NUT CPD programme - National Union of Teachers

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Welcome to the
NUT CPD programme
2010/11
“Our continuing professional
development programme is
designed by teachers for teachers.
It informs and enhances
professional judgement, and
supports the work and aspirations
of teachers and school leaders.”
Christine Blower, NUT general secretary
Since 2000, more than 20,000 teachers from schools across
England and Wales have enjoyed high quality continuing
professional development opportunities organised by the NUT.
Our emphasis is on CPD that has a positive impact on
teaching and learning in classrooms and schools, provided
at low cost (and sometimes free to NUT members). It is
teachers and their colleagues and pupils who profit from
the NUT CPD programme.
NUT CPD highlights during 2010/11 include:
• high quality professional learning open to
all teachers (NUT members and others) in
England and Wales
• behaviour management CPD for teachers
at all career stages
• affordable courses and conferences that school
leaders can recommend with confidence to
support performance management, succession
planning and improving teaching and learning.
Recoup your NUT membership fee – and more!
All NUT CPD is featured on the Teacher Development
Agency’s CPD database – meeting or exceeding its Code of
Practice for CPD – and is eligible for funding from CPD budgets
delegated to schools.

NUT CPD programme – autumn term 2010
NQTs & their mentors
A day led by Sue Cowley
OD/61R: Birmingham – Tuesday 5 October 2010
OD/62R: Manchester – Tuesday 12 October 2010
OD/63R: Cardiff – Wednesday 13 October 2010
OD/64R: London – Tuesday 19 October 2010
For:
Aims:
Cost:
Each seminar: 9.45am to 4pm
NQTs with their induction tutors/mentors (all KSs)
within approx 1½ hours of venue.
To further develop NQTs’ classroom management for
improving behaviour for learning. Also, by providing
an early shared CPD experience, to promote effective
mentoring and support to sustain improvement
throughout the induction year.
£40 for pair (including at least one NUT member).
£100 for pairs of non-members. Includes VAT, lunch
and refreshments. Small groups (from same school) of
one induction tutor with up to three NQTs welcome –
£20 for second or third NQT.
Supply teachers
Managing classroom behaviour
TF/73R: Newcastle – 28 & 29 October 2010.
9.30am to 4pm both days
For:
Tutor:
Aims:
Cost:
Future courses
Full/part-time supply teachers (all KSs) who have not
attended this two-day, non-residential seminar
previously. Participants should be based within
approximately 1½ hours of venue.
Pete Hrekow
To promote effective behaviour management
strategies to match the special circumstances that
supply teachers face.
FREE (NUT members), £150 (others). Includes VAT,
lunch and refreshments on both days.
TF/79R: Plymouth – 24 & 25 February 2011
TF/80R: Birmingham – 28 February & 1 March 2011
TF/83R: Norwich – 7 & 8 April 2011
Primary and secondary teachers
Internationalising learning: on the global stage
Thanks to a grant from the Department for International Development
(DFID), the NUT’s CPD programme is providing 15 ‘Internationalising
Learning’ courses throughout England and Wales. Each course is for
pairs of teachers (NUT members and/or others) and is FREE, including
accommodation, travel and one-day’s supply cover.
Each course will:
• enhance participants’ skills, knowledge and understanding of
international and global aspects of teaching and learning
• enrich learning in classrooms and schools and raise awareness of
global citizenship and the interdependence of international
development, social justice, human rights and community cohesion
One-day conferences
Putting the jewel in the crown
How schools can ensure CPD is effective and has impact
(In partnership with Imaginative Minds)
OD/65: Wednesday 20 October 2010
Speakers: Philippa Cordingley and Vivienne Porritt,
plus choice of workshops
For:
Aims:
Cost:
Head teachers, CPD coordinators, advanced skills
teachers, plus all teachers and school leaders wanting
to improve CPD (all KSs).
Drawing on the latest evidence from research and
examples of good practice, this conference will enable
participants to enhance professional learning and
make optimum use of expertise within and beyond
their schools.
£125 (£75 for NUT members and/or subscribers to
Imaginative Minds publications).
More than a spoonful of sugar
Maximising achievement and wellbeing for young people
with medical conditions in mainstream schools
(In partnership with specialists in anaphalaxis, asthma,
diabetes, epilepsy and other conditions prevalent in childhood.)
