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Dragonfly Training is delighted to present a whole staff training programme by Alan Jervis, our highly esteemed Senior Trainer. For years Alan has been delivering some of the most fantastically received subject specific training courses in the UK and has already delivered numerous whole school INSET days which were incredibly successful. This is his sensational Whole Staff training course.

Course Description

To deliver a practical approach to the implementation of the successful elements of:

• Accelerated Learning
• Thinking for Learning
• Emotional Intelligence
• Assessment for Learning

Each of these approaches alone will raise achievement, but this course integrates the effective features of each. The result is a powerful approach that will have a massive impact on the learning and achievements of your students.

This course is a dedicated ‘hands-on’ practical experience. The course will visit numerous teaching ideas based on well researched theory. This course takes the theory and puts it into practice.

About this course

This outstanding course will cover many of the Brain Based ideas that will revolutionise teaching over the next few years.

You will engage in ‘joined-up thinking’ that can be used in classrooms tomorrow. The strategies will be covered in a practical, fun and lively way. Examples will come from Mathematics, Geography, Resistant Materials, Physical Education, Science, History, Religious Studies, Food Technology, Business Studies, English, French and Textiles.

All of the teaching ideas have been used and modified to ensure they can deliver the most value-added benefit to your students. If you are serious about improving the teaching and learning in your school then this is the Inset day for you.

Activities are delivered in a motivating way and are lesson-ready.

Price reduction for half day or twilight session.

COURSE OUTLINE

For an all day session we suggest the following structure.

Session 1

Practical ‘hands-on’ strategies to highlight the successful features of the Accelerated Learning Cycle.

• Collecting data from students
• Student groupings to maximize learning
• Classroom Climate Big Picture
• Connect the learning
• M.I. Integrated Learning Packages
• Teaching from the wall
• Natural and musical strategies
• Physical and Visual approaches
• M.I. Assessments
• M.I. mark book lesson plans
• Tracking, target setting, underachievers
Session 2

• Strategies to reduce under-performance of boys
• Gifted and talented strategies

Experience examples from a range of thinking systems.

• CASE / CAME, blue sky thinking, De Bono
• Gifted and talented, Somerset thinking
• Newcastle thinking strategies, out of the box thinking
• Colerado thinking skills
Session 3

Practical ‘hands-on’ activities to describe the stages of the Emotional Intelligence Learning Cycle.

• Brain Gym
• Five strands of E.I. / E.I. learning cycle
• Analysis of success of different rewards methods
• E.I. and Circle Work
• E.I. and presentations
• Approaches to motivate the demotivated

Engage with effective ways in implementing Assessment for Learning techniques.

• Learning Wheels – cutting edge ideas of note taking
• Diagnostic testing
• Targeted remedial action
• A suite of assessment tools