Presentation Title:
Try, Refine, Ditch
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T&L ideas

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Self-reflection supports skills development, achievement and career prospects.
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Using tools created for his book, The Ladder, Bernie will show how student understanding of themselves and their skills can develop confidence, ambition and higher career aspiration whilst overcome inequality of opportunity

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Presentation Title:
SEND, it's all about Teams!
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SEND needs are on the rise, but the resources to match are not! In this session, Anita Devi will enable practitioners to find solutions to the conundrum above. The answer lies in harnessing the power of teams. Participants will leave with a clearer vision and strategy of how to create and sustain teams that enhance and extend learning opportunities for all. Ultimately resulting in better short- and long-term outcomes for children and young people.

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Presentation Title:
Developing a productive & positive school ethos - 4 fundamental principles
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"As we begin to rebuild our schools, the concept of ethos should form foundation of all we do as schools rediscover themselves. In recognising this, it is essential we avoid the pitfalls of a ‘pic n mix’ style of leadership, where off-the-shelf solutions are relied upon. Instead, we should be stripping practices, systems and structures back to their first principles to ensure consistency, sustainability and ownership of vision across a school or department. This session will explore leadership from the point of view of developing and maintaining a positive, productive ethos across a school or department. The session focuses on four areas that I believe are fundamental to creating and embedding an ethos which not only raise standards, but which will also establish welcoming schools that are a joy to work in. The four areas attendees will be asked to consider are: • Their own personal leadership qualities and behaviours • Their vision and how this will manifest itself. • The relationships we have with each other in schools • The strong need to create a sense of belonging."

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Presentation Title:
First 100 days of headship
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A look back at the most challenging year for me professionally. The move from Senior LEadership Team to being the Head Teacher at a brand new secondary school in East Manchester. I look to share my thoughts, mistakes as well as lessons learned during my time in post. Trying as best I can to avoid any survivorship bias, this is an honest take on my first 100 days and what I would do differently if given the chance again.

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Presentation Title:
Missed
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The missed opportunities of lockdown

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Presentation Title:
Wobbly Teachers: Who Supports the Supporters?
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"This talk addresses questions which are often raised quietly, behind closed doors just in case the parents hear, or so that the students don’t get wind of it! How are teachers, whose role is to support young people through their learning journeys, supported where their own needs are a barrier to learning, teaching and fully engaging with elements of the curriculum? Teachers have done school, possibly battled through university and clawed their way through teacher training to become a teacher. Their needs, difficulties or wobbles don’t just vanish when they enter school at 8 in the morning and then come back when they leave at 5. Many teachers have needs or varying severity and diverse type that need support, awareness, and possible tweaks to their ways of working, and those needs are covered under a myriad of laws. But what do schools do about it? What can schools do to help? How can we support our teachers to be our children’s champions?"

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Presentation Title:
Putting the unique child back at the centre of practice and provision in the Early Years
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The importance of developmentally informed practice to understand teaching and learning in the Early Years has arguably been increasingly missing in Education Policy in England. We are now in a place where the Statutory Overarching Principles and Characteristics of Effective Teaching and Learning have been sidelined to such an extent that some are unaware of them. Teaching from boxes of bought in programmes has become the norm. We have to put the children back at the centre and see the sky as the limit.

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Presentation Title:
Building trust by breaking down barriers
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Identifying strategies to build up trust to form a patchwork quilt of care for our children

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Presentation Title:
Working smarter, not harder in primary teaching
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I will be sharing the myriad of ways that we can make teaching, in primary education, easier - whilst maintaining standards and getting the results. Providing an antidote to the more, more, more culture that currently pervades.

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Presentation Title:
Divers and Thrivers: Non-cognitive characteristics associated with academic success
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"In the Autumn of 2015, three researchers surveyed 6000 undergraduate Economics students at the University of Toronto before they began their studies. Students answered questions about procrastination, study habits, social identity, academic expectations, goals, risk aversion, time preference, and locus of control. Then the research team waited for the end-of-year exams, before selecting the questionnaire responses of those who’d ended up scoring in the bottom 10% of the year group (‘divers’) and those who scored in the top 10% of the year group (‘thrivers’). In terms of previous academic performance, the students had arrived with similarly high levels of success. The average admissions grade was 87%, and the same expectations had been shared as the course began; that students should study 18 hours a week outside of classes, for example, or take paid work for 8 hours a week or less. So why the big differences? This presentation will focus on what the researchers discovered by examining the attitudes, habits and study techniques of divers and thrivers, draw some tentative conclusions, and share five concrete, actionable techniques we can use to encourage greater reflection and conscientiousness in our own learners."

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Presentation Title:
Developing Mental Toughness
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Mental Toughness is a learned personality trait which determines how we react to challenge, pressure and stress. This session will explore the key features of mental toughness, their application to school settings (classroom and whole school) and how to develop a mentally tough culture which allows staff and students to develop and achieve.

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Presentation Title:
Conceptual Maths
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Teaching Maths for understanding

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Presentation Title:
Racism, Sexism & Homophobia: How to change school culture urgently!
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"At a time of unprecedented and growing awareness of systemic racism and misogyny as well as entrenched ignorance over LGBT+ issues, there has never been a greater need to proactively address these issues. Sexual harassment is rife within our schools and systems that exacerbate inequality and discrimination persist. The passive approach to these issues that tends to measure our record by 'number of incidents reported' is patently inadequate and biased in favour of those with power. If we are to equip our students with the education, awareness and values that will enable them to be outstanding global citizens who champion a fairer world then it is on us as school teachers and leaders to pro-actively notice and address systemic discrimination and adopt an anti-racist, anti-sexist and anti-homophobic approach within our schools. But how do we do that? This session will address how to change the culture of your school so that discrimination, harassment and victimisation, along with the attitudes that fuel them, become a thing of the past."

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Presentation Title:
Working effective with your TA in the primary classroom
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There is lots of research aimed at school leader about TA deployment and many books on how to be a good TA, but little aimed at the classroom. In this talk, Sara Alston will look at the importance of the teacher/ TA relationship and this come be used to support and promote children's learning effectively.

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Presentation Title:
Workload Warriors - how to do less when the job demands more
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Strategies to help leaders do less!

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Presentation Title:
Teaching Writing Right
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Teaching Writing Right

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