BROCHURE 2018/19 LUTON FIRST TEACHING SCHOOL ALLIANCE National Teaching School designated by CONTENTS Page Title Page Title 3 Welcome Message 22 TeachMeet 4 About Luton First TSA 23 Teaching to the Max 5 Members of the Alliance 24 Leadership Development Ladder 6-7 Initial Teacher Training (Shire Foundation) NASENCO - National Award for SEN 25 Coordination and Postgraduate Certificate in 8 Our work with The Bell Foundation ‘Vulnerable Learners and Inclusion’ 9 Continuing Professional Development NPQML - National Professional Qualification 26-27 for Middle Leadership 10 Teaching Assistant Conference 28-29 Middle Leadership Programme 11 Excellence in Classroom Support - TAs 30-31 Diploma for School Business Managers 12 Bell Foundation Teaching Assistants and EAL NPQSL - National Professional Qualification 32-33 13-14 Newly Qualified Teacher Induction Programme for Senior Leadership 15 Recently Qualified Teacher Programme Senior Leader Well-Being and Resilience 34-35 Programme 16-17 Unlocking Literacy through Drama and Oracy NPQH - National Professional Qualification for 36 Developing Sex and Relationships Education Headship 18 across Key Stage two 37 School to School Support Getting the best from your Outdoor Learning 19 Environment 38 Local and National Leaders of Education 20 Inspirational Practice in the Early Years 39 Specialist Leaders of Education Bell Foundation Assessment Framework 40-43 Meet our SLEs 21 Training 44-47 Alliance Members’ Contact Details Hillborough Junior School 2 WELCOME Dear Colleague I hope you will find this brochure helpful in keeping you up to date with all that Luton First Teaching Alliance is offering our schools this term and beyond. Just a reminder that the National College of Teaching and Leadership expect Teaching Alliances to focus their work and support on the so called ‘Big 3’ (reduced from the big 6!) which are: ● coordinating and delivering high quality school-based Initial Teacher Training ● providing high quality school-to-school support to spread John Williams Executive Head excellent practice, particularly to schools that need it most Hillborough Junior, Lead School ● providing evidence-based professional and leadership development for teachers and leaders across their network We are keen to ensure we can support you in your efforts to improve pupil attainment and narrow the achievement gap for disadvantaged pupils. To this end, we always welcome your views and suggestions on the kind of programmes which you would find most helpful in bringing these improvements about. Don’t forget, we are working closely with the Local Authority (LA) to develop a team of Local Leaders of Education who the LA can confidently deploy to schools in need of support. I would encourage you to make an application; appointments and training to be confirmed this term. If you or a colleague have a research project in mind and would like some funding, we have decided to award grants of up to £500 to help. If this is of interest, please get in touch with Tony Cotton for further details. As you know, we welcome all schools as associate members of the alliance but if you know a colleague who might be interested in getting more closely involved, please ask them to get in touch with me. Have a great year. John Williams Wenlock Church of England Junior School 3 ABOUT LUTON FIRST TSA We are an established cross-phase alliance of twenty one school partners, an initial teacher training provider and the local authority. As our corporate name suggests, we are passionate about the attainment and achievement of the young people of Luton and indeed, throughout Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and beyond. We are able to work with schools under any kind of governance arrangements and membership of the alliance is not a pre-requisite to access the benefits which the Teaching School has to offer. The original members of the alliance form the basis of a steering group which provides Quality Assurance for a range of programmes which are available to all schools to support their school improvement priorities. We believe a world class system of education is embedded in the spirit of partnership and a sharing of the expertise within that family of providers. To this end, we offer bespoke cross-phase school to school support packages that focus on the quality of teaching and learning, curriculum development and all aspects of leadership and management. We look forward to working ‘with’ you. HOW IT ALL STARTED The journey to acquire Teaching School status began in March 2011 with a visit to Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. Invited speakers eruditely presented their vision of the future of education, the central platform of which was the establishment of a network of Teaching School Alliances to provide a plethora of services including School to School support, CPD and Succession Planning. The Teaching School concept, we were informed, was based on the Teaching Hospital Model, which had served the Health Service for a number of years by providing Clinical Excellence in Training and Research. This initial meeting led to the establishment of the ‘Luton First’ Teaching School Alliance which was made up of 12 schools working with the Local Authority and the ‘Shire SCITT’. The schools involved represented the 5 geographical partnerships that Luton is administratively divided into and consisted of all Key Stage phases, incorporating nursery and Special School provision. 