OD/66: Friday 12 November 2010
For:
Aims:
Cost:
School leaders, Sencos, teachers who can lead
change, and other professionals working directly with
schools (all KSs).
Participants will increase their knowledge and
understanding of:
• good practice in overcoming potential obstacles to
learning and creating a culture inclusive of healthrelated
differences (e.g. agreeing care plans)
• medical conditions common in mainstream schools
• sources of advice and support
• strategies for preventing stigmatisation and
increasing empathy and awareness among adults
and children.
£30 (£15 second participant from same school).
Conferences held at NUT HQ, near Kings Cross, London
• build teaching and leadership capacity in schools to strengthen
international dimensions within and across the curriculum.
The next courses are:
T2T/46: London (secondary)
Initial seminar: 3 & 4 Nov 2010, Follow-up: 9 & 10 Feb 2011
T2T/47: Cardiff (primary)
Initial seminar: 17 & 18 Nov 2010, Follow-up: 15 & 16 Feb 2011
T2T/48: Stoke Rochford Hall, near Grantham (primary)
Initial seminar: 8 & 9 Nov 2010, Follow-up: 27 & 28 Jan 2011
For full details, visit www.teachers.org.
uk/cpdinternational or email
internationalcpd@nut.org.uk

Early career teachers
Making effective interventions
in pupil behaviour
TF/76R: Bolton – 2 & 3 December 2010, 9.30am to 4pm
For: Mid-career teachers (all KSs), usually with six to 20
years’ experience, within approx 1½ hours of venue.
Tutor:
Aims:
Cost:
Improving behaviour for learning
TnC/8: Initial seminar: 23 & 24 November 2010
Follow-up: 8 February 2011
At Stoke Rochford Hall, near Grantham
For:
Tutors:
Aims:
Cost:
Teachers in their 2nd to 5th years of teaching (all KSs).
Pete Hrekow and Paul Howard
To add new understanding and strategies to the
classroom expertise of early career teachers to
improve behaviour & maximise pupil outcomes.
£25 (NUT), £175 (others). Includes VAT, lunches and
refreshments, and dinner with B&B on 23 November.
Mid-career teachers
Rob Long
To provide a mid-career ‘refresher’, deepening
understanding of classroom behaviour and looking at
strategies for further improvement.
£25 (NUT), £175 (others). Includes VAT, lunch and
refreshments. Optional dinner and B&B (£50) at end
of first day can be requested in advance.
Future course TF/78R: Bristol – 2 & 3 February 2011
Sencos and SEN leaders
Effective use of teaching assistants to support pupils
with SEN and disabilities in mainstream schools
TF/75:
For:
Aims:
Cost:
1 & 2 December 2010, Stoke Rochford Hall
Sencos, school leaders, inclusion managers and
teachers responsible for TA(SEN) deployment.
To draw on evidence from research and best
practice to develop effective use and performance
management of teaching assistants supporting
pupils with SEN and disabilities.
£75 (NUT), £200 (others). Includes VAT, lunches,
refreshments and dinner with B&B on 1 December.
Early career BME teachers
TF/74:
For:
Tutor:
Aims:
Cost:
Aspiring to lead
26 & 27 November 2010, NUT HQ, London
Black and minority ethnic (BME) teachers in their 2nd
to 5th years of teaching (all KSs).
Viv Grant
To encourage career aspirations and develop
leadership skills, knowledge and understanding.
£25 (NUT), £150 (others). Includes VAT, lunch and
refreshments on both days. Optional dinner plus B&B
(£50) on 26 November can be requested in advance.
Future course TF/77: Leeds – 21 & 22 January 2011
Pastoral/PHSE teachers
Loss and separation
ONP/29R: Exeter – 18 October 2010, 9.30am to 4pm
For:
Tutor:
Aims:
Cost:
Teachers and school leaders (all KSs), especially those
with pastoral and PSHE responsibilities, within approx
1½ hours of venue.
Rob Long
A practice-orientated study day to increase
understanding of loss and separation and their
implications for learners. Learn practical interventions
and strategies for supporting vulnerable learners.
£50 (NUT), £175 (others). Second participant from
same school £25. Includes VAT, lunch and refreshments.
