Have You Had YOUR Training?

Over on the ‘About’ post, there was a question that raised some interesting issues around training. As you may, or may not(!) be aware, training on curriculum change is being provided through a range of support partners. NCSL (National College of School Leadership) and SSAT have been charged with providing support for leadership and curriculum managers in schools. At subject leader level CfBT
(an education trust) have been running courses since January, on through until March for foundation subjects. I am awaiting permission to post the remaining dates on this site but in the meantime if you are a subject leader of a non-core subject and are desperate to know, please email me on the address on the ‘About’ tab and I will provide details on a one-to-one basis. Finally the Secondary National Strategies are responsible for the delivery of training to core subjects via LA consultants and subject leader network meetings happening this and next term.

I am really keen to hear how well these events and training providers have been advertised to schools. Did you know CfBT were offering events in your subject area? Have the dates reached subject leaders in schools? Has anyone been on the training and have anything they can share, feedback or evaluate for us?

If you are a core subject leader have you had your SNS training yet? There will be consistent messages across the Maths, English, ICT and Science subject leaders’ meetings and it will be important to collaborate not just as core subjects but also as a wider team of curriculum subjects. Having had the training is there anything you would wish to share – especially to foundation subject subject leaders who will not have had the same training? What gaps, if any, do you feel were left in the training materials? What further training would you wish to have?

For core subjects the strategies will shortly (end Feb/ Start March) be producing frameworks to flesh out the PoS statements and illustrate progression in skills and content across levels and school years. Hopefully these will be of great benefit when it comes to writing schemes of work, etc. to ensure that the full

As ever, if you can provide any answers or would wish to share any information relevant to this post, please hit the comment link below.