This training event led by Oliver, empowers senior leaders and educators with essential presentation skills.

Participants will explore three core areas:

• Speech Skills: Tailor your message for different audiences, settings, and purposes. Learn techniques to project authority and clarity, ensuring your message is impactful and resonates effectively in any context.
• Physical Presence: Gain insights into body language and movement to enhance engagement and connection with your audience.
• Mindset Skills: Cultivate a public speaking approach that fosters resilience and adaptability in high-stakes communication situations.

Through interactive practice sessions, attendees will gain hands-on experience, equipping them with the tools to deliver presentations that are both compelling and memorable.

This is a new programme suitable for anybody who is interested in starting on a mentoring journey, or who would like to develop their skills in coaching and mentoring.

Instructional coaching is one teacher CPD strategy that has proven impact  on teacher expertise. This course explores the differences between coaching and mentoring and instructional coaching models that combine the two.

Delivered across six one hour twilight sessions, this programme allows participants to explore how to establish an effective coaching relationship and discusses a framework to support the coach in facilitating the self directed learning of a colleague. This will involve practicing effective strategies to deliver feedback and navigate professional conversations.

This is a dedicated professional learning opportunity for all educational support staff (ESS), to reflect and develop their professional skills and to share their experiences with staff from other schools. The programme has been developed in consultation with staff and is led by educational support staff.

Topics include:

• Obstacles to efficiency
• Delegation and difficult conversations
• Management of change.

There are six sessions at Park High School during the school day (1:15-3:15pm) from January to June/July. Please note cover will need to be arranged to support staff attending this day-time programme.

This programme equips staff with the specialist knowledge and strategies that can be used inside and outside of the classroom to support both beginner and advanced EAL students.

The programme consists of five twilight sessions throughout the year covering:

• Introduction to EAL
• Supporting Beginner EAL students
• Supporting Advanced EAL students
• Supporting students through working with EAL parents
• Using technology to support EAL Learners

This programme takes place online and at Bentley Wood High School.

This is a session delivered by Clare Kissane, who

has worked in the media and corporate world for the majority of her career. She has 15 years of coaching, facilitating, and training clients to build their confidence and hone their presentation skills to help ensure they each stand out from the crowd.

This one-off workshop focuses on presentation techniques for influence and persuasion. The course is for those who want to increase their presence and impact in a team environment or with students; those who want to be more assertive and confident in their day-to-day work.

This course is offered at two times in the Spring term. One as a twilight short course session of 2.5 hours and another as a full course of 4 hours at Hatch End High School on a Saturday.

This is a course designed for Education Support Staff in the classroom such as Teaching, Learning and Support Assistants. The group will look at how we can best support students in the classroom with a range of learning needs. This group will meet four times over the year twice in the Autumn and twice in the summer term.