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DAY 1 - April 3, 2019
09:30 - 09:40Morning Chair's Welcoming RemarksTom Clark CBE,Chair, GovNet Advisory Board for Education (Confirmed)
09:40 - 09:50Ministerial Keynote AddressThe Rt Hon. Damian Hinds MP,Secretary of State for Education, Department for Education (Confirmed)
The Minister will reflect on the latest priorities across the sector:
- Social mobility and tackling under performance
- Funding pressure in England's Schools after hearing warnings of a "financial crisis"
- Teacher shortage
- The Future of academies and free schools
09:50 - 10:30Panel Discussion: Now We Really Need to Talk About FundingTom Goldman,Deputy Director, Funding Policy Unit, Department for Education (Confirmed)Stephen Morales,CEO, Institute of School Business Leadership (Confirmed)Tom Clark CBE,Chair, GovNet Advisory Board for Education (Confirmed)Debbie Clinton,CEO , Academy Transformation Trust (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- Assessing the impact of the £400m budget announcement and definition of 'Little Extras'
- Highlighting the innovative income generation methods to close the funding gap
- Effects of the National Funding Formula on your school
- The continuing role of Local Authorities in directing additional funding
- How to make your school more financially efficient to support frontline teaching
11:00 - 11:20Are Schools Ready to Embrace the Fourth Educational Revolution?Sir Anthony Seldon,Vice-Chancellor, University of Buckingham (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
• Introducing a cultural change across the independent school sector and driving improvement in educational technology
• Supporting senior leaders to develop teaching and assessment innovations, increasing pupil engagement and raising their attainment
• Considering the improvements already made by technology in school: roll-calls, lesson enhancement, marking, and assessing
• Exploring how Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality are helping personalise teaching to the needs of an individual student and increasing levels of interaction with the learners
• Examining the role the existing schools system should play in shaping new technology
11:30 - 12:00Transform Your School With Great Governance Success StoriesJudith Rutherford,Governor, Hiltingbury Junior School (Confirmed)Diane Moss,Chair of the Board of Trustees, Connect Schools Multi Academy Trust ,Consultant, NGA (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
• Exploring how a governance structure engages with the leadership to enhance teaching, learning and outcomes within a trust
• Discussing the latest strategies in addressing teacher workload within an academy
• Analysing strategies to utilise benchmarking, shared learning and pooled resources to enhance teaching and learning and outcomes within a trust
• Evaluating the role of a governing board in supporting and developing a school improvement plan to close attainment gaps and address key barriers to learning
• Sharing lessons in effective governance strategies which have transformed attainment and performance outcomes
13:00 - 13:40Panel Discussion: Top Tips for Effective GovernanceEmma Knights OBE,Chief Executive, National Governance Association (Confirmed)Neil Carmichael,Former MP, ,Senior Adviser, PLMR (Confirmed)Joan Binder,Chair of Trustees and Member of Govnet Advisory Board, Plume Academy Trust (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
• How to recruit and retain trustees/governors
• How to establish an accountability framework and work with Senior Leaders
• How to manage the Governance workload
13:40 - 14:10School Wellbeing: The Biggest Challenge for a GenerationSir Andrew Carter KBE,Executive Headteacher, South Farnham Education Trust (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- How can we best create a well-balanced and creative staff?
- What are the practical steps that are needed to ensure that all staff are motivated and feel part of the school?
- Healthy staff - Healthy pupils – the benefits for pupils.
- 80% of your costs – 100% of your success.
- Staff and pupil well-being is not an option – it is a core activity.
14:10 - 14:30Case Study Session: Academy Conversion – from the Perspective of a MATAdrian Ball,Chief Operating Officer, Inspiration Trust (Confirmed)
This session will cover
- What to expect when joining/creating a MAT
- Typical challenges with conversion and what to expect once converted
- Changes to the staffing, financial and procurement processes within your school
15:00 - 15:20Case Study: Pen Green Centre – Learning from ExcellenceTracy Gallagher,Joint Head, Pen Green Centre (Confirmed)Angela Prodger,Joint Head, Pen Green Centre (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
• Providing excellence in early years education and research output
• Developing innovative ways of working with families from across the community
• Enhancing quality of learning and teaching to meet the needs of every child
15:20 - 16:00Panel Discussion: How to Generate Income – Real Success StoriesStephen Morales,CEO, Institute of School Business Leadership (Confirmed)Sir Andrew Carter KBE,Executive Headteacher, South Farnham Education Trust (Confirmed)Angela Prodger,Joint Head, Pen Green Centre (Confirmed)Tracy Gallagher,Joint Head, Pen Green Centre (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
• Which method of income generation is right for your institution
• How can you set-up a new method of income for your school
• Looking at best-practice examples of innovative school income generation
• How can partnerships with universities, local government and the wider community benefit your school
16:00 - 16:05Chair's Closing of Day OneTom Clark CBE,Chair, GovNet Advisory Board for Education (Confirmed)
10:00 - 10:20Deploying technology is easy, said no-one everTom Able-Green,Education Solutions Manager , Academia (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- How can we make better informed decision on the use of education technology?
