The NQT Induction Programme

In Kensington and Chelsea, ours is a team approach to learning, with parents, pupils, teachers and support staff working together. Our Newly Qualified Teachers will be developed as effective learners within a culture of team working within a family of schools. This year, the NQT programme is the result of further and closer collaboration and partnership between the Royal Borough School Improvement Service and its schools – a collaboration that will grow and develop in the years ahead. We are committed to working in a way that nurtures a strategy of ‘School to School Improvement’ where one school’s outstanding practice systematically benefits the wider family of schools. All schools can demonstrate exceptional practice that other schools can learn from. It is this culture of sharing that will help to sustain the excellent standards and secure outcomes for our children and young people into the future.

To book a place on any of these sessions please contact the CPD service at cpdteam@rbkc.gov.uk.

(All sessions are from 9.30am to 3.30pm)

Day 1: Progression in Writing

A clear understanding of the progression in writing is essential to planning and delivering effective Literacy lessons.  This course will support teachers in developing this understanding, through close examination of the text types, sentence level and punctuation development and teaching and learning activities to support this development.  It will include reference to levelling criteria

  • KS1: Tuesday 27 September (IN114517)
  • KS2: Wednesday 28 September (IN114518)

Day 2: Managing Behaviour

This interactive course provides very practical principles and strategies for creating a positive learning environment.

  • FS: Tuesday 4 October
  • KS1/KS2: Wednesday 5 October (IN114850)

Day 3: Guided Reading and Phonics

Reading is now a key focus of the new Ofsted Inspection.  Leading effective guided reading can be a challenge, in terms of lesson preparation and classroom organisation, and, unlike other subjects we teach, often teachers do not have a focused learning objective for each session.  Maintaining the balance between applying phonic knowledge and developing comprehension can be challenging for those working in FS and KS1.  This full day course will support teachers in reviewing their subject knowledge and developing their pedagogy in order to deliver effective guided reading routinely

  • FS: Thursday 13 Oct (IN114523)
  • KS2: Tuesday 11 October (IN114524) 
  • KS1: Wednesday 12 October (IN114522)

Day 4: Assessment for Learning in Literacy and Numeracy

Assessment for Learning (AfL) is at the heart of outstanding classroom practice. Since its introduction, AfL has become the most effective means of understanding what a pupil does or does not understand in class. AfL provides the teacher with constant, reliable feedback on the effectiveness of their teaching and pupils learning. This course will give teachers a range of effective strategies to maximise AfL opportunities across the curriculum

  • KS2: Wednesday 19 October (IN114526)
  • KS1: Thursday 20 October (IN114525)

Day 5: Progression in Numeracy

A clear and consistent approach to the teaching of written calculation is key to a child’s mathematical development. For new teachers, the process of becoming confident in teaching calculations can be quite daunting. This course will support NQTs in developing their understanding of the progression in calculation in all four operations, and the different mental and written methods (informal and formal) children should be using throughout the Primary Years. In addition, the course will provide teachers with a wide range of techniques, resources and methods of assessing children

  • KS1: Thursday 10 November (IN114520)
  • KS2: Wednesday 9 November (IN114519)

Day 6: Planning for the EYFS

This session will look at all aspects of planning for all areas of learning in the EYFS, tailored to both Reception and Nursery settings.   It will include a focus on assessment, working with parents and use of additional adults

  • Tuesday 15 November (IN114532)

Day 6: Planning for Literacy and Numeracy

A newly qualified teacher has the ultimate responsibility for planning and delivering whole units of work.  This course will support teachers with this task, building on the subject knowledge covered in the Progression in Literacy and Progression in Numeracy courses.  It will show teachers how to plan for progression, differentiation and assessment opportunities, always ensuring to create the most exciting and engaging units of work possible.

  • KS1: Tuesday 22 November (IN114534)
  • KS2: Wednesday 23 November (IN114539)

Day 7: Working with Support Staff and Parents

The morning session provides strategies for building strong professional teams with support staff to use their talents and extensive knowledge of the school and local community to support children's learning. The afternoon session provides strategies for building strong partnership with parents to address their concerns and use their extensive knowledge of their children to support learning:

  • All NQTs: Tuesday 29 November (IN114521)  

Day 8: Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Teachers are responsible for the learning of ALL children in the classroom. Working with SEN children at any level can be very challenging. This course will explain how SEN children need to be catered for in and out of the classroom, by explaining the different levels of SEN, how each level affects the class room teacher, what can be expected from Annual Reviews and how to plan for SEN groups/ children and statemented children

  • KS2: Tuesday 17 January (IN114527)
  • FS/KS1: Wednesday 18 January (IN114533)

Day 9: Meeting the Needs of Pupils with English as an Addtional Language (EAL)

This is a course which examines EAL development and language acquisition along with practical strategies and resources to support children's achievement.

  • All NQTs: Wednesday 24 January (IN114528)

Day 10: ICT in Classroom and Effective use of the Interactive Whiteboard

Effective use of the interactive whiteboard is instrumental in achieving motivating and engaging lesson delivery. Using the Promethean whiteboard software, teachers will learn how to make the most of their classroom whiteboard to create engaging, interactive multimedia lessons in simple and time efficient ways

  • KS2: Tuesday 31 January (IN114530)
  • FS/KS1: Wednesday 1 February (IN114529)

Day 11: Teaching Science

This course provides an overview of how to effectively plan and teach Science. All sessions will include aspects of practical work, discussion, shared learning and modelling

  • KS1/KS2: Tuesday 28 February (IN114531)

Day 12: Art and PE

Many teachers do not feel confident about teaching art or PE to whole classes.  The morning session will support teachers in developing ways to help pupils be creative and look at simple units of work that achieve good Art outcomes with the whole class. In the afternoon, teachers will be helped to develop their PE subject knowledge by creating a bank of ideas of how to plan and deliver a successful PE session In addition, both sessions will develop the knowledge and skills necessary to deliver successful lessons.

  • FS/KS1: date changed to Wednesday 7 March (IN114536)
  • KS2: Tuesday 13 March (IN114535)

Day 13: Children with Medical and Mental Health Needs

All participants will have the opportunity to discuss their work in supporting an ethos of inclusive classrooms and schools. The session comprises active discussion in an interactive workshop

  • All NQTs: Wednesday 21 March (IN114537)

Charges

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, City of Westminster and Hammersmith and Fulham LA Schools (cost per NQT)

  • Registration: £200 per NQT
  • Subscription (includes registration fee and 8 NQT sessions of your choice): £1000
  • Charge per day: £120 per NQT

All other Local Authority Schools, Independents and Further Education Institutions (cost per NQT)

  • Registration: £300 per NQT
  • Charge per day: £175 per NQT