19th May 2010
Are you an aspiring or new Head of Geography?
Are you a new head of department or are you aiming to make promotion to head of department very soon? Do you have a relentless drive to improve the quality of teaching and learning in your department? This day of CPD will help you to focus on the key issues facing heads of geography, top up your skills and share your own experiences of how you can move your department's geography teaching beyond good and outstanding to memorable.
Date: Wednesday October 6th 2010
Venue: King Edward VI Five Ways School, Scotland Lane, Bartley Green, Birmingham B32 4BT
Cost: Free, funded by the Action Plan for Geography
Number of spaces: 30
Target audience: New (2 years as HOD maximum) and aspiring Heads of Geography
Venue: King Edward VI Five Ways School, Scotland Lane, Bartley Green, Birmingham B32 4BT
Cost: Free, funded by the Action Plan for Geography
Number of spaces: 30
Target audience: New (2 years as HOD maximum) and aspiring Heads of Geography
Programme:
10.00 to 12.00 Embedding GIS and Google Earth into KS3 lessons and schemes
Bob Lang CGeog, King Edward Five Ways School
12.00 to 12.30 Putting Careers Education into the Curriculum
Kate Amis, Geography Ambassadors Scheme Manager, RGS-IBG
12.30 to 13.00 Lunch will be provided
13.00 to 13.30 Raising the profile of geography and numbers at GCSE and A Level
Kate Amis, Geography Ambassadors Scheme Manager, RGS-IBG
13.30 to 14.00 Evaluation of the Action Plan for Geography and a resources/ideas swap shop.
14.00 to 15.00 Ofsted: getting your department from good to outstanding
Paula Cooper CGeog and Julian Roderick, King Edward Five Ways School
More information and a booking form can be found here
Talk Action
Discussions: 2