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Learning with the NUT

 

Early career teachers 

Improving behaviour for learning

 

TnC/8:

Initial seminar: 23 & 24 November 2010 Follow-up: 8 February 2011

 

 

At Stoke Rochford Hall, near Grantham 

For:

Teachers in their 2nd to 5th years of teaching (all KSs).

Tutors:  

Pete Hrekow and Paul Howard

Aims:

To add new understanding and strategies to the classroom expertise of early career teachers to improve behaviour & maximise pupil outcomes.

Cost: 

£25 (NUT), £175 (others). Includes VAT, lunches and refreshments, and dinner with B&B on 23 November.

 

Mid-career teachers

Making effective interventions in pupil behaviour

TF/76R: 

Bolton – 2 & 3 December 2010, 9.30am to 4pm 

For:

Mid-career teachers (all KSs), usually with six to 20 years’ experience, within approx 1½ hours of venue.

Tutor: 

Rob Long

Aims:

To provide a mid-career ‘refresher’, deepening understanding of classroom behaviour and looking at strategies for further improvement.

Cost:

 £25 (NUT), £175 (others). Includes VAT, lunch and refreshments. Optional dinner and B&B (£50) at end of first day can be requested in advance.

Future course

 TF/78R: Bristol – 2 & 3 February 2011 

Sencos and SEN leaders

Effective use of teaching assistants to support pupils with SEN and disabilities in mainstream schools

TF/75: 

1 & 2 December 2010, Stoke Rochford Hall

For:

Sencos, school leaders, inclusion managers and teachers responsible for TA(SEN) deployment.

Aims:

To draw on evidence from research and best practice to develop effective use and performance management of teaching assistants supporting pupils with SEN and disabilities.

Cost:

£75 (NUT), £200 (others). Includes VAT, lunches, refreshments and dinner with B&B on 1 December.

Early career BME teachers

Aspiring to lead

TF/74: 

26 & 27 November 2010, NUT HQ, London 

For:

Black and minority ethnic (BME) teachers in their 2nd to 5th years of teaching (all KSs).

Tutor: 

Viv Grant

Aims:

To encourage career aspirations and develop leadership skills, knowledge and understanding.

Cost:

£25 (NUT), £150 (others). Includes VAT, lunch and refreshments on both days. Optional dinner plus B&B (£50) on 26 November can be requested in advance.

Future course TF/77: Leeds – 21 & 22 January 2011 

Cost:

 £25 (NUT), £150 (others). Includes VAT, lunch and refreshments on both days. Optional dinner plus B&B (£50) on 26 November can be requested in advance.

Pastoral/PHSE teachers

 Loss and separation

ONP/29R:

 Exeter – 18 October 2010, 9.30am to 4pm

For:

Teachers and school leaders (all KSs), especially those with pastoral and PSHE responsibilities, within approx 1½ hours of venue.

Tutor: 

 Rob Long

Aims:

A practice-orientated study day to increase understanding of loss and separation and their implications for learners. Learn practical interventions and strategies for supporting vulnerable learners.

Cost:

 £50 (NUT), £175 (others). Second participant from same school £25. Includes VAT, lunch and refreshments.

Future courses

 ONP/30R: Maidstone – 3 March 2011

ONP/31R: Carlisle – 7 April 2011

Senior/experienced teachers

Using transactional analysis to promote emotional development and improve communication

tt/73:

Initial seminar: 16 and 17 November 2010 Follow-up: 16 March 2011

At Stoke Rochford Hall, near Grantham

For: 

 Leaders, behaviour support teachers, specialists and teachers interested in improving behaviour (all KSs).

Tutor:

 Giles Barrow

Aims:

To deepen understanding of behaviour, improve responses to conflict and encourage better working and learning relationships. Completion gains Introductory Certificate in Transactional Analysis.

Cost:

 £150 (NUT), £300 (others). Includes VAT, lunch and refreshments on all three seminar days; and dinner with B&B on 16 November.

Secondary English teachers

 Actively teaching and learning Shakespeare at KS3

 In partnership with the Royal Shakespeare Company

tt/74:

Initial seminar: 3 & 4 December 2010 at NUT HQ, near Kings Cross, London – includes seeing a Shakespeare performance at The Roundhouse on Friday evening. Follow-up: 11 March 2011, in Stratford-upon-Avon (optional chance to see evening RSC performance in The Courtyard for £10).

For:

 Secondary teachers of English.

Aims:

Participants will learn active approaches to teaching Shakespeare from RSC practitioners, try these out in their own schools, and meet to share good practice. Texts used will include Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth.

Cost:

£150 (NUT), £250 (others). Includes VAT, lunches and refreshments, and dinner and theatre ticket on 3 Dec. Optional B&B (£50) can be requested in advance for 3 Dec.

 

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