Are you a secondary school subject or curriculum lead looking to sharpen your subject leadership skills and drive excellence in your department? Join this empowering training course designed specifically for educators like you! These engaging sessions will equip you with the tools, strategies, and insights needed to lead with confidence, inspire colleagues, and raise pupil achievement. Whether you're new to the role or looking to refine your approach, this training offers practical solutions to common challenges and the opportunity to network with fellow leaders and share best practice.
What are primary schools teaching? How does this effect our KS3 curriculum? We will look at the KS2 curriculum and consider what is currently being taught in primary settings and how this has adapted and developed over the recent years and the impact this has on our KS3 curriculum. Is our KS3 curriculum working as hard for us as it could? A focus on your KS3 curriculum and delivery. Considering how to implement an effective, aspirational and engaging curriculum structure that helps to prepare students for KS4 and take some of the difficulties out of the KS4 course. A consideration of focusing more on the learning in KS3 rather than solely practical outcomes. A look at possible resources to help with a development and refresh of your KS3 curriculum.
Supporting your GCSE studentsWhat do we want our GCSE to achieve? Do we have a KS5 delivery to prepare them for? What is the focus of our GCSE?
We will develop a greater understanding of the requirements of GCSE Design and Technology course. We will discuss and consider how to overcome some of the difficulties of the course and look at how to structure the delivery of course so as to effectively support students through the NEA as well as allow the content to be covered in preparation for the examination.
Department DevelopmentWhat are the achievements of our department? What difficulties do we face? What do we need to focus on this coming year to work as smart as possible?
This session will allow for the opportunity to reflect on your school year considering your opportunities for development and how to move the department forward in an inspiring but manageable way. This session will allow for group discussion and collaboration with Design and Technology teachers from other schools.
How do we support all students? A closer look at the inclusive classroom and how we can support all students to achieve in D&T with a particular focus on SEND students.