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You might have seen the launch of the Cambridgeshire Paid Teacher Internship (CPTI) in the last newsletter. We’d like to draw your attention to our registration service for schools, the aim of which is to collect details of schools who might want to employ a teacher intern from our pool of successful candidates that applied to us directly. So this is for schools that don’t have a member of staff they want to develop but would like to employ a new member of staff next September. Register at: Schools.Recruitment@Cambridgeshire.gov.uk . More information can be found here.
Lynne Birch
TSHs will be school-led centres of excellence for teacher and leadership training and development, focussing in particular on the Department’s ‘golden thread’ of ITT, the Early Career
Framework and National Professional Qualifications. The application round closed on 30 October 2020. The Department for Education received at least one application for each of the 81 hub areas across the country. The successful hubs will be announced late January 2021.
Please share the following from Cambridge University Science and Policy Exchange (CUSPE) with you Year 11 to 13 pupils:
We are a group of early-career researchers working on climate change policy in the County. We would like to distribute our survey to people aged between 16 and 24. This is a really great opportunity for young people to share their viewpoints on climate change and help shape future work by the council.
The link to the 5 minute survey is:
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/6YVBH26
The survey will be open until Monday 14th December.
The results from the survey will be included in a report and help shape our policy recommendation for the council on how to better engage with young people to tackle the climate emergency. The report will be publically available via the Cambridgeshire Insight website, the council’s platform for open data, when complete.
CUSPE research team
The UK has left the EU. There will be changes to arrangements for recognising overseas teaching qualifications from 1 January 2021. Teachers who qualified in the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland, will still
be able to apply for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), in England, but the process is changing. From 1 January 2021, teachers who qualified in any of these countries applying for QTS will be asked to provide a Letter of Professional Standing. This will need to be from the organisation responsible for regulating teachers in the country in which they qualified and will allow us to validate their qualification. There is more information about changes to arrangements for applying for QTS available on the UK transition page.
Primary schools in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough are invited to sign up for funded training opportunities provided by East London Schools Partnership in collaboration with the Cambridgeshire PSHE Service. The training will take the form of three live online sessions and online training modules. The programme will run through the Spring Term. For more information contact pshe@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Teachers’ Student Loan Reimbursement is available to eligible teachers who completed their initial teacher training (ITT) from the 2013 to 2014 academic year onwards. To be eligible, they will need to teach physics, chemistry, biology, languages or computing in one of 25 local authorities. Cambridgeshire and Peterborough are included in the list. Applications have opened to claim back student loan repayments for the 2019 to 2020 financial year. See how eligible teachers can claim. Please share with your teaching staff to see if they can claim.
Mental health is about more than the absence of mental illness.
In this regular feature, some ideas to support and signpost will be shared in the hope that you may benefit or you may be able to help others.
Support
Based on the 10 Keys to Happier Living [www.actionforhappiness.org], a little and often approach to self-care and wellbeing may be more manageable, achievable and realistic for school staff. The first key is Relating; give it a go by having device-free time each day to allow you to truly relate and communicate with someone at work or in your household.
Signposting
If you want to just find out more about something relating to mental health, either for yourself or for someone else, MIND have both phone and web-based information: 03001233393 www.mind.org.uk/information-support/
Suicidal thoughts are common but there is always someone to listen and be with you. Links to crisis lines can be found on the MIND website including The Samaritans on 116123.
Author and further contact: Juliet.Adloune@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Adult Mental Health First Aid Training: Book here
The Kite Trust is inviting applications from primary, secondary, special schools and colleges to join the next cohort of The Rainbow Flag Award in January 2021. The Rainbow Flag Award is a national quality assurance framework which focuses on LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, questioning, plus other related identities) inclusion and visibility. It is a year-long programme which takes a holistic approach to LGBTQ+ inclusion, as well as developing strategies to combat LGBTQ+phobic bullying.
