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Date |
Tuesday 12th October 2021 |
Time |
11.00 - 12.00 |
Facilitator |
Karen Sewell was the SENDCO at Kingsbridge Community College until 2017. She is an experienced SEND SLE for SWTSA and a SEND Associate for Education South West. Karen is also a SEND Governor. |
Details |
This session will enable Teaching Assistants who are new (and not so new) to develop a vision of what exemplary practice looks like. With reference to professional standards, research and recommendations we will reflect on the role and begin to develop relevant skills and knowledge. |
Aims |
To ensure TAs are able to support a neuro-diverse SEND cohort. For staff to understand practical measures for SEND on the front line of school. |
Event Code |
SWTSA/21/0006 |
Date |
Friday 24th September 2021 |
Time |
09.00 - 10.30 |
Facilitator |
Jon Eaton is Director of Kingsbridge Research School, working with schools and other improvement partners in the South West to broaden schools' understanding of evidence and providing access to guidance, training and support. Jon joined the Research School team in 2016 and has worked particularly around memory, metacognition, collaborative learning and behaviour. In addition to more than twenty years' experience teaching English, Jon has been a Head of Year and a national trainer in cooperative learning. |
Details |
Explore the headline recommendations from the EEF’s new Feedback guidance report (to be published in June 2021). We’ll also look at how schools can ensure the guidance is given the best chance of success by using a thorough implementation process. |
Event Code |
SWTSA/21/0014 |
Date |
Thursday 30th Sept |
Time |
15.45 - 17.00 |
Facilitator |
Sarah Hubbard is Ofsted’s Subject Lead for English and Drama. She is a member of Ofsted’s Curriculum Unit and participated in all three phases of the curriculum research that fed into the Education Inspection Framework (EIF). Her inspection experience includes, primary, secondary, special and independent schools, and Initial Teacher Education. Sarah has monitored special measures and requires improvement schools. A qualified teacher, Sarah has significant experience in school leadership. Her Post-graduate studies include school improvement and leadership, including the NPQH. Sarah was previously a specialist leader in education (English), and has led English improvement projects across a large cluster of secondary and primary schools and has delivered English training for national organisations. |
Details |
A presentation and Q&A with the national Ofsted Lead for English |
Event Code |
Date |
Tuesday 18 November 2021 and 25 November 2021 |
Time |
11.00 - 12.00 |
Facilitator |
Karen Sewell was the SENDCO at Kingsbridge Community College until 2017. She is an experienced SEND SLE for SWTSA and a SEND Associate for Education South West. Karen is also a SEND Governor. |
Details |
This is a two-part online course which will focus on three types of neurodiversity: Dyslexia, Autism and ADHD. TAs will come to appreciate the importance of supporting executive functioning skills in neuro-diverse pupils and to understand their broader role in supporting pupils with dyslexic profiles, Autism and ADHD in school. Session 1 - To know what 'exemplary' TA/Pupil interaction looks like. To understand the role of the Teaching Assistant (TA) in supporting students/pupils with dyslexic profiles. Session 2 - To understand the role of the Teaching Assistant (TA) in supporting student/pupils with Autism and/or ADHD. To appreciate the importance of supporting executive functioning skills in neuro-divers students/pupils. |
Aims |
To ensure TAs are able to support a neuro-diverse SEND cohort. For staff to understand practical measures for SEND on the front line of schools . |
Event code |
SWTSA/21/0007 |
Dates |
5th October, 9th November |
Time |
15.45 - 17.00 |
Facilitator |
Fintan O’Regan MA. PGCE, BSc Hons Fintan is one of the leading behaviour and learning specialists in the UK. He is currently an ADHD and Neurodiversity consultant and trainer for number of schools and organisations, an associate lecturer for Leicester University, NASEN the Helen Arkell Charity and the Institute of Education. He is the former Vice Chairman of UKAP, the European ADHD Alliance and has been the chairperson of the European ADHD Taskforce. He is a current member of the Special Education Consortium, the SpLD Assessment Standards Committee, and The London CDC and is a council member of CReSTeD. Fintan is an internationally acclaimed presenter has presented over 2000 seminars throughout Europe, the Middle East, the Far East, Australia, New Zealand and North America and has published over 10 books on learning, behaviour and socialisation issues. |
Details |
Neurodiversity is a term which was first coined in the late 1990s to describe conditions such as Dyslexia, Autism and ADHD as variations or differences in the human brain rather than as deficits or disorders. We offer three sessions from Fintan O'Regan looking at behaviour as communication and the SF3R, a formula he developed for management. The sessions are linked as you can see from the outlines below although Session 1 could be viewed as ‘stand-alone’. |
Sessions |
Session 1 Please note this session has run and is available as a recording for use in your school setting.
Session 2 The SF3R Approach. Structure. Flexibility. Rapport.