4 MEMBERS OF THE ALLIANCE Ashcroft High School Support Services Luton Bushmead Primary Someries Junior Chantry Primary Academy Southfield Primary Chapel Street Nursery The Meads Primary Hillborough Infant The Shire Foundation Hillborough Junior Tennyson Road Primary Farley Junior Warden Hill Infant Foxdell Infant Waulud Primary Foxdell Junior Wenlock Church of England Leagrave Primary Junior Richmond Hill Primary Special Whitefield Primary MEETING DATES FOR ALLIANCE MEMBERS CPD MEETINGS FULL ALLIANCE MEETINGS Venue Date (all from 1pm) Venue Date (all from 1.30pm) Wednesday 19th September 2018 Hillborough Infant Tuesday 25th September 2018 All at Wednesday 16th January 2019 Wednesday 30th January 2019 Whitefield All at The Shire Wednesday 13th March 2019 Wednesday 20th March 2019 Primary Foundation Tuesday 4th June 2019 Wednesday 12th June 2019 Luton First Teaching School Alliance 5 INITIAL TEACHER TRAINING The Shire Foundation Hillborough Junior School is working in partnership with the Shire Foundation, as the accredited Teacher Training provider, and with a cluster of primary schools to offer school-based teacher training. The School Direct (salaried) training route will be offered, through the Hillborough Junior School/Shire Foundation Alliance schools, with an allocation of up to 32 places. School Direct (salaried) route This is an employment-based route into teaching intended for high quality graduates with three or more years career experience. School Direct (salaried) trainees earn a salary while they train in their employing school. The majority of training takes place in the employing and second placement schools, including substantial teaching experience. There is also a centre-based training element consisting of 23 days of training based at the Shire Foundation located in Hillborough Junior School, Luton. For this reason HJS/Shire Alliance can only work with trainees/schools located within a 30 mile radius of the training centre. Trainees on this route may also opt to undertake a PGCE qualification. On successful completion, 60 credits at Masters level are awarded by the University of Buckingham. Entry qualifications and career experience requirements: ● Honours degree: 2:2 or above preferably in a primary curriculum subject area or education- based. ● 3 or more years career experience prior to application. HJS/Shire Alliance will expect that at least 6 months of this experience will have been within a UK school or educational setting. ● GCSE English language, mathematics and science Grade C/4 or above (or equivalent). HJS/ Shire Alliance will consider applicants who have one of these qualifications pending, but they must all be in place by the date of enrolment of the programme. Recognised equivalency tests are accepted. ● Overseas equivalent qualifications are accepted if they have been certified through NARIC [National Academic Recognition Centre] ● Literacy and numeracy professional skills tests must be passed within 6 weeks of the date of interview. 6 INITIAL TEACHER TRAINING (continued) Debarring Barring Service (DBS)/Medical checks HJS/Shire Foundation Alliance schools are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and they expect all trainees to share this commitment. All applicants who are offered a School Direct training place will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure Check and a medical check prior to the start of the course. Application and selection for interview Applications can only be made through the UCAS Teacher Training website: www.ucas.com/ apply/teacher-training. As part of the application process, applicants must supply the names and contact details of two referees who have agreed to supply references. One reference must be from a school/ educational setting where they have worked within the last year. The other reference should be an academic reference from their university, if they gained their degree within the last five years. (For further guidance about references see the UCAS website). Applicants must complete all the required personal details on the form and should include the date they have registered for the professional skills tests. They must also provide a personal statement. This statement is graded as part of the selection process. It is an opportunity for applicants to describe the qualities, skills and experience which they feel makes them suitable for a career in teaching. (For advice on completing the application form see the UCAS website). Visit the Shire Foundation website for more information www.theshirefoundationscitt.org. 7 OUR WORK WITH THE BELL FOUNDATION The Bell Foundation was established in 2012, and is part of The Bell Educational Trust Limited, created in 1972 by Frank Bell with the aim of promoting intercultural understanding through language education.