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Sharing Good Practice
Norwich Teaching School Alliance
David Wells
Norwich Teaching School Alliance
The Norwich Teaching School Alliance became
accredited in April 2013 and since then we
have worked on developing links in and
around the Norwich area.
The alliance has grown steadily in the
intervening months from the 5 founder
schools and we are already promoting school
to school support, through the sharing of
good practice, in a number of different ways
for the Local Authority
Aims
 To support teachers from training through
ITT, their NQT year and beyond. Encouraging
and developing staff who will grow and
become better teachers and Middle or Senior
Leaders in schools for the benefit of
education in Norfolk.
 To work with and support schools in Norfolk
for the benefit of students.
 Oh! And maybe in North Suffolk!
PGCE Training Day
In the Summer term of 2013 we ran a training day for PGCE
students which included workshops with Google Apps for
Education, Behaviour Management, Teaching SEN and an
opportunity for delegates to “teach their best lesson – 5 minute
video presentation. It is planned that we will build up an on-line
library resource of best lessons which will be available as part of
our teaching school. Delegates were able to login to the Norwich
Teaching School Alliance domain enabling us to track their
progression and to keep them informed of future training
opportunities.
Enabling Good Practice to be Shared
In early September we have also provided 2
twilight sessions on how to use the Google
plus account. Following this we will offer to
link up schools with a training partner and link
up people with other training support via
video conferencing. This can alleviate the
need to release staff from school.
Foundation Partner Schools
 Eaton Hall Specialist Academy – Lead School
and National Support School
 Notre Dame High School
 The Parkside School (Special)
 Catton Grove Primary School
 Harford Manor School
Other Member Schools
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Thorpe St. Andrew High School
Hellesdon High School
Hapton C of E Primary
St. Andrews Primary
Winfarthing All Saints Primary
The Hewitt
Norwich High School for Girls
Bignold Primary School and Nursery
Tuckswood Commuinty Primary School
The Big Six
 ITT
 CPD/Leadership Development
 Succession Planning and Talent
Management
 School to School support
 Specialist Leaders of Education
 Research and Development
ITT
 Historically as an individual special school we
have had only a peripheral role in ITT.
 This year following our PGCE Training Day
we began a process of awarding a one year
NQT contract.
 This coming September the teaching school
will be offering our first Salaried Teach Direct
positions.
CPD/Leadership Development
Within the teaching school the following training
is available:
 Improving Teacher Programme
 Outstanding Teacher Programme
 NPQML
 NPQSL
 NPQH
Succession Planning and Talent
Management
Both as an individual teaching school alliance
and in collaboration with the other Norfolk
teaching school alliances, we are beginning
the process of collating and publishing a
needs analysis and a central CPD database.
School to School Support
 All the member schools of the alliance believe strongly in this.
 Historically we have all both supported and received support
from other schools, either formally or informally.
 The big change is now that formal school support is brokered
and administered through teaching school alliances.
 We have collectively delivered ITP, OTP and support and
development INSET for a local high school.
 We are now embarking on working with other schools to support
improvement.
Research and Development
There are currently three research projects
under way:
 Closing the gap (DFE & National College)
 The effects of Computer Games on the
uptake of sport on boys within an SEBD
school (Bedford PE College)
 The effect on engagement of varying the
approaches to Maths lessons at KS3 (OU)
Specialist Leaders of Education
 The National College has reached its target
of 1000 NLEs and 2000 LLEs and currently
only appoints to maintain these numbers.
 They have currently appointed 3800 SLEs
with the next window opening 5th to the 23rd of
May. The target for 2014-15 is 5000.
 NLEs, LLEs and SLEs are increasingly
important as LA advisory services continue to
shrink or disappear altogether.
Why be an SLE?
 Self Improvement - Whilst you are ostensibly there
for deployment to support others there are always
positives you can take away from a deployment.
 Career Progression – SLE status is increasingly seen
as desirable and sometimes essential by schools
when they recruit.
 Altruism – A natural development from teaching
students to supporting other teachers
Why appoint SLEs?
 Self Improvement – SLEs return from
deployment richer for the experience.
 Career Progression – Enables the employing
school to introduce a new layer of
progression
 Altruism – Deploying an SLE isn’t a money
spinner!
SLE Recruitment
 The next window for applications is in May
and this should be in every Head Techer’s
diary.
 Before then prospective applicants should be
identified and encouraged.
 The full criteria should be checked on the
National College website.
 SLEs are appointed by Teaching Schools in
conjunction with the National College which
ensures quality, suitability and capability.
Shortage of LLEs
 Bedfordshire has already developed a
training programme in conjunction with one of
it’s Teaching Schools to appoint their own
‘county’ LLEs in order to get round the
National College’s cap.
 Other counties are and will need to look at
this.
 We can avoid a similar situation in the future
with SLEs by ensuring we put forward
suitable candidates when and while we can.
Relieved
 The End