Session 3 The SF3R Approach. Relationships. Resilience. Transition.
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Event code |
SWTSA/21/0012 |
Date |
Thursday 7th October |
Time |
15.45 - 17.00 |
Facilitator |
Hanna Miller is Ofsted’s subject lead for physical education. She is a qualified teacher and holds a Master’s degree in Education. She has held leadership positions in primary and secondary schools and across a multi-academy trust. Hanna’s areas of expertise include the curriculum, continuing professional development and physical education. |
Event Code |
Date |
Thursday 14 October |
Time |
15.45 - 17.00 |
Facilitator |
Iain Freeland is Ofsted’s subject lead for geography. He is a qualified teacher, holds a NPQH and the professional qualification for school inspection. Before working for Ofsted he was deputy headteacher of 2 secondary schools and, most recently, an executive director of a multi-academy trust. He has particular expertise in humanities, vocational education, leadership and governance. Before entering teaching, Iain worked in the construction sector. Iain inspects a range of provisions including primary, secondary, special and independent schools, local authorities and initial teacher education providers. |
Event Code |
Date |
Tuesday 2nd November 2021 |
Time |
11.00 - 12.00 |
Facilitator |
Karen Sewell was the SENDCO at Kingsbridge Community College until 2017. She is an experienced SEND SLE for SWTSA and a SEND Associate for Education South West. Karen is also a SEND Governor. |
Aims |
For staff to understand how Dyslexia and Dyslexic type difficulties affect children and young people. For staff to understand how to support pupils with a dyslexic profile. |
Event code |
SWTSA/21/0010 |
Date |
Friday 19th November 2021 |
Time |
09.00 - 10.30 |
Facilitator |
Jon Eaton is Director of Kingsbridge Research School, working with schools and other improvement partners in the South West to broaden schools' understanding of evidence and providing access to guidance, training and support. Jon joined the Research School team in 2016 and has worked particularly around memory, metacognition, collaborative learning and behaviour. In addition to more than twenty years' experience teaching English, Jon has been a Head of Year and a national trainer in cooperative learning. |
Details |
The EEF Guidance report offers five evidence-based recommendations to support pupils with SEND, providing a starting point for schools to review their current approach. The overriding message from the report is a positive one. It is tempting to talk about the challenge of SEND as a specific and distinct issue. Yet, far from creating new programmes, the evidence tells us that teachers should instead prioritise familiar but powerful strategies, like scaffolding and explicit instruction, to support their pupils with SEND. |
Event code |
SWTSA/21/0014 |
Dates |
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Time |
8.30 - 4pm |
Facilitator |
Karen Sewell was the SENDCO at Kingsbridge Community College until 2017. She is an experienced SEND SLE for SWTSA and a SEND Associate for Education South West. Karen is also a SEND Governor. |
Details |
Develop outstanding leadership of SEND through a specialised programme of training, challenge and hands-on application. Fully understand and meet the challenges of leading on SEND in school. Be able to conduct a rigorous SEND Review. Develop an evidence informed approach to SEND improvement planning. Work with staff and parents to ensure inclusive high-quality teaching and successful SEND support. Reflect on the challenges of the OFSTED framework content. |
Aims |
To ensure schools have robust systems to cope with SEND throughout their setting. |
Event code |
SWTSA/21/0008 |
Date |
23rd November 2021 |
Time |
15:45 - 17:15 |
Facilitator |
Jenny Langley is a Chartered Accountant, an author and a mental health expert, as well as a mum with six children. When her eldest son recovered from anorexia over ten years ago Jenny left her City job behind and has since focused her attention on raising awareness of mental health and emotional resilience of young people and has a special interest in prevention, early intervention and crisis management in the school environment which she does through her involvement with the Charlie Waller Trust. |
Details |
Definitions of self-harm. Responding to disclosures and the decisional balance. Exploding the myths. Empathy for the struggling student. Awareness of medical risk and emergency first aid. Supporting students who self-harm and their friends and families. Harm minimisation techniques. |
Event code |
SWIFTSouth/22/0003 |
Date |
Monday 15 November and Tuesday 16 November 2021 |
Time |
0900 - 1600 |
Facilitator |
NHS Livewell South West is a recognised provider of integrated health and social care services operating across South Hams, West Devon and Plymouth, with additional responsibilities for delivering specialist services to people living in certain parts of Cornwall and Devon. We were founded in 2011 as a pioneering, independent community interest company. This means we are a not-for-profit organisation which re-invests all revenue back into the services we provide, and the communities we serve. While we are not a formal part of the NHS, we work alongside colleagues from local NHS hospitals and services to deliver expert training to a range of communities. |
Details |
Aims to provide tools and techniques to use within the classroom
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Event code |
SWTSA/21/0013 |
Podcast releases |
11 x monthly podcasts. The Podcasts will be released monthly, starting in September 2021 through to July 2022. You will be sent an invitation link to the podcast via email each month. |
When |
3rd week of each month |
