Developing Personal Learning and Thinking Skills - London

Programme

09:00 – 09:45		Registration and refreshments
09:45 – 10:00		Introduction and welcome from the chair Mark Bayley, Principal Manager Improvement & Achievement Services, Cheshire East Authority
10:00 – 10:30 Keynote 1		Why we need Personal Learning and Thinking Skills and how to develop them: Accessing knowledge to construct understanding Zoe Elder, G&T Learning Manager, The Learning Team, North Somerset Council
10:30 – 11:00 Keynote 2		Creating a whole-school approach to PLTS to improve student outcomes Mark Bayley, Principal Manager Improvement & Achievement Services, Cheshire East Authority
11:00 – 11:10		Question and answer session
11:10 – 11:40		Morning refreshments
11:40 – 12:40		Streamed sessions 1
1A				1B	1C
Evaluating impact: tracking assessment from the classroom throughout the whole school Steve Illingworth, Lead Teaching and Learning Consultant, Salford Children's Services, Salford City Council				Practical approaches for embedding transferable skills in subject teaching Mal Krishnasamy, Assistant Principal, Rosedale College	Student self-evaluation: effective evaluation and assessment of PLTS Zoe Elder, G&T Learning Manager, The Learning Team, North Somerset Council
12:40 – 13:40			Lunch
13:40 – 14:10 Keynote 3			Case study on curriculum redesign: effectively implementing PLTS to develop independent and creative learners Ann Furniss, Assistant Headteacher of KS3, and Lynne Gibson, Director of Learning – Business and Enterprise, Ferryhill Business and Enterprise College
14:10–15:10			Streamed sessions 2
2A				2B	2C
Utilising PLTS to ensure pupil progress in the classroom Jackie Beere OBE, AST, SIP and Former Headteacher				Creating the ideal climate for teaching and learning among your workforce through effective CPD Carmel Kavanaugh, Professional Tutor/Assistant Principal, Caroline Chisholm School	Implementing a thinking skills programme to develop independent learners Dawn Rogers, Deputy Headteacher, Maricourt Catholic High School
15:10 – 15:30			Afternoon refreshments
15:30 – 16:30			Streamed sessions 3
3A				3B	3C
Building on existing frameworks: helping staff to identify PLTS within their lessons to enhance subject teaching James Kerfoot, Deputy Headteacher, Childwall Sports College				Developing an engaging, creative KS3 curriculum: cross curricular projects that develop independent, resilient learners Jackie Beere OBE, AST, SIP and Former Headteacher	Raising student awareness of skills through peer assessment and pupil voice to increase learner confidence Steve Illingworth, Lead Teaching and Learning Consultant, Salford Children's Services, Salford City Council
16:30	Conference close