OTLA North East and Cumbria
This booklet provides an engaging overview of the 13 OTLA projects undertaken by over 200 practitioners from 42 providers across the North East and Cumbria.
Other Tag: Professional Development
OTLA North East & Cumbria Interim Dissemination Event
Practitioners and managers from across the education and training sector joined together for an inspiring and uplifting event to mark the half way point in the North-East and Cumbria OTLA programme.
An Introduction to Practitioner-led Research
The OTLA team in the North East and Cumbria have developed a one-day introductory course for practitioners in Education and Training settings who may be new to practitioner-led research. The course aims to introduce them to a range of practical strategies for investigating, evaluating and improving their teaching and emphasises the necessity of working with other staff in order to understand and change teaching practices in differing contexts.
“We are all Researchers!” Creating a research-active community
Professor Jean McNiff made this powerful rallying call to the support assistants, trainers, assessors, teachers and managers who work across the prisons, training providers, workplaces and colleges in the North East and Cumbria. During a week of visits, Jean joined groups of OTLA project participants to share what it means to be a practitioner researcher in our sector.
Newcastle College
Newcastle College aspires to be a great place to work. We attract individuals who are adaptable and keen to create and meet new challenges for the organisation. We are flexible, hardworking and passionate about what we do. We are fully committed to supporting and investing in staff and offer a good benefit package.
New ways of seeing into and making changes to teaching, learning and assessment practices
David Powell, Director of The Education and Training Consortium, writes on how the theories of practice architectures and ecologies of practices can enable us to understand teaching, learning and assessment differently and to transform our own practices. He describes how these theories can be applied within the context of GCSE re-sits, and outlines how the 19 education and training providers participating in the North East and Cumbria Outstanding Teaching, Learning and Assessment (OTLA) are using the theories to develop and share approaches for ensuring outstanding practice across a range of contexts and topics.
Qualifications in education, training and assessment: revised guidance
The Education and Training Foundation, working with a variety of sector bodies, has produced revised guidance on the qualifications in education, training and assessment available and relevant for working in the post-16 education and training sector.
A local human resource to support you
Find out about the support available to you from the Education and Training Foundation funded Regional Specialist Leads in maths, English and SEND.
News from Newcastle College School of Education
Equip yourself to teach Maths, English or LDD/SEN learners. Get recognition for your learning support role. Become an assessor or verifier. Develop your understanding of the new Maths GCSE specification. Choose a professional development programme.
Self-development using the 2014 Professional Standards
The Standards set out clear expectations of effective practice in education and training. This first workbook brings together a selection of tools and resources that will help you get the most out of the standards as part of your CPD.
Society for Education and Training (SET) launches
The Society for Education and Training (SET) is the new professional membership organisation of the Education and Training Foundation for practitioners working in the post-16 education and training sector.
Learning Unlimited’s exciting CPD programme for summer term 2013
Join Learning Unlimited in the coming months as we celebrate the third year of the highly successful Welcome to the UK project, welcome people to our Second Annual Seminar and explore a wide range of CPD opportunities.