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NQTs in Science: Making A Real Impact And Living To Tell The Tale
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Overview:
If you are a Science NQT, this course is ideal for helping you make an impact whilst preserving your sanity!
The first year can make you feel overwhelmed by the huge number of tasks and responsibilities you have to juggle just to keep you head above water, and this can seem worse in a core subject like Science with pupil progress being scrutinised through national testing at KS3 and KS4.
This course offers you practical, real-world advice and the chance to meet and network with other Science NQTs. It prioritises what really matters, and provides strategies on how to satisfy the requirements of Ofsted, maximise pupil progress, deal with challenging behaviour and prepare pupils for examinations - without making the workload impossible!
Main features of the course:
- Understanding why some lessons are successful and others aren't!
- Setting appropriate, differentiated objectives
- Using marking, monitoring and assessment to motivate students and improve their performance
- Dealing successfully with challenging behaviour
- Achieving well run, focused practical sessions
- Creating an effective laboratory
Is this course for me?
The course is suitable for all NQTs and returners who wish to gain confidence in applying current teaching methods and in preparing pupils for external assessments. It is also of interest to Science teachers in their first few years of teaching.
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Course programme:
The day starts at 9:30 for registration, and the first session is at 10:00. The course ends at approximately 15:45.
There are refreshments at registration, mid-morning, lunch and mid-afternoon. Full delegate materials and a certificate of attendance support the course.
Session 1 What makes a good lesson?
• Giving Ofsted what they want
• Setting appropriate objectives
• Selecting appropriate activities and providing variety
• Preparing pupils for external exams
Session 2 Assessment, monitoring and target setting
• Formative assessment and smart marking'
• Practical techniques to test successfully and how to use test results
• Strategies for questioning - getting the correct information, creating openness and participation
• Interpreting data
• Target setting-making targets achievable, workable and appropriate
• Follow up- how to praise success and encourage better results
Session 3 Successful classroom and behaviour management
• Strategies to manage challenging behaviour
• Dealing with groups, and providing variety in group work
• Oracy in the classroom
• How to ensure practical lessons run smoothly
Session 4 Managing the laboratory
• What makes an effective laboratory?
• Making the best of your resources
• Using ICT
• Individual follow up
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Tutor Beverly Rickwood:
As Head of Science, Beverly has successfully helped NQTs to survive and enjoy their first year. Now working as an educational consultant, Chief Examiner and developer of new Science courses, Beverly is keen to share the skills and knowledge she has gained in over 20 years of Science teaching. Her recent work includes contributing to the KS3 Strategy and Ofsted inspections. Her experience allows her to appreciate the challenges facing Science NQTs, and to have the solutions to their problems. Beverly's dynamic training style creates an open atmosphere to ensure lively participation from NQTs, who quickly find out that issues that at first appear daunting can be overcome - and that their first year can be extremely rewarding!
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Dates and locations:
London : Monday 14 November 2005, Monday 27 February 2006
Manchester : Friday 18 November 2005, Friday 10 February 2006
Please note that when you reserve a place on the course, we will fax direct to you at school or college venue details and a map of how to get there about 10 days prior to course delivery.
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Course feedback:
What people who have attended Beverly 's courses have to say
- Very useful and relevant
- Very informal style and yet it was a very well structured INSET. Beverly 's flexibility allowed a lot of input from participants and our outputs were made to seem valuable
- Good springboard for sharing ideas and focussing action back in school
- A very useful day, learning strategies to motivate students, different tasks that can be employed in the classroom. Thank you!
- Excellent. Good to meet others with the same problems. Very good for helping target pupils. Will help to address problems in course work
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Booking:
We have despatched a copy of the flyer and booking form for this course direct to your school or college. If you would like another copy please click here.
To reserve a place on this course, or to receive any further information:
- Phone us on 0121 686 5120 we can take all your details so no need to fill in a form!
- Fax us on 0121 686 5121
- Click here to send us an email
- Click here for an online booking form
Once we have received your information, we will contact you by post to confirm your booking.
Course fee £169. VAT @ 17.5% £29.58. Total cost £198.58.
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