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Outstanding:  What it Looks Like and How to Achieve it

Based on Teaching Standards set by OFSTED (Office for Standards in Education, UK) and the Advanced Skills Teacher (AST) Program

Target Audience: Teachers/Subject Leaders/Line Managers with responsibility for monitoring the quality of teaching and learning
Course Leader: John Connor                            
Time: 9.30am – 3.30pm
Date: April 11, 2012
Venue: Holiday Inn Downtown, Shanghai, China


  
Course Leader
John Connor has been an independent team inspector for MFL and Special Educational Needs with OFSTED, and works for the Welsh equivalent, ESTYN. He is an Assessor for the Advanced Skills Teacher and Excellent Teacher scheme. He has worked for the DCSF as a consultant on the “Building Schools for the Future” capital investment project. 

John is also a training consultant for Asset Languages (the assessment system for the National Recognition Scheme) and one of the Regional Trainers in the East and West Midlands for the Secondary National Strategy Key Stage 3 Dissemination and Development Programme. He is also a Regional Subject Adviser for the roll out of the New Secondary Curriculum. He still teaches when other commitments permit. 





About the Workshop
To be judged outstanding is the ultimate confirmation for teachers of their skills, knowledge and expertise. Yet this accolade can seem to be elusive. This workshop aims to deconstruct the concept of outstanding and examine its component parts, and to help teachers plan a route towards achieving outstanding status.


Workshop Aims:
  • To consider the characteristics of outstanding teaching and learning. 
  • To examine the elements which make up an outstanding lesson. 
  • To explore some activities which develop higher order skills in learners. 
  • To examine how to establish a baseline of current practice and identify areas for development. 
  • To give a reasoned critique of a lesson and consider how to give developmental feedback to a colleague. 

Itinerary
0930      Arrival and registration 
1000      Welcome and introduction
1005      Outstanding – according to OFSTED and the AST programme; the Teaching Standards
1030      How to construct an outstanding lesson
1115      Coffee
1130      Maslow’s Hierarchy of Need; Assessment for Learning; the role of peer coaching
1230      Lunch
1315      Developing learner independence and higher order skills
1400      Conducting an audit – is outstanding practice being introduced? Is it developing, embedded or enhanced? What are the implications for
             training?
1430      Assessing a lesson (film clip and discussion)
1530      Evaluation and close


Workshop Fee (per participant)
Regular: USD 410 (Course fee) + USD 50 (Meeting package)
*PD Alliance Member: USD 205 (Course fee) + USD 50 (Meeting package)

*PD Alliance Member:
* (The PD Alliance offers a cost sharing scheme where the regular course fee for one participant can be shared between two participants registering together from the same school/organization. Two participants are required to register together to access the PD Alliance rate. PD Alliance information and member form can be accessed at The PD Alliance)

Contact Information
Workshop Coordinator: Ms. Sonthaya Chutisacha 
E-mail: sonthaya.ch@gmail.com 
Phone (China): +86 755 339 443 65 
Phone (Thailand): +66 818 465 770

To bring the workshop to your school contact: sonthaya.ch@gmail.com

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