Start Date	28 Sep 2022
Duration	1 Day
Venue	Darlington
Fees	Free

This course is designed to equip school and college based colleagues (teachers and technicians) with the skills to become an effective Professional Development Leader of subject specific CPD. It explores what makes CPD effective and how its impact can be evaluated as well as providing new Professional Development...

Start Date	18 Oct 2022
Venue	Whitley Bay
Fees	Free

We would like to invite technicians from across the region to join us for this network meeting, which will provide an opportunity to re-engage with colleagues based in North Tyneside schools. In this meeting we will share ideas, discuss best practice and to help shape future network events.   

Start Date	20 Oct 2022
Venue	Remote delivered CPD
Fees	From £60.00 + VAT. Fees can vary, see page for more details

Following the publication of the Research Review: science in 2021, this course is designed to enable participants, from any phase, to review their curriculum against the key messages. The course will highlight the key findings and provide a facilitated forum for sharing ideas with peers. Participants will work...

Start Date	20 Oct 2022
Venue
Fees	From £185.00 + VAT. Fees can vary, see page for more details

We will look at the required practical experiments from the A level chemistry courses and share best practice for their delivery.  SpecificallyTitrations, Calorimetry/Enthalpy, Rate of reactions, Ions tests, Organic synthesis, Electrochemical cells, pH investigation and transition metal testsWe will look at the...

Start Date	20 Oct 2022
Duration	2 Hours
Venue	Remote Delivered CPD
Fees	Free

Note that this course is for Professional Development Leaders that are undertaking Stage 1 of the Professional Development Leader Development Programme. You should have completed FD101 before completing this course. This course will enable participants to understand more about STEM Learning, our programmes and our...

Start Date	08 Nov 2022
Duration	2 Hours
Venue	Remote Delivered CPD
Fees	From £40.00 + VAT. Fees can vary, see page for more details

 The main outcomes of this course are:· An understanding of the types of thinking that typify the SEND learner in science,· Access to a range of activities to support the development of thinking of SEND learners,· Knowledge of how Piagetian levels of thinking support science...

Start Date	09 Nov 2022
Venue
Fees	From £185.00 + VAT. Fees can vary, see page for more details

To develop the independence of children thinking and communicating as real scientists is essential to deepen their scientific understanding. You will be able to facilitate and create rich, effective and exciting strategies that provide opportunities that embed and extend scientific skills

Start Date	10 Nov 2022
Duration	1 Day
Venue	Gateshead
Fees	From £185.00 + VAT. Fees can vary, see page for more details

To develop the independence of children thinking and communicating as real scientists is essential to deepen their scientific understanding. You will be able to facilitate and create rich, effective and exciting strategies that provide opportunities that embed and extend scientific skills

Start Date	17 Nov 2022
Venue
Fees	From £280.00 + VAT. Fees can vary, see page for more details

Teaching for Mastery with its focus upon the 5 big ideas that underpin the approach is changing the mathematics classroom. There are many things that we can learn from this such as:The importance of providing access for all learners,The role of low floor and high ceiling activities,The role oracy plays in learning,The...

Start Date	23 Nov 2022
Venue	Boldon Colliery
Fees	From £280.00 + VAT. Fees can vary, see page for more details

SEND learners, those who are operating well below age expected norms and especially early adolescents, view the world in unique ways. This course will provide insights into how SEND learners make sense of the world and then offer practical suggestions for activities that can be used to support their needs within the...

Start Date	28 Nov 2022
Venue
Fees	From £280.00 + VAT. Fees can vary, see page for more details

This course will support you to introduce a range of low floor/high ceiling challenging activities into Years 7 and 8. The aim of such an enrichment curriculum is to incorporate inclusive and accessible lessons into science that support the development of numerical reasoning and data handling – key skills for...

Start Date	30 Nov 2022
Venue
Fees	From £280.00 + VAT. Fees can vary, see page for more details

The EEF have identified the role of cognitive and metacognitive strategies as a key aspect of high quality teaching. This course will explore the meaning of these and how they apply to the teaching of science in Key Stage 3. With reference to CASE the ideas of Piaget and Vygotsky will be used to highlight how...

Start Date	06 Dec 2022
Venue
Fees	From £280.00 + VAT. Fees can vary, see page for more details

Using the ideas of Vygotsky, which highlight the importance of developing metacognitive learners, this course will help you develop the skills you need to create a classroom where oracy is both promoted and provides a foundation for cognitive development. Group work, wait time, questioning, and appropriate challenge...

Start Date	08 Dec 2022
Duration	3 Hours
Venue	Remote Delivered CPD
Fees	Free

Note that this course is for Professional Development Leaders that are undertaking Stage 1 of the Professional Development Leader Development Programme. You should have completed FD101 and FD102 before completing this course.This course looks at what can help make science CPD as effective as possible, with some...