The Teaching Assistant College will be holding events for Teaching Assistants throughout the year, these events will consist of workshop sessions relating to different aspects of being a Teaching Assistant...
May 4th, 2012
Have you just completed a qualification as a Teaching Assistant? Or at least you thought you had until you went for a job or maybe taken your certificate into school! The Teaching Assistant College is increasingly hearing from students who have completed a qualification with a provider only to find it is not subsequently accepted [...]
The TA College to attend the COBIS Annual ConferenceApril 26th, 2012
The Teaching Assistant College will once again be exhibiting at the COBIS Annual Conference held at the Park Plaza in London from the 12th – 14th May. The theme of this years conference is ‘Unity in Diversity’, if any schools would like to discuss the training needs of their support staff then please come to [...]
IEG 2011 Event – Birmingham
Professional Development Day for Teachers and Teaching Assistants
The Innovative Education Group is passionate about supporting teachers in creating inspirational teaching and learning.
There is a clear link between positive behaviour and personalised learning, including empowering and engaging learners in the classroom, motivating disruptive pupils and enabling learners to take an interest in their own future.
The IEG Event is a specific event that brings together suppliers, educators, resource providers, teachers and teaching assistants who have one common goal – to develop and encourage a motivated generation of students.
To be held in central Birmingham with Exhibition space, Seminars, Workshops and dedicated features it will attract teaching professionals and their staff from schools across the UK.
This amazing opportunity to see some of the UKs most highly rated speakers offers a choice of seminars allowing you to select either the Positive behaviour or Personalised learning workshop or if you prefer a mixture of the two.
Alongside the main seminars we also have Specialist seminars ideal for Teaching Assistants as they relate to personalised learning and positive behaviour.
Teaching assistants are also very welcome to attend the main seminars.
Timetable:
9.00 – 9.30 Registration and Coffee
9.30 The day will begin with a Key Note from Eva Cartwright, CEO of Innovative Education Group Ltd
‘Considering the future… the impact of personalised learning and positive behaviour strategies’
10.00 – 11.30 Seminar 1: (choose one of the following)
a) Personalised Environment for Learning– Phil Thomas
b) Anger, Self-Esteem and Emotional Resilience. How to work cleanly with anger. How to build and foster self esteem and resilience – Jackie Cox
c) A teaching assistants guide to promoting personalised learning – The Teaching Assistant College
11.30 – 11.45 Break
11.45 – 13.15 Seminar 2: (choose one of the following)a) Personalised Behaviour for Learning – Phil Thomas
b) Anxiety, Stress and Depression. The root causes, how to enable young people to move towards positive mental health – Jackie Cox
c) Managing Positive Behaviour whilst Working with Small Groups (for Teaching Assistants) – The Teaching Assistant College
13.15 – 14.15 Lunch (with an option to attend a 15 minute workshop details TBC)
14.15 – 15.45 Seminar 3: (choose one of the following)
a) Personalised Assessment for Learning – Phil Thomas
b) Self-harming Behaviours. Why? What? Understanding the Cause. Effective Help (this session will cover both eating disorders and self-harming) – Jackie Cox
c) Mentoring Individual Pupils – The Teaching Assistant College
15.50 – 16.00 – Plenary
a) This is the part of the conference when information is summarised.
Price: £68.00 per delegate (including lunch and resources) This is an Early Bird Discount and is available if booked before June 30th 2011
(If booked after June 30th the price will be £85.00)
To book your place please follow the link: IEG Group Event
