Moving Teaching from Good to Outstanding
with Marilyn Nathan (Author of The Head Teacher’s Survival Guide )
Wednesday, 21st March 2012- Central London
Course leader: Marilyn Nathan
Marilyn Nathan was a teacher for 29 years, nine as the deputy headteacher of a leading secondary school. She has taught in a variety of schools including multi-ethnic comprehensives and single sex selectives. Following this, Marilyn Nathan became the Assistant Director of a national children’s charity. An OFSTED inspector for both the primary and secondary phases, her work as an education consultant specialising in leadership development takes her into a range of schools in Britain and abroad. She is very experienced in interviewing candidates for posts of responsibility and has helped organise courses on interviewing skills for her LEA.
She has authored a number of books including the Survival Guide series for senior and middle management in schools. Other titles include The Headteacher’s Survival Guide and The New Teacher’s Survival Guide as well as Pastoral Leadership published by Routledge/Falmer in 2001 and the Headteacher’s Edufax in 2003, the 3rd edition has now been printed and the Leadership Team/Middle leader’s Edu-fax in 2006. She is also the author of the recently revised TA’s Edu-fax(2008).
Who should attend?
- This course is relevant for both teachers and school leaders in Primary or Secondary Schools
This course aims to help participants: 1. Have a better understanding of how to recognise outstanding teaching 2. Focus on how teachers can move that ultimate step forward 3. Consider ways that schools can help their staff move their teaching to the next level.
Outstanding teaching results in pupil progress that exceeds expectations. Trying to move that ultimate step forward is a challenge for both you and your staff as most schools only have a tiny proportion of really outstanding teachers. This course is about helping teachers and schools to get there. It uses case studies and DVD/video materials to help you develop your understanding of the features of outstanding teaching, and it focuses on how teachers work towards improving their practice to achieve the next level and what the school can do to help them improve their practice.
Draft programme includes:
- Defining outstanding teaching-what does Ofsted say?
- Recognizing outstanding teaching-Video/DVD and case studies.
- The route to improvement-some DVD case studies.
- Taking a whole school approach to improving teaching-monitoring and feedback, targeted observation modelling, coaching.
Fee:
The fee for the course is £225 plus VAT (Total £270.00) per delegate. The fee includes all refreshments, lunch, and course documentation. Discounts for multiple bookings are available. Please telephone or fax the organisers for details.