This inspirational CPD session is designed for relatively small numbers of teaching staff (between 4-16) where focused discussion allows time for staff to reflect on their own practice, and consider strategies that may drive their own practice from good to outstanding. This CPD package can be delivered in one or two hour-long sessions depending on the level of discussion that is initiated. This package works well as a discrete session or as an introductory session to further CPD sessions developing best practice. I have included a presentation, activity resources and further written information which includes the rationale behind each slide and activity including any discussion points that may enhance your delivery of the session. Session objectives: • Consider the qualities of an outstanding teacher and discuss what creates the spark in an amazing lesson. • Familiarise yourself with what Ofsted considers to be outstanding teaching and learning. • Discuss how your own school judges data and the achievement and attainment of students. • Discuss what outstanding practice of various teaching and learning strategies looks like. • Prioritise which strategies will have the biggest impact in your classroom.

Workshop: Effective Strategies for Learning (Retrieval Practice) Audience: Secondary Teachers Length: Approximately 45 minutes Outline of the session: Based on evidence from cognitive psychology research, and the impact of this on her own classroom practice, Helen Webb introduces a range of strategies for effective learning. Teachers will have the opportunity to discuss how specific learning strategies, such as retrieval practice, can be adapted and differentiated for effective use in the classroom. Helen Webb also also links these ideas to how we can teach students to use their revision guides more effectively at home. Expected Outcomes: Teachers will have a better understanding on which strategies for learning are effective and which are not. Teachers will gain a range of ideas on how to introduce and teach these ideas to students in their own classroom so that students can improve their independent learning at home and ultimately improve the progress they make. Note from Helen: I have included my own facilitator notes as this workshop is based on a project I did myself. Individual staff may find this presentation and its contents useful for their own CPD or this can be adapted and be ran as a workshop in your own school or college.

Feedback is continually reported to have significant impact on student progress. This hour-long interactive CPD session aims to provide staff with a better understanding on how to make their feedback to students more effective. There is also guidance on how to construct and use comment banks to provide students with better quality feedback whilst also reducing teacher workload. There are a number of ideas and activities that you may wish to use or adapt during your CPD session to suit the needs of your own staff and school. I have included a resource booklet that includes top tips for effective feedback and example feedback statements to allow staff get started on writing their own comment banks more easily. I have included three of my articles taken from a five-part series previously published in Sec Ed, based on the development of this CPD session. The information should provide some relevant background reading to aid in your delivery of your CPD session. Resources needed for this CPD session: • Computer / Projector • Effective feedback booklet (included) • Pens & Paper • Feedback cards (included) • Evaluation form (included) • *You may wish to invite teachers to bring in a sample of marked work to evaluate or a sample of work to mark.

This is a generic CPD Evaluation form that can be printed onto 1 x A4 page and used as is or adapted for your own use. Evaluation forms are essential for you to evaluate the success of your training session, gain evidence of immediate impact and to gather suggestions for future improvements to your CPD. NB The image is only part of the evaluation form.

Teacher CPD: AfL and Demonstrating Pupil Progress; How do you know your students are learning? This inspirational CPD session is designed for new and developing teachers that would benefit from focused discussion, time to reflect on their own practice, and a chance consider effective strategies that will enable them to ensure ALL students are learning and making the progress they are capable of in their lessons. This interactive CPD package can be delivered in a discrete one hour-long session or as part of a sequence of CPD sessions developing best practice. It is packed with activities, discussion ideas and AfL strategies to consider and model. This CPD session has been delivered many times and always received excellent evaluations. Session objectives: • Share and evaluate a range of ideas for AfL and plenaries in lessons. • Recognise indicators of learning and understand how to show progress in lessons. • Know what Ofsted (and your own school) expects in terms of progress.