The Power of Oracy: Building a Culture of Communication in Schools

Course Code: T0388 £289.00

ABOUT THIS COURSE

This brand-new course has been designed for experienced teachers and school leaders across all phases of education who are eager to learn how to enhance their students' communication skills through the intentional and high-quality embedding of oracy. The course will explore how to integrate oracy across the curriculum and school life, using the latest educational research to support the development of effective oracy practices. Delegates will gain the knowledge and confidence to tailor oracy strategies to their specific context and scale up these practices across their school or trust to benefit the wider school community.

BENEFITS OF ATTENDING

  • Understand what oracy is and why it matters across all phases of education
  • Understand the benefits of a high-quality oracy education in improving both attainment and wellbeing
  • Gain the knowledge and practical tools to embed oracy in the curriculum and across school
  • Understand how to quality assure oracy provision and plan for long-lasting change.
  • Learn how to build and sustain a whole-school culture of oracy, from leadership to classroom practice
  • Take away practical resources, auditing tools, and frameworks to support school-wide implementation

PROGRAMME

 10.00am: The Case for Oracy 
  • What is oracy? Unpacking definitions and clarifying misconceptions
  • The impact of oracy: evidence-informed practice
  • Reflection and goal setting: oracy in my context
10.30am: Oracy in the Classroom 
  • Establishing and maintaining Oracy ground rules
  • Oracy strategies: Learn to Talk
  • Oracy strategies: Talk to Learn
  • Methods and tools for assessing oracy
11.45am: Break
12.00pm: Creating a Culture of Oracy 
  • Embedding Oracy across school
  • Exploring Presentational Oracy
  • Understanding the role of Oracy in promoting wellbeing
1.00pm: Lunch
2.00pm: Leadership of Oracy 
  • Planning for lasting, meaningful change: what works and why
  • Auditing Oracy provision and identifying gaps in practice across your setting
Planning for people: how to engage staff at all levels and build momentum within your team
3.00pm: Break
3.10pm: Planning for Oracy
  • Enacting my goals: Oracy in my setting
  • Quality assurance: how to monitor impact, support improvement and sustain momentum
  • Reflections, feedback and Q&A to refine your next steps
 

Leadership - Code: T0388

The Power of Oracy: Building a Culture of Communication in Schools

COURSE LEADER

Jo Brennan has over 20 years of experience in secondary education, having worked in a variety of schools across the UK. She has held middle, senior, and across-Trust leadership roles since 2006, with a focus on curriculum pedagogy, staff development, and driving improvements in teaching and learning. She holds qualifications in integrative counselling and psychotherapy and has a particular interest in young people’s mental health.  Currently, she leads RSHE for a large Multi-Academy Trust, where she writes and resources the central values-driven RSHE curriculum and supports school leaders to enact and quality assure provision.

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