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Newsletters
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Learning College Newsletters
Issue 1 - April 2013
Issue 2 - October 2013
Professional Development
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At Groby we nurture talent and develop all staff at every stage of their career.
We have a whole range of professional development options and colleagues are encouraged to share good practise and collaborate in a range of ways from Action Research to Lesson Study to becoming a member of a Teaching and Learning community.
Whichever way you want your career to develop there are lots of options here at Groby.
For teachers in the first years of teaching:
- NQT mentor
- Induction programme
- Buddy
For teachers with 3 to 4 year’s experience:
- SEP coordinator
- TLC chair
- PGCE mentor.
- Buddy to NQT
- Action Research coordinator
- Member of the Drive team
- School to school networking
- Leadership development course
For more experienced teachers:
- Peer to peer coaching
- Mentoring
- Deliver whole school/Faculty CPD
- SLE
- Host visiting colleagues
- Participate in teachmeet
- Liaise with universities
Outstanding Teaching & Learning
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- Groby's Outstanding Lesson
- Groby's Outstanding Independent Learner
- Groby's Outstanding Learner
- Groby's Outstanding Teacher
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Aims
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Aims of the Learning College
- Build a learning community where learning is a focus for all teaching and non teaching staff.
- Provide a quality programme of professional development that focuses on progression at each stage of a teachers’ career.
- Develop a CPD programme where teachers take control of their learning and are continually involved in a process of reflection and progression
- Teachers who feel part of a college where talent is nurtured and good practice is shared recognised and rewarded.
- Encourage collaborations with local Universities that inspire, motivated and excite.
- A Leadership team who use their knowledge of the strengths and weaknesses of teaching to mentor and coach staff to bring about an increase in the proportion of good and outstanding teachers
- Increase the ‘social capital’ ensuring that CPD has a lasting impact on classroom practice and the achievements of our students.
- Action Research for all staff
- Encourage participation in Teacher fellowships with Nottingham University and Action Research with Leicester University.
- A clear and effective performance management policy which links teacher standards to performance targets.
- An extensive coaching and mentoring programme including the G20 ‘Good to outstanding’ programme
- Bespoke professional development programmes for staff
Specialist Leaders of Education
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SPECIALIST LEADERS OF EDUCATION (SLEs)
Our team of specialist leaders of Education are outstanding middle leaders who have the skills to support individuals or teams in similar positions in other schools. They are deployed into local schools to help improve the quality of teaching and leadership through school to school support and peer to peer coaching. These colleagues have a successful track record, first class knowledge in their area of expertise and the ability to communicate effectively.
