Easter
Events 2018
Please
see below some interesting professional development events coming up prior to
your Easter break. Book now to avoid disappointment:
1 OCN Assessment and Internal Moderation training
Monday 26th March 2018 10.00-1.00
The purpose of this training is to provide a
practical guide to the key aspects of the assessment and verification processes
for OCN. Participants will gain an understanding of the role of the assessor
and internal verifier and become familiar with the documentation required. All
staff involved with the assessment and delivery of OCN qualifications are
required to attend this 3 hour training event. A certificate will be awarded to
successful participants.
2 Sharing Best
Practice: Carousel Activity
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Monday 26th March 2018 2.00 – 4.00
Student zone, Level 4, Foyle Building Training Provider/Facilitator:Emer O’Sullivan |
Come and join us
for this fast-paced and highly enjoyable event where we showcase and
celebrate some of the tremendous work taking place across our College. This carousel activity is an innovative way
to share best practice and gain some great ideas that will have immediate
effect on your practice. Topics include: Topics include:
Adobe Spark Video, Plickers, Groupwork Strategies, Augmented reality,
Embedding Employability and more.
3 Behaviour Management Workshop
Tuesday 27th March 10.00-12.00
This workshop will focus on ‘Behaviour Management’ to
include:
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Developing positive working relationships;
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Working with the 'hard to reach';
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Managing confrontation;
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De-escalation strategies;
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Secondary and more extreme behaviour.
4 Creating Innovative Learning Content Using Mobile
Devices
Tuesday
27th March 2018 1.00-3.00
Training
Provider: Martin Peoples
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Wednesday afternoon sessions April- June ‘18
Planning outstanding learning and teaching
This is an opportunity to take part in a series of workshops to consider the key principles of great learning and teaching and to discuss and explore strategies with your peers that allow these principles to be put into action in your classroom.
Whether you are a new teacher
or a teacher with years of experience, these workshops are suitable for all.
They will give you an opportunity to develop important practices in your
classroom that will help you become an even better teacher.
What Makes Great
Teaching? Exploring the latest research
Learning and Teaching Team
Wednesday 12th
April 2018 3.00-5.00
This workshop will give you a chance to examine the most recent
research in educational practice in an attempt to understand what the evidence
tells us about what makes great thinking. A practical and thought-provoking
workshop which explores what the research tells us about effective and
ineffective practice so we can ensure we can deliver quality teaching.
Differentiation Workshop
Wednesday 19th
April 2018 3.00-5.00p.m.
Learning and Teaching Team
The core objectives of this workshop are to examine
practical approaches and strategies to effectively differentiate to ensure the
needs of all learners are met. Issues explored will include the following:
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theories of learner modifiability: all learners
can be changed
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exploring practical
strategies to aid differentiation
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using the Teaching and Learning Cycle to make the
implicit explicit with an emphasis placed on the value of the guided stage
of the cycle
Examination
Strategies
Wednesday
26th April 2018 3.00-5.00
This course provides strategies and approaches to
help support students with their preparation for summative exams. Lots of tips
will be provided on how to support student revision and independent learning,
how to tackle an exam paper e.g. understanding command words and higher order
thinking and how to effectively manage their time.
What to expect:
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Exploring a range of strategies and approaches to
support student revision.
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How to improve the accuracy of student responses in
written and timed exams.
Planning
Outstanding Lessons
Wednesday 9th May 2018
3.00-5.00p.m.
Learning and Teaching Team
The purpose of this
session is to highlight the content and delivery of an outstanding lesson.
Participants will examine the key components of an outstanding lesson and gain
an insight into the importance of reflection on planning. Participants also
examine a range of high impact activities for use in the classroom.
Active Learning
Strategies
Wednesday 16th May 2018 3.00-5.00p.m.
Learning and
Teaching team
Active learning is about encouraging students to engage actively
with their studies. The learning objective is more important than the task
itself. In fact, whether
something is an active learning task or not depends on the teacher's planning
and style. This workshop considers the role of the teacher and active learning
strategies within the bigger picture of the enquiry approach. Participants
reflect on their own progress, attitudes and understanding of active learning
and develop a shared understanding with colleagues.
Memory and How it Works
Wednesday 23rd May
2018 3.00-5.00
The
purpose of this session is to examine and explore some memory strategies that
students can use to support their learning and experience success.