CLF Institute A year in pictures Summer 2017
“Embedding Excellence”
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR SCITT TRAINEES! 45 trainees trained with us both primary & secondary 2016-2017
LEADERSHIP TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT NPQH
50 aspiring Headteachers for NPQH 2016-2017
NPQML 50 middle leaders trained with us 2016-2017
NPQSL
48 senior leaders trained with us 2016-2017
CLF Emerging Middle Leaders 26 CLF staff completed the Emerging Middle & Senior Leaders course 2016-2017
CONFERENCES CLF Summer Conference
Yr 6 pupils from Frome Vale Academy leading a session. Over 1000 CLF staff attend our conference with the theme of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.
CLF Autumn Conference
Over 1000 CLF staff attend our conference located at different academies. Meeting the needs of learners with SEND.
Joining The Dots Conference
The CLF Institute has been involved in the production of a major education conference in the South West. They played a major role in co-producing the SW Teaching Schools’ ‘Joining the dots’ conference, around 150 delegates attended from schools across the South West.
SEND Maths Conference The SEND South West Maths Conference organised by The Boolean Maths Hub, part of the Cabot Learning Federation. Over 60 delegates from schools across the South West attended.
Maths Conference
Shanghai Maths Teacher Visit
The Boolean Maths Hub, part of the Cabot Learning Federation, staged their annual Maths Conference. 250 delegates from schools across the South West attended.
Two primary school teachers from Shanghai visited the UK for a two week period this year. This is the third visit the CLF have been involved in over the last three years.
NQT Annual Conference The Cabot Learning Federation staged its annual NQT conference In January. Over 30 delegates took part from schools inside and outside the Federation. This year we have been NQT Appropriate Body for over 100 NQTs beyond the CLF.
The BME Development Programme
Bristol Metropolitan Academy hosted the Cabot Learning Federation’s launch of the BME Leadership development 2017 programme. This is part of the NCTL Equality and Diversity in Leadership fund. Over 40 delegates attended.
What’s on next year & dates for your diary 2017-2018 All courses below, unless otherwise stated, take place in the CLF Institute Training Room, BS15 4JT between 4.00 and 5.30pm and cost just £15 per person. To book a place please email institute@clf.cabot.ac.uk Monday 14 & Tuesday 15 August Two day free Boolean Maths Hub A LEVEL MATHEMATICS SUMMER SCHOOL at Bristol Cathedral Choir School for students commencing study at any educational establishment in the south west region from September. Use this link or pass to students to book places https://bristolsummerschool2017.eventbrite. co.uk Wednesday 6 September free NPQH APPLICATION OPEN EVENING 4.00-5.30pm. This session will include a brief overview of the application process, an explanation about the competency based applications, the chance to share ideas and to draft some of the competency sections so that you are clear and ready to complete the form yourself delivered by Brigid Allen and Gill Fowler, CLF Institute Tuesday 12 September COACHING AS A LEADERSHIP TOOL delivered by Richard Rees, Leadership Development Coach, CLF Institute Wednesday 13 September, Wednesday 4 October & Wednesday 18 October free SCITT INFORMATION DROP IN SESSION in the CLF Institute Training Room, The Acorn Primary building, King’s Oak Academy, BS15 4JT 4.006.00pm Midday on Tuesday 19 September deadline for receipt of NPQH assessment applications Thursday 21st September AN INTRODUCTION TO KS3 REASONING AND MATHEMATICAL delivered by Rachel Helme, Boolean Maths Hub Tuesday 26 September VARIATION IN TEACHING FOR MASTERY delivered by Lisa Pollard, Boolean Maths Hub Lead Friday 29 September deadline to register for NPQML and NPQSL to start in October 2017 Monday 2 October A SHORT COURSE ON MARKETING AND PROMOTING YOUR SCHOOL delivered by Dean Blake, Communications Manager, Cabot Learning Federation Wednesday 4th October ENGAGING STUDENTS IN UNDERSTANDING GRAPHS delivered by Louisa Aldridge, Programme Leader for Science, CLF Institute Thursday 12 October ENGAGING STUDENTS WITH UNSEEN TEXTS FOR AQA GCSE ENGLISH delivered by Helen Angell, Director of School Improvement for the Cabot Learning Federation SCITT By the time term starts again in September, the second cohort of our SCITT will have already completed the first two weeks of their course. We are sure they will have a rewarding and enjoyable year. We are extremely pleased to welcome Michelle Moxham to our team as Director of the SCITT and leader of the primary phase. Michelle will be working closely with Chris Baker, leader of the secondary phase and Katharine Alcock, SCITT administrator. Recruiting for the 2017/18 SCITT cohort begins in September with three open evenings planned before the October half term. If you or anyone you know is interested in becoming a teacher please come along or contact us for more information. The minimum requirements are a 2.2 degree as well as GCSE at grade C or above in English and Maths (also Science for primary places.)
