NEW: Understanding the new AoLE for Expressive Arts – MID WALES (Welshpool)

Course date: 2nd Oct 2019

Are you ready to implement the new Expressive Arts AoLE?

What changes will you need to make?

This course will provide practical strategies for auditing your current provision and ensuring effective implementation of the new curriculum.

This course has expired.
Target Group: Headteachers, SMT, Teachers
  • Getting ready for the new AoLE for Expressive Arts
  • Identifying the important changes - what is the same and what is different about the new and old curriculum?
  • Unpicking and understanding the language of the new curriculum
  • Identifying the key knowledge and skills and making links to the four purposes
  • Identifying effective approaches in Expressive Arts teaching
  • Developing an action plan for implementing change back in school

    course attendee quote What people say about the Expressive Arts AoLE course...

"I have a better understanding of the new curriculum as a whole. I feel more informed to be able to go back to school and write an action plan."  Summer course attendee 12/06/19 "I gained a better understanding of the new curriculum and layout of the documents. I''m more confident now in feeding back what we need to so as a school."  Summer course attendee 12/06/19 "This course gave me a better understanding of the new curriculum and how Expressive Arts will feature. Good to share ideas with other teachers and how to put new curriculum into practice in the classroom."  Summer course attendee 12/06/19
 

Course Presenters: Huw Duggan, David Powell; Upbeat Music and Arts

Huw Duggan

LEADERSHIP and MANAGEMENT - Huw is passionate about learning, coaching and facilitation. He advocates an ASK not TELL approach to training. His sessions are engaging, interactive and generally involve lots of post it notes! His areas of expertise are: Teaching and Learning; Developing Pedagogy; Independent and interdependent learning; and of course, ‘closing the achievement gap’. Huw also coaches school leaders and leadership teams. Huw Duggan has worked in a range of roles, in a number of local authorities, and countries. His fascination with education and learning began when he was diagnosed as dyslexic at university, which steered him on his career in to education. This career path began as a learning support assistant in a difficult inner-city school in Leeds, before becoming a qualified teacher, and successful school leader. Eventually he was drawn back to Wales, on secondment, to support the Central South Consortium’s vision of a school led system. Huw is currently educational director of the ‘Right Learning Company’ based in South Wales. He was a Fast Track teacher and one of the youngest deputies to achieve NPQH at 28. Huw ran a cohort 1 teaching school in Oldham where he was responsible for 900 NQTs across the LA; ran Oldham’s teaching pool; facilitated school to school support and developed a highly successful school direct programme with Huddersfield University. As a Strategic Advisor for Central South Consortium, Huw was responsible for effectively developing and communicating the region’s strategy designed to close the achievement gap. As well as challenging and supporting schools in 5 LA’s regarding the performance of FSM pupils and the impact of the Pupil Development Grant. Huw has also worked with OLEVI International as a facilitator and Quality Assurance consultant. Huw Duggan is a qualified Estyn Inspector for the primary sector. Search for courses Our Partners The Right Learning Company 

David Powell; Upbeat Music and Arts

MUSIC - David Powell studied percussion and drum kit at Leeds College of Music followed by a post graduate course at the National Centre for Orchestral Studies, Goldsmith’s College London. On leaving college, David Powell joined the critically acclaimed 50’s R & B band ‘The Big Town Playboys’ touring Britain and Europe and performing alongside Fleetwood Mac and Eric Clapton. His teaching career started as an LA peripatetic teacher in 1989 which led to primary classroom teaching before joining the Gwent Music Service as Assistant Head in 2000. After a very productive and successful period in this role, David realised his passion for inclusivity and access by forming ‘Upbeat Music and Arts’ in 2013 to provide projects, workshops and regular tuition for whole classes of children focussing on high class delivery whilst not losing sight of educating the whole child.  Upbeat has a team possessing a wealth of talented and experienced teachers and facilitators and is developing a portfolio that inspires, invigorates and challenges pupils.  Upbeat has built a reputation for excellent quality, child centred delivery through their constantly evolving portfolio viewable at www.upbeatmusicandarts.co.uk/what-we-do  Our Partners  Search for Courses

Course Location: Mid Wales - Welshpool

WELSHPOOL: Buttington Trewern CP School, Welshpool SY21 8TB START TIME: 9.00am coffee and registration for a 9.30am start