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"Welcome to Summer School 2010"
Dear Colleague
Find below our portfolio of programmes for the 17th Annual RTU Summer School. Participation numbers have grown each year for the last 5 years (rising to nearly 3000 last year) indicating the profession's continuing thirst for learning and their inspirational commitment to doing the best for their pupils and young folk. The Summer School is now considered by teaching and educational professionals as a major professional development event and a most appropriate way to kick start the academic year.
This year the Summer School theme is 'Professional Learning Matters'. We draw our inspiration from the conclusions of the McKinsey report that "the quality of a schooling system cannot exceed the quality of its teachers" and the Department's emphasis through its new Workforce Strategy Directorate on the importance of all who work within the education system to embrace career long learning.
We continue with the RTU tradition of aligning the focus of Summer School to emerging policy aimed at transforming schools and the professional practice within and between schools.
This year's Summer School seeks to make a key contribution to the continuous professional development and capacity building agendas upon which successful school development and the raising of pupil's achievement depends upon by:
- Raising awareness about the new changes, the impact upon leader and teacher professional practice, and the building of professional capacity within the school;
- Raising horizons to open up thinking about new responses to the emerging policy developments;
- Disseminating best practice both regional and global.
We seek to continue the long tradition of offering high quality and high impact programmes and experiences. Summer School provides an intensive and exciting week of workshops, lectures and seminars on a range of sub-themes: Raising Achievement and Building Leadership Capacity; Raising Achievement through classroom practice; Collaborative Learning approaches to Raising Achievement; Networking and ICT (exploring innovative approaches to raising achievement) and Personal Improvement and Development.
I am indebted to those colleagues across the education community and beyond who with great enthusiasm and energy seize the opportunity offered by Summer School to engage with teachers and other professionals in their unending pursuit of excellence.
An exciting new development this year is an impressive suite of professional development seminars and workshops offered by a number of our specialist schools. This provision testifies to the excellence which pervades these schools and their systems improvement motivation to afford professionals from other schools and contexts to draw inspiration and practical benefits from their approaches [CN76-CN89].
Thank you for your continuing interest and support.
Tom Hesketh
Director, RTU
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- CN03 Key Stage 2 Numeracy - Create and Share Interactive Resources for use on Interactive Whiteboards and Desktop Computers (Mary Mallon Associates) (100% Prescribed.) Reserve places available
- CN06 Taking Brain Gym Further (Mind Matters) (80% Prescribed.)
- CN09 Emergency First Aid for Education Staff (Goody Training Solutions) (100% Prescribed.) Reserve places available
- CN10 Paediatric First Aid (Goody Training Solutions) (100% Prescribed.) Reserve places available
- CN11 Managing your Stress (Goody Training Solutions) (100% Prescribed.) Reserve places available
- CN14 Accommodating Students with ASD through Phases in Education (Middletown Centre for Autism) (100% Prescribed.) Reserve places available
- CN15 More Than Just Maps! (C2K) (100% Prescribed.) Reserve places available
- CN18 Confidence Outside Your Comfort Zone (All About People) (100% Prescribed.) Reserve places available
- CN19 Activ8 Eatwell - Teacher training (Food Standards Agency NI and Sports NI) (77% Prescribed.)
- CN20 All you need to know to start the accelerated learning journey (Aspire Creative Training) (96% Prescribed.)
- CN22 Domestic Violence Awareness and the Impact on Children and Young People. (Women’s Aid Federation NI) (60% Prescribed.)
- CN27 Asperger’s syndrome and mental health, managing anxiety. (Middletown Centre for Autism) (93% Prescribed.)
- CN28 Competence-Based Selection - The Essentials. (60% Prescribed.)
- CN30 Well-being at Work (Positive Life Changes) (97% Prescribed.)
- CN31 Talking Teamwork (Aspire Creative Training) (100% Prescribed.) Reserve places available
- CN32 Making Meetings Count (Aspire Creative Training) (78% Prescribed.)
- CN34 Blended Learning: Opportunities to Enhance Curriculum Delivery and Pupil Engagement. (C2k) (89% Prescribed.)
- CN35 Educational Assessment for Pupils with ASD (Middletown Centre for Autism) (92% Prescribed.)
- CN37 Building High Performance Teams (Beamish Associates International) (68% Prescribed.)
- CN43 Drawing into Print (McCord Bursary) (100% Prescribed.) Reserve places available
- CN45 Using Digital Resources to Engage and Inspire Your Pupils (Pearson Education) (100% Prescribed.) Reserve places available
- CN46 Making Sense of the Data Deluge (C2K) (87% Prescribed.)
- CN53 Raising achievement through the promotion of emotional health and well-being of children and young people (SELB/WELB Pupil Personal Development Services) (100% Prescribed.) Reserve places available
- CN57 Charisma & You (The Loop Training Consultancy) (100% Prescribed.) Reserve places available
- CN59 Giving Great Presentations: Confidence & Skill Development (Synergym Training Limited) (105% Prescribed.)
- CN65 Understanding how the Brain Learns and the Application to Teaching and Learning (Fingerprint Learning) (68% Prescribed.)
- CN66 Sports Leadership (UK) Awards (Interboard Physical Education and School Sport Panel) (64% Prescribed.)
- CN71 Teaching: the Reflective Profession (100% Prescribed.) Reserve places available
- CN72 Creating the Invitational School (RTU) (80% Prescribed.)
- CN73 Let’s Listen and Think: Storytelling and Thinking Skills in the Nursery (Interboard Early Years CASS) (100% Prescribed.) Reserve places available
- CN74 Professional Qualification for Headship in Northern Ireland - Information Session (RTU) (74% Prescribed.)