- A look at some of the relevant important statistics within education and how to use them
- How tech can better support the learning environment, including teacher and student workloads and workflow
10:40 - 11:05What Does National Performance Data Say About Your School?Jon Andrews,Director for School Systems & Performance and Deputy-Head of Research, Educational Policy Institute (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
• Exploring the latest trends and outcomes in Progress and Attainment 8 data nationally, as well as schools classified as underperforming or coasting
• Understanding how all schools can interpret and act on national performance data to inform school improvement strategies
11:20 - 11:50Making Data work for your School, not OfstedGary Alexander,Deputy Head, Renaissance Learning (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
• How to measure attainment and check progress of all learners at any point in the year
• Reducing workload whilst ensuring data impacts teaching and learning in the classroom
• Monitoring the impact of intervention and provision for all learners.
• Gaining reliable understanding of likely end of Key Stage outcomes for all year groups to enable early adjustments to provision.
12:10 - 12:40Case Study – From Failing to Outstanding: Evelyn Street PrimaryLouise Smith,CEO, Warrington Primary Academy Trust (Confirmed)
A look at how Evelyn Street Primary went from poor inspections results to achieving Outstanding and their approach to:
- Expectations
- Progress & Attainment
- Working as a 'cohesive unit to drive improvement'
- Pupils' personal development
- Developing and maintaining creative partnerships, driving an enrichment of wider school experience
- Tailored support packages for children and families
- The future of inspections under the New Framework: practical advice for school leaders
13:00 - 13:30Experience as a Leading Indicator to Drive School ImprovementSamantha Murray,Experience Management Scientist, Qualtrics (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- The research and theoretical basis for using experience data as a leading indicator
- Why experience data is essential for measurement for improvementand which metrics to consider tracking
- Two types of variation and how variation enables effective root cause analysis
- Determining what action to take based on the type of variation detected in your data
14:00 - 14:40Panel on Social Mobility: Creating Schools Where Every Child SucceedRt Hon. David Laws,Executive Chairman, Education Policy Institute (Confirmed)Sammy Wright,Vice Principal & Social Mobility Commissioner , Southmoor Academy Sunderland (Confirmed)Sonia Blandford,Founder and CEO , Achievment for All,Professor of Education and Social Enterprise, UCL Institute of Education (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- How schools can enable all children to succeed
- How targeted use of the Pupil Premium can be most effective
- What role schools have in increasing social mobility
Rt Hon. David LawsExecutive Chairman, Education Policy Institute (Confirmed)
Sammy WrightVice Principal & Social Mobility Commissioner , Southmoor Academy Sunderland (Confirmed)
Sonia BlandfordFounder and CEO , Achievment for All,Professor of Education and Social Enterprise, UCL Institute of Education (Confirmed)
15:00 - 15:30ATT: You Have to be Strategic, You Have to be Bold, You Have to be Brave – Can it Work?Amy Bills,Executive Principal, Caldmore Primary and North Walsall Primary Academies (Confirmed)Debbie Clinton,CEO , Academy Transformation Trust (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- How do you deliver effective school improvement across 10 LA areas?
- Why does the 'back office' matter so much?
- What's it like to be a Principal in a large, national MAT?
