Transforming Teaching
This programme is for schools whose challenge is to raise awareness and understanding of what effective teaching looks like. Knowing what satisfactory, good and outstanding look like is one thing, but knowing how to create the climate and conditions within which teachers can improve does not come so easily. This programme will help schools to not only recognise good work, but will enable them to create the conditions and processes through which teaching can be transformed.
Course Leader: Matthew Stokes
Matthew is the headteacher of one of the largest primary schools in the country that has been on a journey from special measures right to the threshold of outstanding. Central to the work has been the continuous celebration and development of the highest quality teaching and the determination not to distract teachers from the core purpose of their role to stimulate enquiring young minds.
Autumn 2009: Knowing what to look for
The characteristics of teaching: What does satisfactory, good or outstanding look like? How do we spot it in ourselves and others? What are the skills and effective practices in evaluating the qualities of teaching and learning?
- London Tues 22nd September
- Birmingham Tues 29th September
- Leicester Tues 15th September
Spring 2010: Knowing what to do with it
It’s all very well having lots of observations and evaluations that tell you what teaching is like within your school, but what comes next? The saying goes, “Nothing ever grows by just weighing it more often”, so how do effective leaders help colleagues improve their teaching? Can an inadequate teacher ever become outstanding?
- London Tues 19th January
- Birmingham Tues 26th January
- Leicester Tues 12th January
Summer 2010: Creating the climate for change
Transforming teaching is more than just the professional practice of individual teachers in their classrooms - it is about creating a whole school ethos and community of learning for every adult and child within school. This course will focus upon the essential, but often underestimated art of leadership that creates conditions within which others flourish and everybody comes to see themselves as a learner.
- London Tues 27th April
- Birmingham Tues 4th May
- Leicester Tues 20th April
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The course content above is indicative of plans for the programme at this stage but may be modified slightly to better meet the needs of participants during the year.
One-off courses: It is possible for additional colleagues from participating schools to attend any course for £100. For schools who are not participating in Upward Trends, day delegate attendance on any single course is available for £150.
Your Upward Trends Tutor. In addition to the 3 courses above, participating schools will receive year-round support from a colleague with experience of supporting school-tailored improvement projects. This support includes a project workbook, recent relevant research resources, personal support through telephone, email, face to face sessions and electronic links to other schools on the programme.
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