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New! Leading Your First Science Department
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Overview:
Timeline is proud to offer this new course, presented by Beverly Rickwood.
This busy, lively day is all about offering practical advice that will make a real difference to confidence levels, and it offers practical support and inspiration that can make a real difference in your first department.
Leading your first department can seem daunting – not only do you have to step into someone else's shoes and ensure that your new team is running successfully, you have to make your mark with the SMT and ensure that the quality of teaching and learning is maintained and improved. Plus, in today's climate, Science HODs are having to become experts at change management: updated curricular options, government initiatives, league tables, changes to Ofsted add yet more pressure to show positive value added.
This course acts as a lifeline as it examines how to ensure your department has a clear direction, runs smoothly and fully utilises the talents and abilities of its staff and pupils. It offers practical advice on prioritising what really matters and provides strategies to build a good team, and maximise pupil progress.
Beverly receives excellent feedback for her interactive training style, which quickly puts people at their ease, and results in lively, open training sessions. Her course aims to develop real-world skills that can be put to immediate and lasting use, not to spend the day being talked at.
Main features of the course:
- Examining the attributes of successful Science departments and Science leaders
- Analysing your currents strengths
- Developing and motivating your team
- Improving the quality of teaching and learning
- Achieving your short and long term goals
- Successful change management
- Creating and implementing your action plan
Course aimed at:
The course is most suitable for new and aspiring department leaders - however, it also contains ideas that would be of great use to recently established Heads of Science.
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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 – Knowing yourself
• What is Ofsted looking for? Examining the attributes of successful Science departments
• The qualities and skills of the forward looking department leader
• Analysing your current strengths
Session 2 – Knowing your staff
• Developing and motivating your team - promoting your vision and bringing your team on board
• Effective lesson observations, and the right way to follow up
• Effective meetings with individuals and groups
• Supporting aspirations and improvement
• Innovative use of support staff
Session 3 – Knowing your pupils
• Promoting monitoring as a means of improvement
• Data analysis
• Effective assessment and target setting to improve motivation and attainment
• Improving the effectiveness of lessons
• Selecting appropriate curricula
Session 4 – Planning for the future
• Identifying your priorities - short and long term goals and how to achieve them
• Introducing and managing change
• Creating and implementing your action plan
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Tutor – Beverly Rickwood:
Having many years' experience as Head of Science, Beverly is ideally placed to train future Science HODs on leading their own departments. Her recent work includes contributing to the KS3 Strategy, Ofsted inspections, leadership and management consultancy, and training related to the workforce reform program. She has been a Chief Examiner for several years and has been involved in the development of new Science courses. Her experience allows her to appreciate the challenges facing new Heads of Science, and she has the constructive, workable solutions to help them make a confident start when they take overall responsibility for their own department.
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Dates and locations:
London : Monday 7 November 2005, Monday 6 March 2006
Manchester : Friday 11 November 2005, Friday 3 March 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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