Goldsmiths Teachers Centre Newsletter Issue 6 October 2012

Goldsmiths Teachers Centre Newsletter Issue 9 June 2013

Introduction

Great CPD should challenge and motivate teachers to creatively consider their professional practice and long term goals. Do you have a plan? Have you considered where you want to be in five years time? Be proactive and communicate your ideas clearly to mentors and line managers. Be realistic but creative about what is available - cooperative projects between teachers, departments and schools could be mutually beneficial to all involved and provide an opportunity for research collaboration and professional development. Our newsletter contains information about projects, courses and events. If you would like to find out more, please get in touch. Emma Snowden Head of Goldsmiths Teachers Centre

MA Module: SEN and Behaviour Management | NEW Everything you need to know about mentoring in Term 1 Thursday 11th July 2013 or Tuesday 16th July 2013 | 9am - 3.30pm The course is aimed at subject mentors who are new to mentoring or experienced subject mentors who have never attended mentor training before. It is also ideal also for those who are in post as Professional Coordinating Mentor but who might have little or no experience of mentoring themselves. Registration: Lynsey Salt, Secondary Partnership Administrator 020 7717 2245  [email protected] | FREE for Partner Schools 29, 30, 31/07 and 1, 2/08/2013 | FIVE CONSECUTIVE DAYS |£840 This module examines current developments and collaborative Primary NQT Programme approaches in SEN and behaviour management research and practice. It will be established throughout the course that working with SEN and behaviour management practice may well overlap in places but are not to be conflated with each other. Rather, the two subjects are taken as related inclusive practice issues. The course challenges the deficit model as a way to understand behaviour and SEN issues from a variety of standpoints. Students will have the opportunity to investigate an area of their own choosing. This module can be taken as a stand alone CPD module or as an elective module in the MA Education: School Based Explorations. 24/06/13 |Assessment And Report Writing | £70 Looking back and reflecting on your induction year, you will analyse your Creative Tool Kit | NEW own strengths and emerging teaching style/ persona to set out a personalised plan for the future.

Critical Connections: Multilingual Digital Storytelling Project

FILM FESTIVAL |Monday 24 June 2013 | 10h00 – 16h00 | FREE

20 June 2013 (9.00 – 4.00) | £216 A collaboration between Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Goldsmiths, University This course is designed to equip teachers with a wide range of drama and of London and partner schools. The festival will celebrate digital stories theatre techniques and activities, to bring their subjects to life through created by school students in London schools, supplementary and enactive learning. It is suitable for both NQT’s, who are eager to develop mainstream, as well as partner schools in Algeria and Taiwan. A selection their skills and for experienced teachers who wish to extend their of short films will be shown in which a range of languages are used knowledge. The creative methods of interaction we explore can be including Arabic, English, French and Mandarin. It will also provide an employed with all students (primary, secondary and those with special opportunity for discussion around: learner engagement in languages, educational needs). Contact: [email protected] foreign and community languages as well as English; critical digital literacy; transformative pedagogy; dialogic teaching and learning; funds of Secondary Partnership Research Day knowledge in home and community; student voice and active citizenship. To register please email your name and the name of your place of work or 5 July 2013 | 10am – 4pm | Free for partner schools study to [email protected] Our Secondary Partnership Team is holding an Initial Teacher Education Secondary Programmes Partnership and Research Collaboration Day in the Certificate in the Teaching of Community Languages Department of Educational Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London. All mentors and PCMs are invited. This will be the third year of this popular Key Dates for Portuguese: 28/09, 29/09, 20/10/2013 and 06/01/2014 event. There will be a research seminar between 10am and 12pm with Key Dates for Chinese: 18/01, 22/02, 05/04, 06/04 and 05/07/2014 Teacher Centre workshop sessions between 1pm and 2pm and subject Building on the success of the certificate course in Chinese developed and mentor sessions and the SPDG meeting for PCMs between 2pm and 4pm. taught in collaboration with colleagues from the UK Federation of Chinese We would like to give school partnership colleagues the opportunity to Schools, for 2013-14 we are also offering the course for teachers of present research during the morning session. The goal is to show the Portuguese working in community based complementary schools. This is a diversity and benefits of research-engaged schooling. GPS students, collaborative venture with ABRIR (Brazilian Association for Educational mentors and MA/PhD students may also be presenting. More details will projects in the UK). FEE: £500. be sent nearer the time. Please email [email protected] to let us know if you can either present some research or perhaps deliver a workshop session for the Teachers’ Centre. CBeebies International Secondary Generic Mentor Training Congratulations to Goldsmiths tutors Una Coyne, Clare Kelly, Betty Assessment only (AO) Route to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) Liebovich and John Wadsworth, whose articles for Cbeebies Grownups are now live on their website. CLICK HERE for more information. The AO route is designed for people who have already been working in a school within a teaching role and would like to gain their QTS to teach School Direct students aged 5 - 16. Candidates should have significant evidence from their employment in school to meet the Teachers’ Standards. It’s The registration for school direct 2014/15 is now open. Every school will important to know that Goldsmiths do not provide any training on the AO need to register its interest in order to receive a password to apply for route, they merely assess the candidate and, providing that the candidate allocations and manage applications. This applies to schools with 2013/14 meets all the requirements, they can then make the recommendation for allocations also. You can REGISTER NOW. QTS. CLICK HERE for more information.