SCITT Partnership Group Our SCITT partnership group will be invited to attend on Tuesday 3 October, Monday 29 January and Wednesday 11 July between 4.00 and 5.30pm. An agenda will be sent a fortnight before each session. NPQ Licensed Provision Courses We are currently recruiting to our highly successful NPQML, NPQSL & NPQH courses which will begin in October. The cost for each course (including any assessment fee) is NPQH £1950, NPQSL £1250 and NPQML £750. The assessment period for NPQH applications is now open and will close at midday on Tuesday 19 September. Please see above for details of our NPQH application open evening taking place on Wednesday 6 September. To request a place on any of the three courses please email rhian.skinner@clf.cabot.ac.uk, the cut-off date for each course is shown in our dates for your diary section above. Mathematics TSST This year saw the completion of our second cohort of Mathematics TSST (Teacher Subject Specialism Training) in association with UWE. One delegate, on completing the course, said that the course deliverers had challenged the group to not only understand the concepts of the maths but also the misconceptions to enable them to be fully prepared to teach the topics to students. If you have just received your teaching timetable for next year and find that you are teaching Maths, which is not your specialism, this course is ideal for you. Consisting of twelve sessions, each lasting three hours, our highly experienced course deliverers will guide you from number sequences in KS3 through to trigonometry and vectors. The opportunity to meet with others in the same situation whilst gaining a mentor for the months ahead make this free course perfect for anyone new to teaching secondary maths. SLE Recruitment We recently recruited four more SLEs to our team in the following fields: MFL, History, SEN and English. Congratulations to Lois, David, Nicolle and Anneka. Our first TSPG meeting of the year for all of our SLEs is planned for the end of term two, invitations will be sent out shortly. If you feel you have what it takes to be a Specialist Leader of Education in your field and would like to apply to be a SLE, this link http://clfinstitute.net/school-sup/specialist-leaders-education/ will take you to the correct page of our website for more information and the application form. SLE applications should be submitted before Wednesday 13 September with the date for the next SLE core training being Wednesday 27 September. We are also now recruiting LLEs, please note to qualify to apply for this position you need to be a serving Headteacher with at least three years experience. Teaching School Partnership Group Our Teaching School Partnership Group meetings for SLEs will be taking place on Monday 13 November, Thursday 8 March and Tuesday 19 June between 4 and 6pm.
BME Leadership Development Programme Our BME Leadership Development Programme for aspiring and serving leaders continues into the new academic year following the launch event then three sessions led by guest speaker Paulette Wisdom who spoke to the group about topics including facilitating change, leading effective teams as well as leading with moral purpose and emotional intelligence. We will be launching our third cohort in the new year but are able to accept names onto the waiting list for places now from colleagues with a BME background working in schools, academies and educational settings across the greater Bristol region. Appropriate Body For NQTs Have you arranged your appropriate body for your NQTs yet? If not we have three packages available with the cost ranging from £200 to £325 per NQT. If you would like to discuss this with a member of our team please call 0117 244 6233. NQT Conference: Finding Your Feet Inspirational speakers, great workshop choices and networking all under one roof for the newly qualified teacher. Workshops at last year’s conference included voice and body language as well as time management. Get this date in your diary now! On Saturday 3rd February 2018. Venue: City Academy: 9.00-3.00PM. Lunch included. Free to CLF NQTs. NQTs outside the CLF one delegate £30 two delegates £50.00.
NQT Network Nights Our NQT network nights have been arranged to take place on the following Mondays, between 4.00 and 5.30pm, 25 September, Monday 13 November, Monday 15 January, Monday 5 March, Monday 23 April and Monday 18 June.
CLF Primary SKE Summer School The CLF Primary SKE Summer School consisting of six face to face and two self-study days is taking place on Tuesday 22, Wednesday 23 and Thursday 24 August (Maths) and Friday 25, Wednesday 30 August and Friday 1 September (English). Aimed at Year 6 teachers this course will also be repeated between Thursday 7 and Saturday 9 September (English) and Thursday 14 and Saturday 16 September (Maths) with follow up sessions at our termly PAC meetings. CLF primary teachers who currently teach other year groups are also welcome to attend. To reserve your place please email institute@clf.cabot.ac.uk CLF Emerging Middle Leaders & Emerging Senior Leaders The induction session for CLF Emerging Middle Leaders will take place on Wednesday 10th January 2018 with further sessions on the following Wednesdays 24 January, 7 February, 28 February and 14 March.The induction session for CLF Emerging Senior Leaders will take place on Tuesday 14 November with further sessions on the following Tuesdays 16 January, 20 February, 11 April and 1 May. For CLF staff who are interested in attending either of these courses please discuss with your Principal in the first instance. Academy Councillor/Governor training Following our recent seminar 'Governors' role in Ofsted inspections' delivered by Simon Rowe, Senior HMI Ofsted South West we will continue to offer informative and interesting sessions for school governors and academy councillors. Dates and details of each session will be published in our next newsletter which will be coming out in September. SKE Courses The Boolean Maths Hub will be releasing dates for their successful SKE courses again in the autumn and will also be recruiting schools/academies to become Secondary Teaching for Mastery TRG schools. For more information on both of these and much more make sure you are signed up to receive their regular newsletter by contacting BooleanMathsHub@clf.cabot.ac.uk Outstanding Teacher Programme The Cabot Learning Federation will again be delivering the OLEVI Outstanding Teacher Programme and the Improving Teacher Programme for both primary and secondary teachers. For further information please contact institute@clf.cabot.ac.uk Future Conferences Planning is already underway for our next whole CLF staff conference which is taking place on Monday 30 October. Further details will be sent to staff when we return in September. Following on from the success of the recent summer conference the date for next year will be Friday 6 July. Goodbye And Good Luck to Madzy Korte Finally we end this newsletter by saying thank you, goodbye and good luck to Madzy Korte who has been our intern for the past three months. Madzy lives in The Netherlands and gave up three months of her summer break to sample a taste of life in the UK. Joining us at an incredibly busy time Madzy has been involved in many aspects of the work of the CLF Institute. Madzy is pictured here at the Joining the Dots conference in June with Rhian Skinner, CLF Senior Administrator and Jasmine Helm, Business Administration Apprentice to the CLF Central team who has also worked on several projects with our team this year; we are also very grateful to Jasmine for her hard work and input. (Pictured left to right Rhian Skinner, Madzy Korte, Jasmine Helm)
With all best wishes for a happy and restful summer break, we look forward to working with you all next year. In the meantime, if you have any queries, don’t forget we are here all over the summer to help. Alison Fletcher, Director of the CLF Institute and the CLF Institute team.
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