09:55 - 10:25Is Your Trust Board Future Proof?Leora Cruddas,CEO, Confederation of School Trusts (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- Evaluating what constitutes effective, accountable and ethical governance
- Making good decisions
- Horizon gazing and keeping agile
10:45 - 11:15Utilising Technology to Extend the Reach of the Central Team and support local working practicesMartin Holyoak,Education Product Specialist, PS Financials (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- What successful MATs and academies have learnt from using software, and how they have adapted their processes to support a consolidated approach, whilst maintaining local autonomy
- How to utilise the "time gained" from improved efficiency in the most effective way to build on the success of your institution
- How funding issues can cloud the vision of efficient working
12:10 - 12:40Redefining your People Strategy: Key Considerations for Schools and Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs)Richard Smith,Head of Consultancy, EPM (Confirmed)Georgina Twin,Assistant Director, EPM (Confirmed)Jennie Elliott,CEO, EPM (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- Embedding your people strategy into your growth plans
- Defining and redefining your people strategy
- Key components of a successful HR strategy
- Solving the HR jigsaw
13:00 - 13:30Case Study: How Effective Governance brought Improvements to Students Outcomes at GATWayne Norrie,CEO , Greenwood Academies Trust (Confirmed)
The session will cover:
- How a board of governors must collaborate effectively with governors and principals working together
- Determining a governor structure that supports effective accountability
- Ensuring clear lines of responsibilities
13:50 - 14:35MAT Budgets – A Closer Look: How to Deliver a Three Year Budget at a Time of CutsGareth Edmunds,Chief Operating and Financial Officer, Northern Education Trust (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- What did we do? Presenting and analysing a successful 3-year budget strategy
- Did it hurt? Understanding how to best allocate resources and manage cuts
- Did it work? Managing the Trust's budget effectively and efficiently in conjunction with the senior officers
15:00 - 15:30How to keep your Teachers: Lessons Learned from WaveneyJeremy Rowe,CEO, Waveney Valley Trust (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- The importance of retaining good staff
- A range of successful strategies to make the job doable
- A staff charter: a set of guarantees across all of our schools
- Embedding good wellbeing practices in your school
10:00 - 10:40What can we do to improve Mental Health and Wellbeing in Schools?Dr Zoe Brownlie,Clinical Psychologist, Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust (Confirmed)Ashley Lodge,Senior Publisher and Mindfulness Lead, Pearson (Confirmed)Dan Morrow,Executive Principal, Woodland Academy Trust (Confirmed)
11:20 - 12:00Crisis, what crisis: Teacher Recruitment & Retention Panel DebateRebecca Barut,Head of Schools HR and Governors Services, London Borough of Bexley (Confirmed)Katie Newell,Head of Content and PR, eTeach (Confirmed)Liz Anderson,CEO, Djanogly Learning Trust (Confirmed)Paul Howells,CEO, eTeach & FEjobsAndy Mellor,President, NAHT (Confirmed)
13:05 - 13:45Dividing the pie: How should we be funding our schools?Andy Mellor,President, NAHT (Confirmed)Angela Donkin,Chief Social Scientist, National Foundation for Educational Research (Invited)Geoff Barton,General Secretary, ASCL (Confirmed)Paul Whiteman,General Secretary, NAHT (Confirmed)
14:10 - 14:50Beyond the 3 R's: What is an ideal curriculum?Mark Lehain,Director, Parents & Teachers for Excellence (Confirmed)John Cope,Head of Education, CBI (Confirmed)Jo Facer,Vice-Principal, Ebbsfleet Academy (Confirmed)
10:00 - 10:30Insider Insight into Procurement Consultancy Cost ModelsDarren Lowe,Managing Director, Tenet Education Services & Tenet Procurement Services (Confirmed)
This session will enable you to:
- Identify commonly used cost models
- Understand the advantages and disadvantages of each
- Understand the questions to ask procurement consultants prior to appointment
- Make an educated decision on the right model and price for your organisation
10:50 - 11:10What is a Quality Apprenticeship?Robert Nitsch,Chief Operating Officer , Institute for Apprenticeships & Technical Education (Confirmed)
This presentation gives tangible guidance on providing, maintaining and innovating best-practice apprenticeships, including:
- What does good look like?
- The collaborations that are needed to deliver it?
- Quality indicators
- Where we are with T Levels
11:30 - 11:50Effective Governance and Oversight in Academies and SchoolsOwen Jenkins,Deputy Director , Education & Skills Funding Agency (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- The importance of trustees and effective governance: what we need to ensure effective support and challenge of senior teams in trusts
- What governors need to know: the right questions to ask of your trusts and understanding your MI and data
- Plotting the journey and steering the ship: effective strategic planning
- Support available, including the Academies Financial Handbook and excellent school resource management resources
- Reflections on personal experience
12:10 - 13:00What can your SBM do for you?Chair: Kate Copley,Deputy Director, School Resource Management, Department for Education (Confirmed)Andy Mellor,President, NAHT (Confirmed)Geoff Barton,General Secretary, ASCL (Confirmed)Stephen Morales,CEO, Institute of School Business Leadership (Confirmed)
- How a school business professional can help school leaders to use resources efficiently to improve educational outcomes for pupils.