Why become involved in School Direct and what is special about the Activities for Schools and Colleges Goldsmiths offer: The Programme can run alongside our PGCE programme > All schools are eligible now under new guidelines regardless of Ofsted rating (except Special Measures) > Universities nationally are strongly recommending a mixed approach to Initial Teacher Education (ITE) > Schools committed to ITE are advised to become involved with School Direct > Schools can start small with 1 or 2 placements > At every stage Goldsmiths is there to help, advise and to lend a helping hand.

Goldsmiths are currently working in partnership with nine lead schools and their consortia across Primary and Secondary in London and Kent. A A number of resources and activities are available to help schools and QUICK START GUIDE FOR SCHOOLS 2014/15 is available with full details. colleges give their students a taste of university life. One of the next There is also more information available for schools already taking part in events will be a Teachers and Advisers Conference on Friday 12th July | the programme this year on the information for participating schools page 9.00-15.30 specifically designed for Heads of sixth forms, careers staff, at: ON-LINE INFORMATION. To talk to someone at Goldsmiths, please school/college UCAS co-ordinators and all staff with input into higher contact Sue Dixon, Head of Initial Teacher Education, [email protected] education programmes. +44 (0) 20 7717 2919 (direct line) +44 (0) 20 7919 7320 (Personal Assistant). CPD on Demand Mentor Training on New Teachers’ Standards

To introduce colleagues to the New Teachers’ Standards we designed introductory sessions for colleagues in partnership schools. 100% of participant evaluations rated these twilight sessions as good or better. If you haven’t been able to attend but would like to find out more, please send us an EMAIL to register your interest.

Launch of the “e-Arabic Learners Portal” Project

We are now delivering bespoke INSET in schools in the following areas: NQT support, ICT workshops, SMSA Development, Mentor Training on Mentor and Mentee, Observing and Feedback, Voice Control. If you are interested please contact [email protected] to let us know which areas of expertise you are interested in. Our teachers are drawn from a wide range of professional and educational backgrounds. They support a diverse and exciting educational experience and provide a broad research profile.

Open Days | Saturday 15 June 2013 | 11am – 3pm This workshop, organised in partnership with the Centre for the Advanced Study of the Arab World (CASAW), University of Edinburgh, took place on Saturday 20th April 2013. It was led by Mourad Diouri, e-Learning instructor and developer in Arabic language studies and staff-developer at CASAW. It focussed on the launch of a major project to initiate an online educational portal to support learners, teachers and others involved in Arabic language education. The event attracted colleagues from across the UK and overseas as well as current and former Goldsmiths PGCE Arabic students. This was a valuable and inspiring event for all involved with much lively discussion and excitement about best ways to develop the portal. CTRL + CLICK ON THE IMAGE FOR MORE INFORMATION

The Goldsmiths Teachers Centre is part of the Department of Educational Studies. It offers CPD, Certificates, Diplomas, MA and Research provision focused on the needs of schools. Its aim is to provide a dynamic space and learning opportunities for pupils, teachers, lecturers and adults working with children to access higher education and continue to learn. By working closely with colleagues in school we want to support teachers’ career development and pupils’ progress. Our teachers are drawn from a wide range of professional and educational backgrounds, which supports a diverse and exciting educational experience and provides a broad research profile. Please get in touch if you have specific projects you would like to develop in your schools. For more information, please contact us or visit our website: Emma Snowden │Head of Goldsmiths Teachers Centre │[email protected] Laurence Connor │ Administrator 020 7919 7326 │[email protected] http://www.gold.ac.uk/educational-studies/teacherscentre/