ABOUT THIS COURSE
This practical course will help senior leaders to better understand their role in the curriculum design process. It will arm SLT with a step by step approach to the curriculum design process and enable them to write their curriculum vision, and support middle leaders to design their subject curricula. This course will also provide delegates with tangible ways of tackling disadvantage through the curriculum and of embedding literacy, numeracy and metacognition in meaningful ways. In so doing, this course will empower senior leaders with a strong narrative to share with inspectors when judging the school’s quality of education under the 2019 EIF.
BENEFITS OF ATTENDING
- Detailed understanding of the new Ofsted framework
- A draft curriculum vision
- A step by step approach to curriculum design
- A practical approach to tackling disadvantage
- An approach to developing literacy, numeracy and metacognition across the curriculum
- A framework for supporting middle leaders in developing their subject curricula
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| COURSE CODE | 7664 |
| IN-SCHOOL | You can also book this as an In-School Course |
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09.30-10.00am
Welcome and refreshments
10.00-10.30am
Course introduction
- The Ofsted context – why do we have a new inspection framework and what’s changed?
- Intent, implementation and impact – what do they mean in practice?
10.30-11.15am
Session One: Agree the vision
In this session you will explore:
- What is a curriculum?
- What is a broad and balanced curriculum?
- Why does the curriculum matter?
- What is the purpose of education?
- What is the role of senior curriculum leaders?
11.15-12.00pm
Session Two: Set the destination, assess the starting points and agree the waypoints
In this session you will explore:
- Why knowledge matters and what knowledge matters?
- How to identify key concepts
- The importance of curriculum continuity and transition
- How to identify individual starting points
- How to plot a course through the curriculum by identifying threshold concepts
- How to sequence an increasingly complex curriculum
- How to use waypoints as a progression model
12.00pm
Break and informal discussion
12.00-12.45pm
Session Three: Define excellence and diminish disadvantage
In this session you will explore:
- What is excellence?
- How to teach to the top and model high expectations
- How to pitch learning in pupils’ struggle zones
- How to close attainment gaps
- The centrality of cultural capital and vocabulary to an inclusive curriculum
- Three waves of intervention
- Literacy, numeracy and metacognition as cross-curricular themes
12.45-13.30pm
Lunch and informal discussion
13.30-14.15pm
Session Four: Senior leaders’ role
In this session you will:
- Explore the role that senior leaders should play in curriculum design
- Explore the importance of providing CPD to middle leaders and teachers
- Explore ways of protecting teachers’ workloads
14.15-15.00pm
Session Five: Putting it all into practice
In this session you will:
- Conduct a self evaluation of your curriculum
- Draft a curriculum development action plan
- Share good practice with colleagues
15.00-15.20pm
Plenary and evaluations
Matt Bromley
Education writer and advisor
Matt Bromley is an education writer and advisor with twenty years’ experience in teaching and leadership including as headteacher. He works as a public speaker, trainer, and school improvement lead, and is a school governor. He writes for various newspapers and magazines and is the author of numerous best-selling books. His education blog, voted one of the UK’s most influential, receives over 50,000 unique visitors a year.