- What a school business professional can bring to a school's strategic development, operational efficacy, leadership and governance.
- The importance of encouraging and supporting CPD for school business professionals and the taking part in peer-to-peer networks
13:20 - 13:40The Essential Guide to Design Principles and Financial ReportingJulia Harnden,Funding Specialist, ASCL (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- Why is strategic financial planning so important?
- Essential information for schools
- Making the key decisions
- What does a strategic plan look like?
14:00 - 14:30DfE's Benchmarking Products: Getting the Most out of the Range of Tools availableAbi Agidee-Adekunle,School Business Management Consultant, Ashe Business Consulting Ltd (Confirmed)
The session will cover:
- How best to use the efficiency metric, self-assessment tool, SFVS and benchmarking website to understand your data
- An example of how the tools can have an impact from one of the department's SRMAs
14:50 - 15:20School Budget Mastery: Curriculum Led Integrated Financial PlanningStephen Morales,CEO, Institute of School Business Leadership (Confirmed)Simon Oxenham,Director of Resources, Southend High School for Boys ,Trustee, ISBL (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- A focus on integrated curriculum-led financial planning and resource management in the context of an evolving national funding formula
- How to conduct a school budget review
- What methods to employ to ensure long-term good financial planning
- Why this will reduce practitioner workload long-term
10:00 - 10:20The Efficacy of SCITT (School-Centred Initial Teacher Training Programme): Are we Utilising and Standardising this Pathway Enough to Create World-Class TeachersEmma Hollis,Executive Director, The National Association of School Based Teacher Trainers (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- Importance of teacher educators and why they also need professional development
- Assessing one of the most popular ways to gain QTS, offering trainees a chance to get hands-on teaching experience with at least two schools
11:35 - 11:55Case Study: How the Thinking Schools Academy Trust Retains TalentStuart Gardner,CEO, Thinking Schools Academy Trust (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- How TSAT formulated and instituted the pay structure
- Why this has been crucial in retaining excellent teaching
- How working collaboratively with staff assisted in the development of instituting a positive, rewards-based culture
- What lessons can be learned by other schools?
12:15 - 12:35Teaching School Hubs: Principles for SuccessAndy Hodgkinson,Lead Facilitator, NPQML, Outstanding Leaders Partnership, supported by Best Practice Network(Confirmed)
The session will cover:
- Why is scaled school improvement imperative?
- How should Teaching School Hubs manage scaled school improvement?
- What are the strategic principles and practices for system improvement?
- Who are the strategic professional partners in the system?
13:10 - 13:30Teacher Training | How Can We Attract, Recruit and Retain the Best Teachers?Simon Hepburn,Founder and Director, Marketing Advice for Schools (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- What can schools do to retain teachers?
- What schools are doing to promote themselves as good places to work
- Effective methods schools are using to recruit teachers in 2018
- What processes schools are following when recruiting
14:00 - 14:20Sharing the Load: How an Effective Leadership Job Share can Reap BenefitsSimon Knight,Joint Headteacher, Frank Wise Special School (Confirmed)Heidi Dennison,Joint Headteacher, Frank Wise Special School (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- How to coordinate leadership responsibility at the highest level
- How job share can benefit the school budget
- Allocating key responsibilities across senior leaders
14:50 - 15:10Maximising the Impact of Teaching AssistantSally Franklin,Senior Teaching Fellow, Centre for Inclusive Education, Institute of Education, University College London (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- Use teaching assistants to add value to what teachers do, not replace them
- Use teaching assistants to help pupils develop independent learning skills and manage their own learning
- Adopt evidence-based interventions to support teaching assistants in their small group and one-to-one instruction
- Ensure explicit connections are made between learning from everyday classroom teaching and structured interventions
10:50 - 11:20HP & My School. Why should we talk and what's in it for us?Jeramie Sutton,Head of Schools, Academies and Colleges UK&I, HP (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- Why do HP, and other commercial companies, want to authentically engage in the Ed-Tech sector?