The cost to undertake the award is £495, inclusive of:
- 2 places on an initial training day
- 3 evidence reviews over the course of the year
- ongoing telephone and email support
- 20% reduction on all Kite Trust training and resources
The closing date for applications is 11 December, 2020 and the training will be held online on Thursday, 21 January 2021. For more information and to apply, see: https://www.thekitetrust.org.uk/schools-services/rainbow-flag-award/ or contact Bethan Rees
Norwich Research School (part of SJB CMAT) is designated by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) to provide school-led support for evidence-based practice. As a hub for the Research Schools Network, it provides Communication, Training and Innovation opportunities. Click above for more information.
Our new programme of collaborative maths professional development is available here. All Work Groups, from EY to post 16, are DfE funded and free to schools. 78% of schools in the county participate in our Work Groups. We look forward to working with many of you again and hope to see some new staff this year. All pd is online for 2020-2021.
Developing RSE
For Primary and Special School colleagues, especially PSHE subject leads and school leaders.
Monday 18 January 2021, 15.30-17:45 or Wednesday 3 March 2021, 13:30-15:45.
This training will be hosted via Zoom.
£45 for non-subscribing schools, £35 for subscribing schools or subscribing schools can use their ‘free course’ credit if they have not already taken up a consultancy.
Teaching RSE
Suitable for Primary and Special school colleagues, especially PSHE subject leads and school leaders.
Tuesday 2 February 2021, 13.30-15.45 or Tuesday 9 March 2021, 13.30-15.45.
This training will be hosted via Zoom.
£45 for non-subscribing schools, £35 for subscribing schools or subscribing schools can use their ‘free course’ credit if they have not already taken up a consultancy.
Anti-Bullying
For Primary and Special School colleagues, especially PSHE subject leads, pastoral leaders and school leaders.
Tuesday 1 December 2020, 9.30-11.45 or Thursday 3 December 2020, 15:30-17:45 or Thursday 4 February, 9.30-11.45.
This training will be hosted via Zoom.
£45 for non-subscribing schools, £35 for subscribing schools or subscribing schools can use their ‘free course’ credit if they have not already taken up a consultancy.
New & Inexperienced Physical Education Subject Leaders for teachers and coaches who have been given responsibility for the leadership of PE in primary Schools and Settings. Thursday 3 December 10:00 to 12:00. Via Zoom. £45
Online Science Network Meetings
Wednesday 2 December 2020, Wednesday 10 February 2021 and Wednesday 5 May 2021. For teachers and TAs. Diamond Teaching School, £10 per delegate per date. To book email cpd@diamondtsa.com
A Journey of Reading Through the Primary School (2 parts)
Friday 8 January 2021 and Wednesday 10 March 2021. Diamond Teaching School, Winhills Training Centre, St Neots. For teachers. £100 per delegate. To book email cpd@diamondtsa.com
Diamond Teaching School - CPLD Offers
Sessions for Teachers and TA’s. To book email cpd@diamondtsa.com
Diamond Teaching School, Winhills Training Centre, St Neots.
Working as a science technician – an introduction to the role
3 sessions starting Tuesday 01 December 2020, 10.00 – 11.30, Zoom webinar, from £50
FREE Teachmeet – Best Evidence Science Teaching – Secondary phase
Tuesday 08 December 2020, 16.00 – 17.30, Swavesey Village College (potentially switching to online webinar – watch this space), FREE.
Teaching Lower KS2 Science
3 sessions starting Tuesday 12 January 2021, 15:45 to 16:45, Adobe Connect. From £120.
Relationships and Sex Education
Monday 18 January 2021, 15:30-17:45 or Tuesday 2 February 2021, 13:30-15:45.
This training will be hosted via Zoom. For Primary and Special School colleagues, especially PSHE subject leads and school leaders.
£45 for non-subscribing schools, £35 for subscribing schools or subscribing schools can use their ‘free course’ credit if they have not already taken up a consultancy.
Primary Physical Education Subject Leader Network Meeting for Primary Phase PE Co-ordinators. Tuesday 1 December 10-12. Via Zoom. £45.
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