- CN75 Developing your Coaching Skills (RTU) (100% Prescribed.) Reserve places available
- CN80 Introducing a Pupil Pursuit Programme: Student Voice and Quality Assurance (Lumen Christi College) (70% Prescribed.)
- CN83 Data Management (St Patrick’s College - Maghera) (100% Prescribed.) Reserve places available
- CN84 The use of ICT to Support Teaching In Learning (Grosvenor Grammar School) (100% Prescribed.) Reserve places available
- CN03 Key Stage 2 Numeracy - Create and Share Interactive Resources for use on Interactive Whiteboards and Desktop Computers (Mary Mallon Associates)
- CN04 Educational Tools and Programmes for Teachers - Microsoft Ireland
- CN06 Taking Brain Gym Further (Mind Matters)
- CN09 Emergency First Aid for Education Staff (Goody Training Solutions)
- CN10 Paediatric First Aid (Goody Training Solutions)
- CN11 Managing your Stress (Goody Training Solutions)
- CN14 Accommodating Students with ASD through Phases in Education (Middletown Centre for Autism)
- CN15 More Than Just Maps! (C2K)
- CN18 Confidence Outside Your Comfort Zone (All About People)
- CN19 Activ8 Eatwell - Teacher training (Food Standards Agency NI and Sports NI)
- CN20 All you need to know to start the accelerated learning journey (Aspire Creative Training)
- CN21 VoiceWorks (Aspire Creative Training) *PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE*
- CN22 Domestic Violence Awareness and the Impact on Children and Young People. (Women’s Aid Federation NI)
- CN27 Asperger’s syndrome and mental health, managing anxiety. (Middletown Centre for Autism)
- CN28 Competence-Based Selection - The Essentials.
- CN30 Well-being at Work (Positive Life Changes)
- CN31 Talking Teamwork (Aspire Creative Training)
- CN32 Making Meetings Count (Aspire Creative Training)
- CN34 Blended Learning: Opportunities to Enhance Curriculum Delivery and Pupil Engagement. (C2k)
- CN35 Educational Assessment for Pupils with ASD (Middletown Centre for Autism)
- CN37 Building High Performance Teams (Beamish Associates International)
- CN41 A Blended Intervention Approach for Pupils with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (Middletown Centre for Autism)
- CN42 Sensory Processing and Autistic Spectrum Disorders in the School Context (Middletown Centre for Autism)
- CN43 Drawing into Print (McCord Bursary)
- CN45 Using Digital Resources to Engage and Inspire Your Pupils (Pearson Education)
- CN46 Making Sense of the Data Deluge (C2K)
- CN53 Raising achievement through the promotion of emotional health and well-being of children and young people (SELB/WELB Pupil Personal Development Services)
- CN55 Coordinating Support for Learning in the 21st Century – Module 1 (Queen’s University, Belfast)
- CN57 Charisma & You (The Loop Training Consultancy)
- CN58 Learning and Teaching for Pupil success in Home Economics (University of Ulster)
- CN59 Giving Great Presentations: Confidence & Skill Development (Synergym Training Limited)
- CN65 Understanding how the Brain Learns and the Application to Teaching and Learning (Fingerprint Learning)
- CN66 Sports Leadership (UK) Awards (Interboard Physical Education and School Sport Panel)
- CN71 Teaching: the Reflective Profession
- CN72 Creating the Invitational School (RTU)
- CN73 Let’s Listen and Think: Storytelling and Thinking Skills in the Nursery (Interboard Early Years CASS)
- CN74 Professional Qualification for Headship in Northern Ireland - Information Session (RTU)
- CN75 Developing your Coaching Skills (RTU)
- CN79 Putting the Learners at the Centre – The Personal Learning Journey of an Individual Student (St Louise’s Comprehensive College)
- CN80 Introducing a Pupil Pursuit Programme: Student Voice and Quality Assurance (Lumen Christi College)
- CN83 Data Management (St Patrick’s College - Maghera)
- CN84 The use of ICT to Support Teaching In Learning (Grosvenor Grammar School)
Download Summer School 2010 Prospectus
RTU 18th Annual Summer School - 17th-20th August 2010
'Professional Learning Matters'
Annually over 2000 educational professionals throughout the Northern Ireland schooling system attend the RTU Summer School. The Summer School is designed to be a professional development and networking event with the emphasis on: high quality and relevant programmes; professional dialogue; professional learning that matters; and exploration of topical and innovative issues. It will have purpose and meaning for: an individual's classroom practice; school leadership; and system wide policy/strategic developments.
The goal of Summer School is to offer a rich and varied programme, where professional learning matters. It is intended for a broad constituency of education professionals including: classroom assistants; teachers; SENCOs; middle and senior leaders; school principals; school support and development officers (CCEA, ELBs, CASS, C2K, RTU, CCMS, NICIE, CNaG,); ETI inspectors; governors; and education administrators.
The theme for this years annual Summer School is 'Professional Learning Matters' with 5 strands: - learning and teaching for pupil success; leadership and management - improving schools; ICT and digital technology - 21st Century schooling; system wide strategic issues linked to NI education priorities; and safe and healthy schools.
You are invited to make an application to present a seminar/workshop. The presentations should connect and impact on the education, development and growth of all pupils in our schools. The closing date for applications is Friday 5th February 2010. If you require further assistance please contact either Tina Creaney or Michael O'Hallaron at the Regional Training Unit.
Document is for REFERENCE only (2009).
| Jack Clyde (Professional Development Officer) | E: jclyde@rtuni.org | T: 02890 618121 | Ext: 243 |
| Tina Creaney (Head of Support Services) | E: tcreaney@rtuni.org | T: 02890 618121 | Ext: 202 |
| Michael O'halloran (Office Manager) | E: mohalloran@rtuni.org | T: 02890 618121 | Ext: 211 |