Transcript Vyners ITT’s Presentation

Welcome to the
Vertical Tutoring
Information Evening
Wednesday 26th January 2011
Vertical Tutoring at PHS
What is Vertical Tutoring?
• Students will belong to a tutor group of
ages mixed across all year groups
• There will be students from Year 8 right
up to Year 13 in the same tutor group
• There will be around 5 students from
each of the year groups all working
together
• Students will not be taught lessons in
mixed aged groups
Vertical Tutoring at PHS
Why are we changing?
• To create a real sense of family and community
atmosphere within the school
• To further improve the support, care and
guidance students receive about their learning
• To create opportunities for students to take on
leadership roles acting as mentors, coaches
and ‘buddies’
• To help to bond students across the year
groups, thereby removing the rare occasions
when tensions might exist
Vertical Tutoring at PHS
The benefits
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The opportunity to work with people of different ages
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Improve the support available at key times during the school
year
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Natural peer mentoring and support
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Improved academic support from tutors and peers
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Knowledge of what others are going through
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Improved opportunities for inter-house competitions
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Enhanced leadership opportunities for all year groups
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Less peer pressure and reduced bullying
Vertical Tutoring at PHS
The Houses
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All students and all staff will be assigned to one of 3 Houses
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Students will take part in a competition to name the Houses
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Each House will have a distinct identity
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Students will achieve better due to improved mentoring
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Your child will be (as far as possible) with the same Tutor
throughout their time at the school
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Family members will all be in the same House but not the same
Tutor Group
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House staff will be a single point of contact for each family
The House System
Structure:
• 3 Houses
• 17 Tutor Groups
House Team:
• Head of Student Achievement:
Zoe Budding
• Heads of House:
Emma Bliss Janet Higginbotham
• Deputy Heads of House:
Julie Taylor Guy Sampson
Paul Watson
Gayle McPherson
House Identity
• House Names
• Tutor Names
• Colours (Green; Gold; Purple)
• Uniform (Tie - bought by school for all current
Y8-Y10 students; Blouse with collar suitable for
tie required for girls; Sixth Form Lanyards)
• Student allocations (Families by House)
• Staff allocations
Tutor Groups
• Composition (Up to 5 students from each
year group plus Sixth Form - c25 students)
• Co-Tutors (Sixth Form – Lead activities;
Mentor students; attend Assembly; attend 2
Tutor Times per week)
• Support Tutors (members of the school
support staff)
A key role for Sixth Formers
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The Sixth Form will be a member of a House
and allocated to a new tutor group
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The Sixth Form Team will remain in place for
specialist Post-16 support
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A healthy balance between separation from and
inclusion in the main school
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Sixth Form students will take on the role of cotutor within their tutor group
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Greatly improved leadership opportunities
Tutor Time
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Tutor Time Activities (Citizenship; Learn2;
House Activities; Fun Activities)
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Tutors will have more time for students only 4 or
5 from any year group at any time
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Support for students from those with the most
recent experience
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Weekly House Assembly
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Learning Conversations (Academic Review &
Mentoring)
Implementation
Whole School
• Wednesday 15th June
• Tutor Time periods 1&2 to include a
House Assembly
New Year 8 Students
• Friday 8th July
• Whole school Tutor Time period 1
Time for change
• Students will quickly settle into the new system
• A great opportunity for all students
• Coping with change is an essential skill for life
• Development of leadership and mentoring skills
• Further improve life chances through better
exam results
What other schools have to say
about the vertical tutoring system
Our research shows that schools that have adopted the structure
report:
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The development of stronger communities within the school
Much improved support for student learning
A real sense of students looking out for each other
A reduction in incidents of bullying
“Vertical tutoring is not just the business of organising students
into mixed-age groups. It is a means of releasing creativity and
realising the potential of individuals and organisations.”
“Vertical tutoring has widened the circle of social possibilities for
our students, making it acceptable for them to have friends from
outside their immediate year group.”
The views of students who have experienced
the vertical tutoring system
“Vertical tutoring has shown me that the older
students are not scary.”
A Year 8 student
“I have really benefited from the advice that older
students have given me.”
A Year 9 student taking options
“It is a really good feeling knowing the younger
students respect the advice you give them, and
look up to you.”
A Year 11 student
The views of students who have experienced
the vertical tutoring system
“I was worried that I would be treated like a Lower
School student for another 2 years, this couldn't
have been farther from the truth though. I was
given responsibilities that were quite scary, but
after a while really helped me build my confidence
and gave me loads to write about on my UCAS
form”
A Sixth Form student
Questions for consideration
1.
Review FAQs
2.
Reflect on details to date
3.
Email reflections, comments and
questions to:
[email protected]