- Real life examples of how interacting with technology companies can stretch school IT budgets, implement better Ed-Tech solutions and subsequently improve learning outcomes
- What programmes exist in the UK&I to soften the funding challenge and how can schools and academies take advantage?
11:40 - 12:10GDPR – One Year OnVictoria Cetinkaya,Senior Policy Officer, Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- On-going compliance, the ICO Advisory Visit and ICO Audit
- The wider role of newly appointed Data Protection Officers (DPO)
- Updates on fines and breaches across the education sector
12:30 - 12:50GDPR and Safeguarding for Senior LeadersPhilippa Ollerhead,Education Services Director , Judicium Consulting Ltd (Confirmed)Craig Stilwell,Head of Data Services, Judicium Consulting Ltd (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- Recent developments re GDPR and Safeguarding.
- KCSIE and Information Sharing
- GDPR - Recruitment Checks, and Criminal Records.
- GDPR - Retaining safeguarding information and records.
- Visitors, record-keeping and GDPR
13:20 - 13:40Buying the latest Technology Solutions for Schools – Where and How to get the Best DealsPeter Kirwan,Deputy Director for Technology, Crown Commercial Service (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- How and why CCS collaborated with DfE on the new Education Technology agreement
- What you can purchase under the new deal
- How CCS can help you run procurement
14:00 - 14:20Launching a Digital Revolution in SchoolsNancy Wilkinson,Programme Manager, Education, Nesta (Confirmed)
This session will cover overcoming barriers to digital uptake in schools including:
- Digital strategy: how can schools access better evidence to make decisions on what tech might be right for them?
- Support: building the necessary infrastructure and ensuring staff have adequate training
- Accountability: ensuring that tech is used to support teaching and learning, not replace it
- Future: how might AI change how tech is used in schools?
14:40 - 15:00Be Internet LegendsMegan Rose,Head of Partnerships, Parent Zone (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- Introducing Google and Parent Zone's Be Internet Legends programme
- How was it developed?
- What has been achieved?
- Overview of the programme's wider aims in building children's Digital Resilience + supporting parents and teachers
15:20 - 16:00Can Technology catalyse Teaching and Learning? The DfE Vision for EdTechDebbie McCann,Education Technology and Digital Skills Unit, Department for Education (Confirmed)Alex Waters,Education Technology and Digital Skills Unit, Department for Education (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- The Education Secretary's Education Technology Strategy for how we can better use technology to support teaching and learning
- The benefits that effective use of technology can bring to the sector, how some schools are already reaping these rewards and what action government is taking to help remove these barriers
- The evidence on the impact of technology and our plans to help build our evidence base on what effective practice looks like
- The vital role of school and MAT leaders in setting the vision for technology to ensure it is school- and pedagogy-driven without centralised solutions imposed on our workforce
10:00 - 10:30Helping Schools Lead the Way on Energy EfficiencyRichard Rugg,Managing Director, Programmes & Innovation, Carbon Trust (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- Energy efficiency; the case for action in schools
- Trends; evolving energy consumption in schools
- Barriers to action
- Solutions and where to start in progressing energy efficiency
10:50 - 11:10Putting out the Fire Risks in Schools and AcademiesStuart Blackie,Property Team Leader, Zurich Municipal (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- Managing your risk profile in respect of fire
- How you can identify the potential risk of fire in your school or academy
- Importance of carrying out regular risk assessments in education facilities
11:30 - 12:00The DfE's Good Estate Management WorkshopRachael Davies,Head of Capital Efficiency and Capability, Department for Education (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- Exploring the tools DfE offers to help you manage your estate efficiently
- Questions you should be asking to assess your estate management position
- Listening to users' needs – how we're improving our resources in response to your feedback
12:20 - 12:40Achieving Best Value for your EnergyAndrew Stanford,Energy Procurement Service Manager, ESPO
The session will cover:
- Minimising the largest non-staffing costs for schools
- Utilising ESPO's pre-existing frameworks for ease and economy
- Modelling efficient procurement with real schools
13:00 - 13:20Schools Streets Closures in SouthwarkRichard Livingstone,Cabinet Member for Environment, Transport Management and Air Quality, Southwark Council (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- Southwark's selection criteria and process for determining which schools will be chosen for street closure trials
- Summary of trials underway and/or completed with photos
- Permanent proposals based on trial results (including Bessemer Grange)
13:40 - 14:00Architecture in SchoolsKate Westbrook,Schools Programme Coordinator , Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) (Confirmed)Katy Wade,Schools Programme Coordinator , Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- An outline of RIBA's Learning programmes
- Why is it important to engage with architectural practice in schools and how it links to the curriculum
- About the RIBA National Schools Programme specifically – including case studies and evaluation findings
- Our learning resources and ideas for bringing architecture into schools
DAY 2 - April 4, 2019
09:35 - 09:40Morning Chair's Welcoming RemarksTom Clark CBE,Chair, GovNet Advisory Board for Education (Confirmed)
09:40 - 10:00Opening Morning Keynote Address – A New Future for SchoolsMike Kane,Shadow Minister for Schools, Member of Parliament for Wythenshaw & Sale East (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- What are Labour's plans for academies?
