Network | Art Teachers and Leaders 2024-25
Join our fun, creative and informal Art Network. We aim to create a supportive and creative community where art teachers can connect, share ideas and collaborate with one another. Offering opportunities for ongoing professional development through practical workshops, webinars and guest speakers and sharing our resources.
Face to face twilight sessions will be held termly from 4pm to 5.30pm at Sandringham School. The network will be charged at £30 in advance for the year or £10 per session when joining part way through.
- Session 1: Monday, 7th October 2024
Whether you’re a seasoned Art teacher or just starting out, our network meeting is the perfect place to ignite your creativity, gain valuable insights, and find inspiration for your classroom.
The meeting focus will be sharing ideas of how we can raise the profile of Art in our schools. Discover fresh ideas and innovative approaches to engage your students and foster a love for Art.
Guest artist Daisy Smith will lead a collage based workshop and sharing her creative approach to collage which can be used at both primary and secondary level.
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- Session 2: Monday, 3rd February 2025
- Session 3: Monday, 30th June 2025
Session content will be made available each term
Who is this course for?
- Primary and secondary art teachers from ECT to HODs.
Meet the facilitator
Sarah Gidden, Sandringham School
Sarah is a fine artist specialising in oil painting and photography. Sarah has taught art to all ages from infants to University of the third age. With over 20 year teaching experience she is passionate about art and education. After becoming a mum to twins in 2011 Sarah enjoyed a career break to raise her family and develop her art skills further. She has exhibited in many galleries including The Collective Gallery , The Nude Tin Can and St Albans Museum as well as Courtyard Arts in Ware and The Broadway in Letchworth.
Liz Kelly, Director of Learning (Visual Arts and Arts Coordinator), Sandringham School
Becoming an Effective Learning Supervisor 2024-25
Alban Education are running our successful Becoming an Effective Learning Supervisor session again during the Autumn term on Tuesday, 15th October 2024 from 4pm to 5.30pm at Sandringham School.
The session will focus on:
- What does the role entail?
- How you can make a difference.
- Behaviour and Class management tips
- Feeling part of the school community
Who is this course for?
New & existing Cover / Learning Supervisors to the role.
Meet the Facilitators
Lily Pratt – Lead Learning Supervisor, Sandringham School
Lily is the lead learning supervisor at Sandringham school and has held this post for 5 years.
She believes cover supervisors play a vital role in guaranteeing that learning takes place in the absence of the class teacher by creating a continuity that ensures the lesson has meaning and allows for student progression.
Nurturing valuable talent 2024-25
Nurturing valuable talent: supportive practices to boost workforce retention beyond the first five years
In the midst of our ongoing recruitment and retention crisis, we know that we need to do all we can to fill vacancies with quality practitioners, and hold on to valuable staff. But more often than not, our focus falls onto recruiting new trainees into the profession, and retaining them beyond the first 3-5 years. With recruitment targets missed again and again, it’s a system that doesn’t seem to be working. So what are we missing?
Join Emma Sheppard, founder of The MTPT Project, the UK’s charity for parent-teachers, to understand how concentrating our efforts on a different group of teachers – women aged 30-39 – will have a greater impact not just on teacher retention, but on recruitment, quality of teaching and learning and the overall health of our workforce.
She’ll share little-known statistics about this mid-career demographic, the largest group to leave teaching every year, as well as what we can do to support them to remain in the profession. You’ll finish the session with an improved understanding of Schools Workforce Census data, strategies that you can implement immediately, and a vision for a longer term plan for retention, equality and wellbeing.
This session will be held on Wednesday, 23rd October 2024 from 1.30pm to 3.30pm at Sandringham School.
Speaker
Emma Sheppard
Founder of The MaternityTeacher PaternityTeacher Project
The MaternityTeacher PaternityTeacher Project
The UK’s charity for parent-teachers.
Inspiring, empowering and connecting teachers choosing to complete CPD on parental leave.
Book in a call with me: www.calendly.com/emmasheppard
www.mtpt.org.uk
@mtptproject #MTPTproject
www.facebook.com/MTPTproject
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Shine by Shy and Mighty 2024-25
Alban Education are excited to offer this brand new programme, ‘Shine,’ designed by shyness expert Nadia Finer from Shy and Mighty, the first programme of its kind, created specifically for shy and reserved students… by someone with lived experience of shyness, who understands what shyness really feels like. The programme follows a nurture-based, child focused approach, allowing time and space for children to feel comfortable in expressing themselves.
This programme is targeted at school leads in a Pastoral Support role, SENCO role or similar.
The programme that you will roll out in your school setting consists of small group interventions – a small group of children (8 max.) who are taken from the mainstream classroom for an hour – over the course of 10 sessions at your school.
Nadia Finer will work closely with your school’s nominated delegate giving them the guidance and skills necessary to roll out this group coaching programme.
Prior to each school session you will meet with Nadia Finer to go over the content and planning of each session from 4.00pm-5.00pm as follows:
| Session 1 | Wednesday 2 October 2024 | at Sandringham School |
| Session 2 | Tuesday 12 November 2024 | Zoom webinar |
| Session 3 | Tuesday 10 December 2024 | Zoom webinar |
| Session 4 | Tuesday 14 January 2025 | Zoom webinar |
| Session 5 | Tuesday 4 February 2025 | Zoom webinar |
| Session 6 | Tuesday 11 March 2025 | Zoom webinar |
| Session 7 | Tuesday 1 April 2025 | Zoom webinar |
| Session 8 | Tuesday 13 May 2025 | Zoom webinar |
| Session 9 | Tuesday 3 June 2025 | Zoom webinar |
| Session 10 | Tuesday 1 July 2025 | at Sandringham School |
It is recommended that the roll out in school consists of a maximum of 8 students per group.
