The Transition to University

Course Code: T0187 £289.00

ABOUT THIS COURSE

This brand-new course offers the opportunity for high-quality professional development within a smaller group setting.  The course is designed to be fully interactive: key ideas are introduced in the Keynote Sessions, and then worked through via discussion-based workshops, allowing you to think about how the learning from the day can be applied within your own context.

BENEFITS OF ATTENDING

A great opportunity to reflect on your current practice and find innovative ways to upskill and refine your approaches.  The interactive and discussion-based nature of the day also creates an ideal way to meet with people from other schools, network and share best practice.

PROGRAMME

Keynote Session 1: Preparing for UCAS Applications

10.00am
  • Timeline: when does effective preparation take place
  • Personal statements: how to guide pupils effectively
  • References: what is needed from subject teachers and when
 
 

Break

11.00am

Workshop 1: Practical Interventions to Raise UCAS Outcomes

11.20am
  • Pupil timeline: Internal deadlines, monitoring and feedback
  • Practical ways to help a pupil improve their own personal statement
  • Strategies for getting high-quality content for UCAS references
 

Lunch

12.30pm

Keynote Session 2: Preparing for University

1.00pm
  • Developing independence and self-motivation
  • Making choices, staying organised, working out priorities
  • Upskilling academically: are students ready for reading lists, lectures and essays?
 

Break

2.00pm

Workshop 2: Practical Interventions in the Classroom to Facilitate KS5 as a Transition Phase

2.20pm
  • Intrinsic v. Extrinsic motivations
  • What choices do students make
  • Training for a level and looking beyond

Conclusions

3.30pm  

Depart

3.40pm
Leadership - Code: T0187

The Transition to University

COURSE LEADER

Katharine Radice is an education consultant with 20 years’ experience of working in schools. A former Deputy Head, she has taught within the full range of school environments (boarding, day, co-educational, single sex, independent and maintained sector) and in a range of pastoral and academic leadership roles. Her consultancy work focuses on the dispositions that feed or hinder success in a school environment and the importance of understanding the adolescent journey from a 3D perspective, navigating the differences between teacher, student and parent viewpoints. She has a national reputation as a Classics teacher, combining everyday realism with innovative approaches to curriculum delivery.

THIS COURSE INCLUDES

  • A specially prepared folder of detailed notes, practical advice and guidance
  • Notes prepared by the educational experts leading the course
  • Expert produced PowerPoint presentations
  • CPD Certificate of attendance
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