Beginning Teaching - the first year(s)
Continuing Professional Development
Beginning Teacher conferences

Starting in 2014 we have been running a conference for first year begining teachers in the Hull and East Ridings area. These conferences give an opportunity for new teachers to reflect on thier year so far, to gain some new thoughts and skills and to have conversations with old collegues and to make new connections. The conferences so far have been:

For more about these conferences - click here

Wider Conferences

We are looking to developing a number of other conferences getting key speakers and others to give conference on a range of topical and devleoping issues. Let us know what kinds of things you might be interested in.

Courses
Working with a range of partners and utlising the range of expertise at the university we we will offer a range of courses targetted according to the needs tof NQTs and RQTs helping to hone and develop the skills vital in the first years of teaching. These could include:
  • Developing children's writing
  • Developing investigations in science
  • Core idea in teaching problem solving in maths
  • Using research evidence in teaching and learning
  • Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar
  • Subject Knowledge enhancement in foundation subjects
  • Developing formative assessment practice
  • Using literature to develop teaching and learning across subjects
  • Research based behaviour management strategies
Masters in Professaional Practice

We are developing a new Masters Degree which will is targeted at ECTs who already have 60 L7 credits from a PGCE or form other releveant qualificaitons.

This new masters will be a "professional" masters rooted in developing your own practice and that of your institution using evidence based research and a range of research methodolgoies including the possibiilty of an extended project alongside a more traditional dissertation.

This will allow you to develop a project in your institution in an area that you have a passion for and we will provide the research methodology and pedagogic frameworks to support your project giving it the academic rigour, reliability and validity. We will encourage you to share your research though publications and conferences.

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