- If academies are scrapped what impact will this have on the pupils, staff jobs and industry revenue
- How do Labour look to safeguard the wellbeing of educational professionals?
10:00 - 10:10Questions & Answers
An opportunity to ask the Shadow Minister your questions about the priorities for the education sector under Labour.
10:10 - 10:30Why we need to Join-Up Effective Governance, Leadership and Financial ManagementMike Pettifer,Director, Academies and Maintained Schools, Education and Skills Funding Agency (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
• Great governance: the importance of effective governance and its relationship to financial management
• Strong leadership: what we see in strong trusts; the importance of oversight and challenge
• Excellent financial management: a rough guide to the Academies Financial Handbook; strategic financial planning and long-term thinking; understanding school resource management and what support is out there
10:30 - 11:00Keynote Address: The Ofsted Education Inspection FrameworkMatthew Purves,Deputy Director for Schools, Ofsted (Confirmed)Neil Redmond-King,Principal Officer, Schools , Ofsted (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- Overview of the changes proposed in the new framework
- Overview of the consultation responses
- Summary of the next steps
11:00 - 11:10Questions & Answers
11:30 - 12:00Keynote Address – How to make an Academy SuccessfulDominic Herrington,Interim National Schools Commissioner , Department for Education (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- Exploring the government's new £3 million fund to support governance training up to 2021 and the DfE funded Governance leadership and clerking development programme
- Assessing the latest DfE guidance on regional schools' commissioners standards for governance and leadership when they assess the establishment or expansion of multi-academy trusts (MATs)
- Analysing the requirements of governors and trustees within DfE's Governance Handbook and Competency Framework
- Evaluating the future challenges and opportunities for academies governance
12:00 - 12:30Building an effective Professional Culture: How can schools help teachers to develop and thrive?Cat Scutt,Director of Education and Research, Chartered College of Teaching (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- Understanding how schools' professional culture directly impacts on the quality of teaching as well as being critical to teacher retention
- Exploring the importance of teacher wellbeing, workload reduction and consistent behaviour management approaches
- The importance of supporting teachers at the start of their career and beyond, and the role the new Early Career Framework could play
- The effectiveness of coaching, mentoring and professional learning communities as approaches to teacher development
- Measuring and understanding the impact of approaches to supporting and developing teachers.
13:30 - 13:50Afternoon Keynote Address: The Evolving Role of Local Authorities in the Education SectorCllr Roy Perry,Vice Chairman, Children and Young People Board and Leader, Hampshire County Council (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- The positive impact local authorities and the wider community can have on schools
- Current funding priorities for maintained schools
- Collaborative working between schools, academies and local authorities to ensure the best outcomes for pupils
13:50 - 14:30Panel Discussion: Recruitment Crisis – How Can We Attract and Retain Teachers?Russell Hobby,CEO, Teach First (Confirmed)Sir Andrew Carter KBE,Executive Headteacher, South Farnham Education Trust (Confirmed)Emma Hubball,Teacher Recruitment and Retention Strategy , Department for Education (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- Harnessing effective approaches to enhance training and recruitment
- How do we increase the number of people considering teaching?
- How do we remove barriers to match professionals to placements?
- How does professional development support the retention of teachers?
- Discussing the potential of the QTS reforms to significantly enhance teacher retention, and what schools can do to best support this
- Making the case for the continued role of Higher Education in delivering teacher training
14:50 - 15:30Panel Discussion: Classroom of the Future – What's Next?Chris Rothwell,Director of Education , Microsoft UK (Confirmed)Vinous Ali,Head of Policy, Skills, Innovation and Digital Strategy , TechUK (Confirmed)Nancy Wilkinson,Programme Manager, Education, Nesta (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- Is the 'Classroom of the Future' a reality and when will it be realised?