Facilitator |
Jennifer is a Nutritional Therapist with over 7 years’ experience working in the field of Nutrition and Wellbeing. Jennifer runs a private practice seeing clients on a 1:1 basis as well as working with various Charities and Businesses throughout the South of England. Jennifer’s approach to nutrition is to help people understand their body, what their needs are and practical ways to help them achieve their true health potential. This helps the people she works with feel educated, positive and motivated about the changes that they will make. Nutritional Therapy is a recognized complimentary medicine and is therefore suitable for people who simply want to make some positive lifestyle changes, or those who have a chronic health condition. |
Details |
Following on from Jen’s successful nutrition podcasts and webinars last year, SWIFT South are delighted to bring you eleven, 30-minute podcasts covering different areas of wellbeing and health focussing on nutrition:
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Event code |
SWTSA/21/0015 |
Podcast releases |
29th November 2021 |
When |
0900 - 1600 |
Facilitator |
Dr Gianfranco Conti has taught MFL in a number of countries for nearly 30 years, he is founder, owner and CEO of the website and blog The Language Gym which has won many international awards. He is a world-renowned deliverer of CPD and keynote speaker as well as a resource contributor on TES. He has won awards for these resources which have been downloaded 4,500,000 times by over 100,000 teachers. His mission is to make current Cognitive Science and Applied Linguistics research available to the busy classroom practitioner and to translate it in implementable and impactful instructional strategies which make languages accessible for all. |
Details |
This course is an introduction to the pedagogy and systems of the Listening as Modelling and Extensive Processing Instruction. It will blend both linguistic and educational research to form an evidence-based curriculum with approachable and engaging tasks that can be used the very next day. Dr Gianfranco Conti will deliver this approach that has been pioneered by himself along with Steve Smith and Dylan Viñales. These approaches have been widely embraced by the MFL community. This is due to their impact on student engagement and progress linked to higher attainment and increased uptake of languages at GCSE. |
Event code |
SWIFT XXXXXX TBC |
Date |
Tuesday 18th January 2022 |
Time |
15:45 - 17:15 |
Facilitator |
Jenny Langley is a Chartered Accountant, an author and a mental health expert, as well as a mum with six children. When her eldest son recovered from anorexia over ten years ago Jenny left her City job behind and has since focused her attention on raising awareness of mental health and emotional resilience of young people and has a special interest in prevention, early intervention and crisis management in the school environment which she does through her involvement with the Charlie Waller Trust. |
Details |
Types of eating disorder. Early warning signs. Where to go for help. Exploding the myths. Empathy for the struggling student. Awareness of medical risk. Supporting students with eating disorders and their friends and families. Phases of recovery. |
Aims |
Understand types of eating disorder, early warning signs. Understand where to go for help and the myths. Have an increased awareness of medical risk. Un derstand how to better support students with eating disorders and their friends and families and the phases of recovery. |
Event Code |
SWIFTSouth/22/0002 |
Date |
Tuesday 1st February 2022 |
Time |
11.00 - 12.00 |
Facilitator |
Karen Sewell was the SENDCO at Kingsbridge Community College until 2017. She is an experienced SEND SLE for SWTSA and a SEND Associate for Education South West. Karen is also a SEND Governor. |
Aims |
For staff to understand how Dyslexia and dyslexic type difficulties affect children and young people. For staff to understand how to support pupils with a dyslexic profile. |
Event code |
SWTSA/22/0011 |
Date |
Friday 11th March 2022 |
Time |
09.00 - 10.30 |
Facilitator |
Jon Eaton is Director of Kingsbridge Research School, working with schools and other improvement partners in the South West to broaden schools' understanding of evidence and providing access to guidance, training and support. Jon joined the Research School team in 2016 and has worked particularly around memory, metacognition, collaborative learning and behaviour. In addition to more than twenty years' experience teaching English, Jon has been a Head of Year and a national trainer in cooperative learning. |
Details |
Diagnostic assessment provides opportunities to reflect on pupils’ thinking, strengths, and weaknesses. It can give useful insights into pupil learning. When used effectively, diagnostic assessments can indicate areas for development with individual pupils or across classes and year groups. In this session, we will explore the principles of assessment as well as some accessible diagnostic assessment strategies. |
Event code |
SWTSA/21/0014 |
Date |
8th March 2022 |
Time |
14:00 - 15:30 |
Facilitator |
Sarah Ashworth is Director of Schools and Families Programmes and a member of the Charlie Waller team delivering consultancy and training in colleges and universities. Over the last 30 years, Sarah has worked with a wide variety of individuals and groups, particularly children and young people. Prior to joining Charlie Waller, she led a multidisciplinary team as Head of Mental Health at the University of Warwick. Sarah continues to work in private practice and teaches counselling related and psychopathology modules at the University of Warwick and the University of Oxford. Sarah holds professional qualifications in counselling and psychotherapy, nutritional therapy and coaching. She is a Registered and Accredited Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) a Member of the British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine (BANT), and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. |
