Naace Strategic Conference 2007

Tim Tarrant, Head of ICT Team, TDA; Georgina Stein, Canterbury Christ Church University and Member of the Naace Executive Committee; Sarah Neild, Teacher, ICT Coordinator and AST at Birchley St Mary’s Catholic Primary School; Zoe Goodwin, Vice Principle, Greensward College and Margaret Baxter, Teacher, ICT Team Member and AST at Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School

This session will draw on the experience of the TDA and will cover its draft CPD strategy for the school workforce. It will draw on the TDA’s experience over the last 8 years and the conclusions that can be drawn. One conclusion is the simple fact that the best CPD is most often teachers working with teachers and this will be illustrated by the work and experience of Sarah Neild and Margaret Baxter. A challenge is how we can make initial teacher training, induction and professional development a continuum and help reduce the loss of teachers in the first 5 years of their teaching. The session will look at the factors that influence professional development in the future and how we might address them.

Credit for filming : Leon Cych on behalf of Naace

Margaret Zglinski, Foundation Stage/Key Stage One ICT Consultant, Sandwell LA and Jonathan Keay, AST, Sandwell LA

Following a successful bid to the DfES for funds to support an ICT Foundation Stage Project, Sandwell LA has explored effective ways of using ICT to support the development of speaking and listening. This session aims to share practical resources an reflections from the classroom, along with the findings from the project and recent developments, as the work is continued into Key Stage One.

Cathy Morgan, HMI, Ofsted

Using the findings from ICT inspections and surveys undertaken by HMI during 2005/6, this session will highlight how effective use of ICT can make a positive difference to the quality of teaching, learning and management in schools.

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Credit: Leon Cych on behalf of Naace