A brief update on workshop leaders. I am incredibly pleased that colleagues from the state, independent, HE sectors and outside institutions around the country have given up their time and expertise freely to share at the conference. Without your generosity and desire to improve, it would be a poor event and I want to thank you all.
Confirmed workshop leaders so far (additional info in brackets):
Zoe Ross (ICT, Social Media, entrepreneur )
Neal Watkin (AST, History and TEEP Trainer)
Eric Wareham (Science, SLT, TEEP Trainer
Jen Ellison (Head of Science)
John Mitchell (History)
David Rogers (Geography, Jamie’s Dream Teacher winner)
Laura Knight (Director of eLearning, HoD of MFL)
Dr Tori Herridge (Science, Natural History Museum, London)
Dai Barnes (Head of ICT)
James Michie (Head of Media and KS4 English, ICT)
Dave Stacey (History and ICT)
Chris Gibbard (Maths)
Kristian Still (PE, SLT, ICT and English)
Alex Battinson (HoD PE, Boarding)
Nathan Lowe and Flitch Green Academy (Primary, SLT, whole school use of technology)
Wren Academy (Building Learning Power, Student Voice)
Andy Kemp (Maths, SLT)
David Didau (English, SLT, Learning and Teaching)
Tait Coles (SLT, Learning and Teaching)
Sarah Capewell (SLT, Latin/Greek, Classics, mobile learning)
Bill Lord (Primary, SLT, Learning and Teaching)
Ian Yorston (Science, ICT, Computing, being unreasonable)
Adam O’Connor (History, Learning and Teaching)
Dr David James (English, Leadership, IB)
Mark Anderson (ICT)
We still have more workshops to confirm in the coming weeks so please keep checking the blog. With such an impressive array of teaching and learning talent, I am sure that you will walk away from the event with something that will sharpen your work and improve the learning in your classrooms. Combined with presentations from Alistair Smith, Professor Bill Lucas and Dr Bill Rankin, this really is a year’s worth of inset in one day!
All of this does come at a cost and I would like to reiterate that we are not making a profit on the event. Ticket prices will be announced shortly and we are working hard to keep it as affordable as possible which is helped greatly by the fact that workshop leaders are giving their time freely. The price we are aiming for is significantly cheaper to comparable inset sessions and we think it will be pleasing to all (just check how much it would be to book one of our speakers/workshop leaders for an hour). However, we do still need help. If you would like to support an event that spans sectors and key stages with a focus on inspirational teaching and grounded in helping students do their best, please get in contact.