Details |
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Event code |
SWTSA/22/0002 |
Date |
22nd March 2022 |
Time |
14:00 - 15:30 |
Facilitator |
Sarah Ashworth is Director of Schools and Families Programmes and a member of the Charlie Waller team delivering consultancy and training in colleges and universities. Over the last 30 years, Sarah has worked with a wide variety of individuals and groups, particularly children and young people. Prior to joining Charlie Waller, she led a multidisciplinary team as Head of Mental Health at the University of Warwick. Sarah continues to work in private practice and teaches counselling related and psychopathology modules at the University of Warwick and the University of Oxford. Sarah holds professional qualifications in counselling and psychotherapy, nutritional therapy and coaching. She is a Registered and Accredited Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) a Member of the British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine (BANT), and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. |
Details |
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Event code |
SWTSA/22/0003 |
Date |
Tuesday 10th May 2022 |
Time |
15:45 - 17:15 |
Facilitator |
Ian Macdonald has held various roles in public health including Healthy Schools, You’re Welcome, substance misuse services and HeadStart. He teaches on young people’s health, including devising CPD programmes on mental health, substance use and relationship and sexuality education, as well as currently teaching for the Open University. Ian delivers training mainly in the South East of England and London, on the following topics: Developing whole school approaches to mental health, Depression, Self-harm, Substance use, Building resilience. |
Details |
The session will explore the relationship between young people's mental health and alcohol and other drugs, highlighting: Links between mental health and risk-taking behaviours, Myths surrounding the use of alcohol and other drugs - what the evidence tells us'. Models of supporting young people around substance use. |
Aims |
To understand the relationship between young people's mental health and alcohol and other drugs, highlighting: Understand links between mental health and risk-taking behaviours, Myths surrounding the use of alcohol and other drugs - what the evidence tells us'. Discuss models of supporting young people around substance use. |
Event Code |
SWTSA/22/0004 |
Date |
Tuesday 7th June 2022 |
Time |
18.00 - 19.00 |
Facilitator |
Karen Sewell was the SENDCO at Kingsbridge Community College until 2017. She is an experienced SEND SLE for SWTSA and a SEND Associate for Education South West. Karen is also a SEND Governor. |
Details |
We will start with the basics such as definitions of SEND and the SEND Code of Practice, going on to consider the national picture, sources of information and recent developments. You will be given the tools to evaluate your schools SEND provision and consider strategic leadership, accountability, structures and processes and people management. |
Aims |
Every Board is responsible for holding leaders to account for the education of learners with SEND. This session aims to help boards to effectively deliver on this responsibility to ensure that all boards have a positive impact in their setting with regards to outcomes for learners with SEND. |
Event code |
SWTSA/22/0001 |
Date |
TBC |
Time |
TBC |
Facilitator |
Amanda Tyler has over 20 years’ experience of working as an Educational psychologist and has a passion for enabling schools to build capacity to support their pupils’ emotional well-being. Amanda has worked as an educational psychologist in several local authorities and currently runs Sunrise Psychology. |
Details |
Mindfulness is about bringing our awareness to the present moment with a sense of curiosity and kindness (therefore not judging what we are experiencing). There is a wealth of research on mindfulness that shows how it can improve our well-being. This one hour session aims to define what mindfulness is and introduce some mindfulness techniques to you that you can use in your daily life. We will also briefly explore some of the research around mindfulness and emotional well-being. This introductory session is suitable for everyone. |
Event code |
TBC |
Date |
Tuesday 14 June 2022 |
Time |
15:45 - 17:15 |
Facilitator |
Devised by Dr John Coleman OBE and delivered by Jo Billington. Jo Billington is a Doctoral Researcher at the University of Reading and an Affiliate Lecturer in SEND and Inclusion in the School of Education at Oxford Brookes University. Her teaching and research centres on the lived experiences of students in mainstream schools with a specific focus on wellbeing. In addition to her academic work, Jo is a mental health trainer for the Charlie Waller Trust, where she works directly with school staff, parentcarers and students to promote good mental health in learners with and without SEND. |
Details |
The Teen Brain Matters workshop combines the latest understanding of neuroscience and developmental psychology with practical strategies to help teachers understand the changes students are going through, and what they, as teachers, can do to support learning and personal development. The workshop has been developed for The Charlie Waller Trust by Dr John Coleman OBE, a psychologist with an international reputation for his work on the teenage years. |
Event code |
TBC |
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