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MY BETT Leadership Our ‘My Bett’ pages take a look at some of the exhibitors related to key areas of the curriculum and secondary school education. We start with leadership – and with the School Leaders Summit and the exhibition, there is a lot on offer Bett offers senior leaders the opportunity to learn, share best practice and discuss the current issues facing the sector. School Leaders Summit With key themes including evidencing the impact of technology in education, meeting SEND requirements and navigating major disruptions in education, the School Leaders Summit is a good place to start. Some of the highlights of the programme include: Ofsted and computing In his session, The common inspection framework and shorter inspections, David Brown HMI, the national lead for computing at Ofsted, will look at the changes to school inspection since September 2015 and how they will affect your school (Wednesday, January 20, at 3:45pm). The future? The session The storm ahead is to focus on navigating education’s “next 10 years of disruption” and will be led by education expert and author Will Richardson. The web poses a difficult challenge to the fundamental premises on which our concepts of school and education are based. The session will “discuss current best practices in schools who are moving swiftly into the modern world, and frame out a road-map for creating long-term, sustainable change that best serves our students moving forward” (Thursday, January 21, at 4:55pm). Impact of technology In his session – entitled The evidence-based approach for measuring the impact of technology in education – Professor Steven Higgins, from the School of Education at Durham University, will be discussing ways in which the impact of technology can be measured (Friday, January 22, at 1:25pm). School case study José Picardo, assistant principal at Surbiton High School, will be looking at the strategies implemented at his successful school, focusing on how certain platforms have been integral to achieving outstanding status. The session is entitled Case study in success – Surbiton High School (Friday, January 22, at 4:25pm). The exhibition School leaders will also have the opportunity to try out the latest products and services from hundreds of exhibitors, and speak to the experts about the benefits these technologies offer. Here’s a taster of what you can expect: Virgin Media Business Virgin Media Business and its partners will be demonstrating how its designed-for-schools Photo : Jack Terry Photography/Bett ICT service, TRUSTnet, is being used by more than 2,500 schools nationwide. TRUSTnet is a solution that combines e-learning content, pupil safeguarding and dedicated support, with access to a range of premium teaching and learning resources (stand G160). BlueSky Education BlueSky will be showcasing its online staff development, professional learning and selfevaluation software, now featuring enhanced modules for school self-evaluation and collaboration (stand B219). iboss The American web security solution is now available in the UK. iboss is built around a fast Layer 2 bridge that will not slow down your network like proxy-based filters. It includes layer 7 app control, selective SSL inspection and decryption, MDM and bandwidth management (stand E240). SchoolPod SchoolPod is a web-based MIS and among its offerings is BehaviourWatch, a system which allows teachers to log behaviour incidents online and eliminate the need for paper-based reports (stand E368). Groupcall Groupcall will be unveiling its new app for parents, Xpressions, a personalised student timeline where parents can view their child’s progress including: achievement, attendance, assessment, timetables and the school calendar, facilitating lesson preparation and homework (stand B188). HP Education Visitors can experience HP Education’s “Classroom of the Future” and try-out the solutions themselves (stand D160-D180). E2BN Think-IT The Think-IT service provides an EU-tendered framework for IT products and services in education. It provides cloud-based solutions covering 18 categories, including connectivity, VoIP, single sign-on, virtual desktop, classroom management, hardware, MIS, safeguarding, e-safety, mobile device management, and learning content (stand D100). Schoolcomms Schoolcomms is showcasing its SIMS integrated system, which includes School Gateway, the app that enables parents to keep up-to-date with their child’s education and life at school. Schoolcomms also includes Clubs and Payments to help with management of breakfast and after-school clubs, as well as payments and management of everything from trips to lunch money (stand B221). Further information • Details correct at the time of going to press. For the full programme of speakers at the School Leaders Summit 2016, visit www. bettshow.com/content/school-leaders-summit • The exhibitors listed here are just a few of the around 700 that can be found at Bett 2016. For a full list of exhibitors, visit www.bettshow.com 24 SecEd
Advertisement feature Focussing teachers on improvement with collaborative professional development Angie Dabbs, Assistant Headteacher, Moulton School and Science College Northants secondary school achieves measurable impact on its improvement plans Having always prided itself on delivering high-quality collaborative professional development, Moulton School and Science College in Northamptonshire recently boosted teachers’ progress still further by using BlueSky Projects – a product shortlisted in the BETT 2016 Awards ICT Leadership and Management Solutions category - to design and manage a programme of crossschool collaboration. Assistant headteacher Angie Dabbs explains how the work has made a measurable impact on the school’s improvement priorities. About the school Moulton School and Science College is a high-achieving academy set in rural Northamptonshire with 87 teaching staff and 1,342 pupils. In 2011 it was graded ‘Good’ by Ofsted, with teaching rated ‘good and improving’. The challenges faced We wanted our collaborative professional development (CPD) programme to have a measurable impact on our school improvement priorities (SIP) which are currently; • to promote independent learning, • to close the gap between pupil premium students and other students, and • to close the gap between boys and girls. However, with 87 teachers and only two days and four 90-minute after-school training ‘sessions’ available, this has traditionally been difficult to achieve. I therefore designed a programme of crossschool research projects called ‘Collaborative Triples’ which involved our teachers working in groups of three, carefully selected to balance interest and experience. These ‘Triples’ have four aims, to; • enable colleagues to meet several of the Teacher Standards, • provide an opportunity for them to develop their skills through observation and discussion, • encourage outstanding practice through sharing expertise, and • enable colleagues to focus and make an impact on the SIP. The first year we managed the ‘Triples’ using emails and the school’s shared drive. Though popular, it was difficult for staff to share resources, bring the projects together and evaluate their success. The solution The real transformation came when we began using the Projects area within our BlueSky Education (www.blueskyeducation.co.uk ) online staff performance and development solution. Here individual, departmental or whole school expertise can be shared with others – within one school or across a group of schools. It’s much more sophisticated and targeted than Facebook, but that’s a good analogy – a forum with threads where project members can lead discussions and share documents securely. We can also use it to upload teaching resources, links to YouTube videos, lesson plans, questionnaires, other professional ideas and photographs. As soon as a new discussion thread or resource is added to a project, everyone working on that project is informed. Projects in action Projects our teams have run included; • an investigation into the barriers to learning for pupil premium children, • identification and implementation of strategies for raising achievement among pupil premium children, • engaging boys with homework to improve their GCSE results, • an investigation into whether the gender of the teacher and the perceived gender of the subject affects pupil outcomes at KS3, • the impact of independent learning on pupil attainment overall, and • identifying students in need of intervention and well-targeted and well-timed interventions. The benefits The number one benefit has to be that we have made a measurable impact on our school improvement priorities by keeping them ‘live’ and in people’s minds. Our last Ofsted inspection noted that, ‘....the headteacher has focused successfully on improving the quality of teaching. Improvements have been made because of an effective system for managing teachers’ performance.’ As a result, we are helping students achieve their target grades. Our GCSE 5 A*-C figures for 2014 were above the national average at 63%.
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