National College for Professional Learning ( NCfPL) TRAINER RECRUITMENT OPPORTUNITIES - Developing areas of learning for Early Years in the outdoors
'Every young person should experience the world beyond the classroom as an essential part of learning and personal development, whatever their age, ability or circumstances.' - Government Manifesto
We are delighted to announce the launch of a new professional learning opportunities that will explore the safe planning and delivery of activity and experiences for early years in outdoor settings. The outcomes will focus on:
- Real and relevant contexts for learning
- The benefits of working with young children in the outdoors, linked to the areas of learning for early years.
- Confidence and skills to act as a leader or assistant with young children outside the classroom linked to the early years areas for learning.
Following on from the announcement of this new professional learning opportunity we are looking to recruit a team of experienced trainers who will deliver this specific course across the country as part of the National College's portfolio of professional learning.
The training will take place on Wednesday 24th and Thursday 25th November 2010 at an outdoor education centre in Lancashire. If you are interesting in being considered for one of these places then please forward a copy of curriculum vitae and a brief paper outlining how you meet the trainer competencies to helen.chadwick@afpe.org.uk no later Thursday 19th August.
afPE CPD Course
Secondary Curriculum - From Implementation to Development
The challenge for secondary schools is to design a curriculum on a whole school basis for all learners, rather than limit planning to time tabling issues and a subject basis. Schools will be at different stages in meeting this challenge. The course content will therefore be adapted to meet the individual delegate needs. There have been 3 phases of curriculum support: dissemination (the what and the why); implementation support; and from implementation to development (evidence of impact and cross- curriculum approaches).
Course Objectives:
- To provide an overview of curriculum reform
- To develop understanding of disciplined innovation and impact evidence
- To promote awareness of resources, advice and guidance available
- To set priorities for developing your curriculum for all children
Click HERE for the course flyer.
For more information on this locally delivered course please contact Helen.Chadwick@afpe.org.uk
National College Course Flyer
Click HERE to download a flyer which details all of the courses and opportunities available within the National College for Continuing Professional Learning.
TDA – National CPD Database
The pilot national continuing professional development (CPD) database provides members of the children's workforce in England with an authoritative source of information on CPD opportunities from participating providers. The database allows you to search or browse the database to find opportunities that meet your requirements.
By following the link you can:
Identify opportunities
- Explore a wide range of professional development opportunities by searching or browsing the database
Make informed choices
- Access and compare detailed information on the opportunities offered by a variety of providers
Choose with confidence
- The provision on the database conforms to a minimum standard of quality
Please visit - https://cpdsearch.tda.gov.uk/Default.aspx for more information or email helen.chadwick@afpe.org.uk for further details and all afPE CPD opportunities.
National College Course Listing 2010
A full list of National College for Continuing Professional Development courses are available to download.
Click HERE to view the courses available (including details of the dates/venues).
For more details or to book a place on any of these courses please email helen.chadwick@afpe.org.uk
afPE partner up with the Institute of Sport & Recreation Management
afPE is delighted to be working in partnership with the Institute of Sport & Recreation Management (ISRM) to support the delivery of high quality professional learning. ISRM are pleased to offer afPE members access to their CPD at a reduced rate.
For further details on CPD opportunities offered by ISRM please click HERE.
Professional Development Opportunities 2010
Do you need support with your partnership CPD – please click HERE
For further details on any of these articles or discuss any of your professional development queries please email helen.chadwick@afpe.org.uk
afPE/Edge Hill University working in partnership to offer you accreditation
As you may be aware we have established a partnership with Edge Hill University to enable serving teachers to gain postgraduate accreditation for their attendance on various training courses run by afPE through the NCfCPD.
This provides further recognition of the value of afPE CPD, both to the individual and to the school, and provides opportunities for participants to demonstrate the positive impact that the CPD has on their professional practice. This is critical to PESS professionals as part of their performance management and to proceed up the career pathway and achieve specific criterion within the Teachers’ Professional Standards Framework.
For each course provided by afPE and accredited by Edge Hill University, Edge Hill tutors will provide support and guidance in completing the assignments that lead to accreditation and this can be arranged online or face-to-face. Each delegate will be provided with a module booklet which outlines the nature of the assignment and how it can be completed making best use of the work they are be doing as part of their professional practice.
Assessment will be carried out by Edge Hill tutors, who will give constructive feedback on every piece of work submitted as part of the programme. Delegates access a masters course for as little as £500.00 which is extremely competitive.
The registration process is fairly simple (we hope!). Within each NCfCPD delegate bag there will be a flyer outlining the partnership between afPE and Edge Hill and how the accreditation process will work along with a registration form. This form is purely for delegates to register an interest with Edge Hill and does not commit them to anything. Delegates can either complete the form and hand it to the tutor during their course or they can send it back to me directly. Helen Chadwick will collate all the registration forms and send them to our contact at Edge Hill. Edge Hill will then write to each delegate and provide them with a guidance booklet. If the delegate then chooses to start the process they liaise directly with Edge Hill.
Click HERE for further details on the registration process and click HERE to see our FAQs.
Registration Form
For further details on any aspect of the afPE/Edge Hill partnership please email helen.chadwick@afpe.org.uk
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