion for improved performance all equate to a developed team, developed capacity and developed teaching and learning for your students. This course will support you in implementing and embedding an instructional coaching approach in your school and will provide you with valuable resources do to this effectively. This course is part of our ‘Leading Learning– Establishing an Effective cohort of Lead Practitioners’.

The traditional model of SEN students being supported by the SEN department has changed. Supporting SEN is now a whole school responsibility with class teachers being the first wave of inclusive quality first teaching. This highly practical course will provide instantly useable resources, tools, and strategies that schools can use to immediately reduce unnecessary barriers to learning. It will also provide the resources to empower all staff to support SEN students as part of their everyday practise.