TeachMeet Clevedon Workshops

Teachers Doing It For Themselves: A synthesis of Alex's ideas about 'deliberate practice'; setting targets; building habits; managing marking; peer coaching and self reflection; focusing upon high impact pedagogy. This session will be a practical guide to improving as a teacher, with people taking away some practical ideas and resources. Suitable for Primary & Secondary colleagues

This session will cover ideas related to building a Teaching & Learning Policy from the Classroom Up with Kevin Bartle, Deputy Headteacher from Canons High School, Edgeware.

A session with Vivienne Wadsley of Clevedon School looking at strategy and techniques linked to live lesson observations at Clevedon School. A method of coaching whilst observing, live lesson observations are par for the course at Clevedon School and helps develop both practitioners and observers in their pedagogy in the classroom. Find out how it works by attending this session.

Primary Headteacher Emma Payne (@betsysalt) will talk about ways in which she and her staff work to foster a love of learning in her school. Expect to attend and come away for great ideas on how you can do this in your classroom and school. Suitable for Primary & Secondary.

Headteacher Tom Sherrington from King Edward VI Grammar School in Chelmsford will talk about he works with his staff and students at his school to bring about learning experiences that link directly in to the learning pathways his students want to achieve. Walk away with practical ideas based upon sound experience from this leader of an Outstanding school.

Managing changing times - an opportunity to explore the changing face of the learner who enters school sixth forms and how much change can be factored into the way in which they approach learning in school. Differentiation is often greatest in a Year 12 or Year 13 lesson where aspirations and links to future employment or programmes of study in university are varied. How does one approach dealing with these critical and informative years of education. These ideas and more will be discussed in this session.

Marginal Learning Gains is all about building on the great pedagogical repertoire you already have and squeezing as much value out of it as possible. This workshop will give you an insight into how the approach can be used to address those tricky little missed opportunities that make the difference between learner-participation and learner-engagement. This will be a no-brakes exploration with the brilliant Zoë Elder, taking you through a worked example of how Marginal Learning Gains can be used to unravel a specific ‘learning concern’. Focusing specifically on ‘brave learning’ as a step towards interdependent learning. We’ll explore practical strategies that brick-by-brick build a culture of risk-taking and brave learning.

In this workshop, Nina Jackson (@musicmind) will talk about differentiation and inclusion. Expect fantastic and outrageously funny, engaging and exciting ideas to electrify students in their learning in your classroom.

Join Martin Burrett (@ICTmagic) for a practical session to explore collaborative digital tools and ideas for how to use them in your teaching, planning and to bridge the gap between learning at home and school.