Groups work best with students from the same key stage.
Please book to the left of this page and full reporting instructions will be sent in due course or if you have any queries before signing up to this programme please email laura.lusardi@albantsh.co.uk.
Meet the Facilitator
Nadia Finer is a shyness expert, and author of three books about shyness. She is the creator of the SHINE program which helps the quietest children to step out of the shadows and achieve their full potential. Nadia is a regular speaker in organisations and in schools around the country. She has appeared Radio 4 Saturday Live, Woman’s Hour and the ITV News. She has also been featured in the Times, Guardian, the Telegraph, The Telegraph, The Independent and in Good Housekeeping
Network | Early Years Leaders 2024-25
Alban Education are delighted to launch in collaboration with Acorns Early Years Training Centre an Early Years Leaders Network for the academic year of 2024-25.
Face to face twilight sessions will be held termly from 4pm to 5.30pm at Ludwick Nursery School on the following dates:
- Thursday 10th October 2024
- Thursday 13th February 2025
- Thursday 26th June 2025
This network is £30 in advance for all three sessions or delegates joining part way through the year will be charged at £10 per session.
Who is this course for?
Early Years Leaders
What are the objectives or outcomes?
This network will be for anyone with EYFS leadership responsibility in schools and PVI settings. It will be an opportunity to share best practice, network with colleagues and keep up to date with latest research, policy and practice.
Meet the facilitators
Helen Ackerman, Headteacher Ludwick Nursery School and Director Acorns Early Years Training Centre
Lucy Parker, Deputy Headteacher Ludwick Nursery School and Director Acorns Early Years Training Centre
New to Head of Year 2024-25
New to Head of Year – Taking Your First Steps Towards Becoming an Effective Head of Year!
Alban Education are delighted to be offering a new programme for teachers moving into the Head of Year role.
This will take place over two sessions; one face to face session to be held at Katherine Warington School followed by one online session as follows:
Session 1: Wednesday, 25th September 2024 – 4pm-5.30pm at Katherine Warington School.
Session 2: Thursday, 10th October 2024 – 4pm-5.30pm live online.
£49 to include both sessions.
Who is this course for?
Suitable for those who are new to the role of Head of Year.
What are the objectives or outcomes?
- To offer practical advice for those new to the role including building a positive and inclusive year group culture
- To examine the role and the complexity of it and how to excel at it
- To provide advice on the day-to-day management of the year group including data analysis, leading meetings and difficult conversations
- To provide a networking opportunity for schools to collaborate and share best practice
Meet the facilitator
Bryony Stockwell, Head of year 11, Katherine Warington School
Bryony has 17 years of teaching experience and has served as Head of Year for 10 years. She has worked in four secondary schools, three of which are in Hertfordshire. Although her primary teaching background is in History, she has taught various Humanities subjects over the years.
Bryony has held several leadership roles, including Associate Assistant Head and Transition lead and recently established the History department at Katherine Warington.
Her passion for supporting students motivated her to become Head of Year. This role has given her extensive knowledge and experience, which will be invaluable in delivering this course. She understands the importance of fostering the right culture as a Head of Year. Over the past year, she has been completing her NPQ in Leading a Behaviour Culture.
Bryony looks forward to supporting those who are new to the pastoral role.
Behaviours for Learning Workshop 1 | Behaviour Basics 2024-25
Alban Education are delighted to be launching a series of four workshops to examine ‘Behaviours for Learning,’ during the Autumn term as follows:
Workshop 1: Behaviour Basics (face to face) – 16th October, 4-5pm at Sandringham School
Workshop 2: Understanding Behaviours (face to face) – 6th November, 4-5pm at Beaumont School
Workshop 3: Beyond the classroom (webinar) – 13th November, 4-5pm Online webinar
Workshop 4: Complex Behaviour (face to face) – 27th November, 4-5pm at Sandringham School
This booking page is for Workshop 1: Behaviour Basics (follow the relevant links above to book on any of the other workshops)
- Wednesday 16th October 2024, 4-5pm at Sandringham School
This will be charged at £25 per session.
Who is this course for?
ECTs (where they may be gaps in their skill sets or concerns) but also experienced practitioners who would like a refresh.
What are the objectives or outcomes?
- How can we maximise student success and achievement?
- How do we teach behaviour?
Meet the facilitator
Elena Dundjerovic
Elena has over 20 years’ experience of teaching PE, IT and Economics and Business in secondary schools and has a wide range of experience in school leadership including Head of Year 7-9, Assistant Head of 6th Form and Assistant Headteacher. Prior to this, Elena worked in the health and fitness industry as a personal trainer and marketing manager.
Elena has a strong passion for developing and inspiring others and leads the CPD programme at her current school. She is also a Therapeutic Thinking tutor and facilitator for the NPQ Leading Behaviour and Culture. She is highly experienced in working alongside others and supporting them to identify and address issues in their own settings.
Elena is well known for her dedication, professionalism and enthusiasm in developing others to be the very best they can be. Due to her experience in both pastoral and curriculum, she is well placed to provide detailed and balanced advice to accelerate student welfare and outcomes.
Testimonials
I have personally gained a lot from the face to face events and Elena and her colleague have been extremely helpful and supportive. They have challenged my thinking and grown my self confidence and self awareness in my own ability and strengths. I have acquired skills that will help me grow within my progression and the expertise that Elena has shared with me will support my next steps in the field of development.
This was a fantastic event with instructors who really pushed us to extended our ideas and really promoted reflection.
Elena was great, very passionate and informative. Gave me lots of food for thought.
Thank you so much to Elena and her colleague! It’s been so useful learning from such experienced professionals!
Lots of great ideas shared and passionately delivered.
Elena was inspiring. Excellent clarity of purpose and approach to pastoral care given by her.