Resources for Inset Day 1 September 2015 TeachAldenham, Teaching and Learning for the Aldenham Foundation.

TeachAldenham.com Blog What? A wordpress website which publishes articles about Teaching and Learning from the Senior School, Prep School and St Hilda’s, sharing good practice across the Foundation. Where? Subscribe on TeachAldenham.com to receive updates to your inbox or check the portal/ academic/staff only for announcements. When? The aim is to publish short articles, weekly during term time. Why? Excellent CPD. Opportunity to reflect and share our ideas, successes and to seek support. How? Have you found an interesting education article online? Tell us why and email it to us so we can share it!
Why not write a short article for us? More info here http://tinyurl.com/TeachAldWriteforUs

CPD Library What? Education books and articles for you to borrow and read on diverse topics including Teacher Training, Leadership, Pedagogy Where? Top of the stairs in the common room

Our first TeachMeet #TMAld May 2014 Led by Nicola McEwan, we ran our first, informal ‘unconference’ for teachers across Hertfordshire. Read more here http://tinyurl.com/TMAld

Peer Observations http://tinyurl.com/TeachAldPeerObs Creating a culture of open doors, sharing and learning from one another. If you’d like to be on the list of people happy to be observed, email me.

Breakfast Club What? Short, informal, morning CPD discussions (previous topics have included Starters and Plenaries, Revision techniques and Quality Writing) Where? Sixth Form Lounge When? Thursdays Week A 7.50am for breakfast 8-8.20am for CPD, Discussion and Bring & Share 17 September 1 October 15 October 12 November 26 November Why? Free Breakfast! To learn informally from other colleagues Future topics include: Quality Numeracy, What’s the Point of Prep? How can I use education data effectively? Collaborative tools for learning eg. Google forms I have another suggestion! Fill in this complete the survey: http://tinyurl.com/TeachAldenhamSurvey to help us plan

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