Future courses ONP/30R: Maidstone – 3 March 2011
ONP/31R: Carlisle – 7 April 2011
Senior/experienced teachers
Using transactional analysis to promote emotional
development and improve communication
tt/73: Initial seminar: 16 and 17 November 2010
Follow-up: 16 March 2011
At Stoke Rochford Hall, near Grantham
For:
Tutor:
Aims:
Cost:
Leaders, behaviour support teachers, specialists and
teachers interested in improving behaviour (all KSs).
Giles Barrow
To deepen understanding of behaviour, improve
responses to conflict and encourage better working
and learning relationships. Completion gains
Introductory Certificate in Transactional Analysis.
£150 (NUT), £300 (others). Includes VAT, lunch and
refreshments on all three seminar days; and dinner
with B&B on 16 November.
Secondary English teachers
Actively teaching and learning
Shakespeare at KS3
In partnership with the Royal Shakespeare Company
tt/74:
For:
Aims:
Cost:
Initial seminar: 3 & 4 December 2010 at NUT HQ, near
Kings Cross, London – includes seeing a Shakespeare
performance at The Roundhouse on Friday evening.
Follow-up: 11 March 2011, in Stratford-upon-Avon
(optional chance to see evening RSC performance in
The Courtyard for £10).
Secondary teachers of English.
Participants will learn active approaches to teaching
Shakespeare from RSC practitioners, try these out in
their own schools, and meet to share
good practice. Texts used will
include Romeo and Juliet
and Macbeth.
£150 (NUT), £250 (others).
Includes VAT, lunches
and refreshments, and
dinner and theatre
ticket on 3 Dec.
Optional B&B (£50)
can be requested in
advance for 3 Dec. July-
August

NUT CPD’s professional learning partnerships
National College for School Leadership
Equal Access to Promotion (EAP) is the NCSL/NUT CPD leadership
programme for black and minority ethnic teachers (with four to 12
years’ teaching experience) in leadership roles and aspiring to more
senior roles. EAP courses will run throughout the 2010/11 school year.
BME participants engage in a pre-course investigation, attend a
two-day residential seminar at the National College in Nottingham,
and complete a follow-up leadership study in their schools. EAP is
FREE to NUT members and others in the target audience.
For details and application: www.ncsl.org.uk/eap.
(NB: BME teachers with two to five years’ experience are eligible for NUT CPD’s
‘Aspiring to Lead’ course – see page 3.
University of Cumbria
Online study groups of
teachers without previous
M-level accreditation will start
from September 2010.
Participants will complete two
Masters-level online modules
(in ‘mentoring and coaching’
and ‘critical enquiry’) each worth
30 credits.
For further information about this
opportunity email mlevelcpd@nut.org.uk.
NUT’s national training programme
• a variety of residential courses to help NUT
members develop a role in the union and support
career development
• FREE to NUT members – including food,
accommodation and travel
• training to help members promote and develop
NUT policy in schools and locally
MORE LEARNING WITH THE NUT
ICT skills for teachers
• FREE courses especially designed to boost confidence and
increase use of ICT in the classroom
• delivered by skilled and experienced tutors at ‘twilight’
sessions in local FE colleges
• three options – intermediate Word, PowerPoint and Excel;
multimedia (digital photography and online publishing);
and interactive whiteboard courses
Steven Barber
• find out more at www.teachers.org.uk/training
• find out more at www.teachers.org.uk/ict-skills
NOTES
Travel expenses:
NUT members can reclaim (with receipts/
mileage) for CPD at Stoke Rochford Hall
(ie tt/73, TnC/8 and TF/75). No claims for
one-day events (OD or ONP), nor where ‘R’ in
the code (‘R’ indicates local/regional event).
Accommodation:
Courses at Stoke Rochford Hall start at 11am on
the first day to allow time to travel, and dinner
with B&B is provided at end of day one. Where
other courses offer ‘optional dinner and B&B
(£50)’ applicants can request this in advance.
Accreditation:
Participants completing tt/73, tt/74, TnC/8 and
‘Internationalising learning’ (T2T) have the
option to gain GTC’s Teacher Learning
Academy (Stage 1) – read course flyers for
details via NUT’s online CPD calendar.
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Find out more
about NUT CPD
NUT CPD homepage:
www.teachers.org.uk/cpd
To find out about
forthcoming NUT CPD:
www.teachers.org.uk/
cpdcalendar
To apply for a course:
www.teachers.org.uk/
cpdapplication
For questions and
information, email:
nutcpd@nut.org.uk
For day-to-day queries
(including any relating
to venues)
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