- What are the implications for schools once AI, VR and innovative technologies become more widely used
- How does new technology fit with the current funding of the education sector?
- What will be the next widely used education technology solution within the classroom?
- How will technology be used to ensure it provides better pupil outcomes?
15:30 - 16:10How Can School Partnerships Shape the Future of Education?Tom Arbuthnott,Director of Outreach and Partnership, Eton College (Confirmed)Julie Robinson,General Secretary, Independent Schools Council (ISC) (Confirmed)Paul Jackson,Headteacher, Manorfield Primary (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- Assessing the key benefits of school partnerships in a changing landscape
- How can independent schools play an important role in sharing resources with local schools?
- Using local partnerships to create staffing benefits and ease recruitment pressures
- Providing pupils with clearly laid out paths to university, apprenticeships or employment
16:10 - 16:15Chair's Closing RemarksTom Clark CBE,Chair, GovNet Advisory Board for Education (Confirmed)
09:45 - 10:15ATT: You Have to be Strategic, You Have to be Bold, You Have to be Brave – Can it Work?Vince Green,Executive Principal, Bristnall Hall and Pool Hayes (secondary) Academies (Confirmed)Debbie Clinton,CEO , Academy Transformation Trust (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- How do you deliver effective school improvement across 10 LA areas?
- Why does the 'back office' matter so much?
- What's it like to be a Principal in a large, national MAT?
10:40 - 11:10Character and Resilience Education: The Prince William AwardBen Slade,CEO, Skillforce (Confirmed)
- A short overview of SkillForce – An national education charity which uses the skills and knowledge of former Armed Forces personnel to deliver character education to children and young people.
- What is character education? How does it benefit young people?
- A partnership for success - Our Heroes in schools
- How does the Prince William Award work?
- Our impact - why is the Prince William Award important?
11:30 - 12:00Qualifications and Support from NCFELucy Thompson,Product Manager (Schools), NCFE (Confirmed)Neil Stocking,Vice Principal, The Highcrest Academy (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- Overview of DfE approved qualifications for 2020, 2021 and 2022 performance tables, including V Cert case study from The Highcrest Academy from Neil Stocking
- English and maths interventions
- Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) programmes
- Careers and employability packages
- Summary of support available to optimise teaching delivery, including CPD opportunities
12:30 - 12:50Cornerstones Session: Six Steps to Take when Designing a Primary CurriculumJanet Carroll,Senior Curriculum Adviser , Cornerstones Curriculum Team (Confirmed)
The presentation will cover:
- how to tackle the daunting task of designing a primary curriculum
- the six vital steps of developing a deep, broad and balanced curriculum
- how using staff expertise and quality published materials can ensure it is right for your school and follows national guidelines
- how to define your curriculum content
- smooth implementation for a real impact on learning, progression and engagement
13:15 - 13:45Case Study: Going Beyond the CurriculumMatthew Burton,Headteacher , Thornhill Community Academy (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- Shifting the focus on the learner human being
- Exploring the hidden curriculum and its importance in our system
- Instilling a culture of cross curricular and whole school learning
14:10 - 14:30Case Study: Transform Your School in Challenging CircumstancesPaul Jackson,Headteacher, Manorfield Primary (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- Leading a school in challenging circumstances to transform a school rapidly
- Effectively working with your Local Authority and/or other partners
- The school improvements necessary to support a majority Pupil Premium intake (50%+ FSM)
- How to ensure every child succeeds, no matter their background
- Promoting excellent teaching through outstanding leadership
14:55 - 15:25Effective Use of Pupil Premium to Raise Attainment and ProgressJonathan Haslam,Director, Institute of Effective Education ,Board Member, Research Schools Network (Confirmed)Daniel Jones,Chief Executive Officer, Children's Endeavour Trust (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- Research evidence and the Pupil Premium: Uneasy bedfollows
- Is evidence-based practice the answer?
