Making the Bristol Primary Teaching School Alliance work for your school.
Agenda A brief introduction to Teaching Schools and to the Teaching School Alliance – context and role Current priorities How to get involved/next steps Questions
Teaching Schools and the Alliance
Current Priorities School to school support – through the appointment and deployment of Specialist Leaders of Education (SLE) Supporting the development of teaching and learning – through CPD provision and SLE work Targeted areas of priority i.e. SEN support and provision within mainstream; Pupil Premium and closing the gap; boys reading; higher order reading development Supporting leadership development – NPQML/NPQSL; LLE and NLE work ITE including new ways of shaping ITE
The SLE role – school to school support
Supporting teaching and learning Outstanding Teacher Programmes SLE work in schools CPD: 1.Maths courses 2.English focus on new curriculum and next year focus on higher order thinking for comprehension 3.LSA subject knowledge 4.Subject leadership 5.Coaching
Targeted areas of priority SEN support and provision (Emma) Boys reading project Closing the gap – seed funded group and conference (7 th July) Updates – New National Standards for Excellence Higher order reading Phonics bid
Supporting leadership SLE role in supporting middle leaders Coordinating and now recruiting LLEs across the city NPQML NPQSL
Developing models of ITT School Direct (PGCE route) School Direct (salaried) Alternative ways of working – the challenging schools project
Other developments Brilliant Bristol UKLA Book Awards – teacher panels to be drawn from Bristol for 2015/16: Teaching School has been asked to lead this. Recruiting now! Gill Lewis, author of Sky Hawk and Scarlett Ibis to work with 400 Bristol children – recruiting now!
Next steps The Alliance as: An umbrella A hub A funnel Time to talk and questions 1.What are your unanswered questions? 2.How would you like to be involved (if at all)? 3.How would you like to shape the Alliance – what are your priorities that should be reflected in the Alliance work?