A session led by Royal Borough of Greenwich Virtual School staff to enable Designated Teachers and supporting staff to meet their statutory duties in schools and colleges with a focus on Post-16 Children and Young People.
The session will focus on how to support Children and Young People with preparing for adulthood and transitioning to further education, employment and training.
Practitioners will:
- understand the role of the virtual school in supporting the education of children in care including new responsibilities
- understand the main responsibilities as a Designated Teacher
- look at some of the barriers that impact upon our children’s learning
- look at strategies to help children with their learning
- support and prepare our vulnerable children and young people with transition
Settings will:
- be able to satisfy a school’s Governing Body that the Designated Teacher is meeting their statutory obligations
- develop more robust systems and support for improving the outcomes of Looked After Children
Designated Teachers for Looked After Children and delegated staff, pastoral staff and SENCOs
Focus of Post-16 Training for Designated Teachers
The Word Up approach is suitable for children working significantly below the Key Stage standards and not responding successfully to the traditional 'synthetic phonics' methods. This is a whole word reading and language development approach, particularly suitable for children who are visual learners.
Pupils:
- with visual strengths, but difficulties with the 'synthetic phonics' approach, will have access to an alternative approach to reading
Staff will:
- understand why a whole word approach to reading may be more effective for some pupils
- know how to deliver Word Up style activities
SENCOs, Teachers and Teaching Assistants
A course to support staff in schools in supporting students at an early stage of communication development to access story-based sessions to develop literacy, language and interaction skills.
Pupils will:
- be provided with appropriate strategies and support to assist their inclusion, interaction and access to a literacy and early language/interaction- based intervention
Staff will:
- have an in-depth knowledge of how sensory stories can support children with an ASD to develop their literacy, language and interaction skills
- be confident about the rationale and theory behind sensory stories
Settings will:
- have staff who have a greater understanding of how to use sensory stories to support children with an ASD
Staff supporting students at an early stage of communication development with an ASD in schools, SENCOs, Teachers and Teaching Assistants.
This Health and Safety Awareness course will enable your business to comply with the legal requirement to carry out health and safety assessments of the risk related to activities.
The main aims of this course are to provide an understanding of principles of Health & Safety, and know how to apply the knowledge gained to reduce the risk of injury to themselves and others.
By the end of the session, delegates will have the following knowledge base:
- Health and Safety legislation
- responsibilities of employer and employee
- accidents, incidents and hazards in the workplace
- how to conduct a risk assessment
- moving and handling
- Health and Safety signs
- control of hazardous substances
- how to report unsafe acts to prevent an accident
Health and safety is a generic course and can be attended by any professional working either in clinical or nonclinical roles.
This course can be delivered as an induction course or for those who require a refresher.