- A case study of good practice from National Pupil Premium Award winning school, Springfield Juniors School
- Practical examples of using the Pupil Premium effectively, linked to evidence-based practice and excellent sustained outcomes
15:40 - 16:05Case Study: Supporting Disadvantaged Pupils at Your SchoolMichael Stimpson,Headteacher, St Michael's Catholic Grammar School (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- Existing and new support for disadvantaged pupils to attend grammar schools
- Ensuring continued success against a backdrop of severe funding pressures
- The importance of outreach within the community
- How St Michael's will use its share of the extra funding received from the government to expand, and why St Michael's was selected
10:00 - 10:30Delivering Effective Governance to Support School Improvement and Enhance Learning OutcomesStephen Chamberlain,CE, National Leader of Governance (Confirmed)Diane Moss,Chair of the Board of Trustees, Connect Schools Multi Academy Trust ,Consultant, NGA (Confirmed)Karen Marr,National Leader of Governance, ,Chair, Robertsbridge Community College (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- Exploring how a governance structure engages with the leadership to enhance teaching, learning and outcomes within a trust
- Discussing the latest strategies in addressing teacher workload within an academy
- Analysing strategies to utilise benchmarking, shared learning and pooled resources to enhance teaching and learning and outcomes within a trust
- Evaluating the role of a governing board in supporting and developing a school improvement plan to close attainment gaps and address key barriers to learning
- Sharing lessons in effective governance strategies which have transformed attainment and performance outcomes
11:00 - 11:30Case Study: Evolution of Recruitment across an Expanding TrustLiz Anderson,CEO, Djanogly Learning Trust (Confirmed)Holly Pickering,PA to the CEO, Djanogly Learning Trust (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- History and growth of Djanogly Learning Trust
- Building a culture and a vision; the importance of both these elements for recruitment
- Improving communication to attract candidates
- The support of eteach to advertise vacancies across multiple platforms of social media
- What does recruitment look like in the future?
11:50 - 12:20Keynote Address: Summary Evaluations of MATsNeil Redmond-King,Principal Officer, Schools , Ofsted (Confirmed)Matthew Purves,Deputy Director for Schools, Ofsted (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- Overview of summary evaluations
- Overview of findings to date
- Open discussion about where this work could go in the future
12:45 - 13:30MAT Budgets – A Closer Look: How to Deliver a Three Year Budget at a Time of CutsGareth Edmunds,Chief Operating and Financial Officer, Northern Education Trust (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- What did we do? Presenting and analysing a successful 3-year budget strategy
- Did it hurt? Understanding how to best allocate resources and manage cuts
- Did it work? Managing the Trust's budget effectively and efficiently in conjunction with the senior officers
13:50 - 14:20Using Assessment Data to Improve School EffectivenessEmma Breckenridge,Associate, EES for Schools (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- How to get the best out of formative assessment
- How to promote accountability for all with assessment and data in primary education
- How to reduce workload and gather more, high-quality evidence 'on the go'
- How to get the most out of data to make the biggest difference
14:40 - 15:10Case Study: Converting to a MAT – What are the Benefits for Students and Staff?Chris Abbott,Immediate Past CEO, Education Alliance (Confirmed)Jenny Bexon-Smith,Former Regional Schools Commissioner, East Midlands & Humberside (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- Sharing staff resources across schools within your MAT
- Senior leadership team responsibilities and roles across the MAT
- How to expand your MAT and the reasons it will benefit pupil outcomes
15:30 - 16:00Going Steady or Breaking up? Evaluating and Improving your MAT BoardSarah Pittam,Regional Adviser, Academy Ambassadors (Confirmed)David Valentine,Chair, Barnsole Primary Trust (Confirmed)Mike Parish,Chair, Unity Schools Partnership (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
• Has your trust outgrown your board?
• Are the right people round the table working in the right way?
• Do the relationships within the board work?
• Is it time to move on?
• Head of Academy Ambassadors
09:45 - 10:05The Changing Nature of SEND Provision
This session will cover:
- Exploring the outcomes of the SEND reform process following the completion of the transition in April 2018
- Improving multi-agency working through the delivery of Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plans for SEND children and young people
- SEN Support – Getting it right
- Evaluating the future challenges and opportunities for SEND provision in England
10:20 - 10:50Social Inclusion – What could possibly go wrong?Diane Greaves,Headteacher, Greenacre School (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- Exploring a socially inclusive model of education for children with wide-ranging and complex SEND
- Breaking down the barriers that prevent learners learning from each other
- Innovation – delivering learning to children…removing the label!
11:10 - 11:30How can Schools and Academies Meet the Needs of All their Children and Young People?Alex Grady,Education Development Officer, nasen (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- The national picture of SEND
- How has funding affected the provision for children/young people with SEND?
- What are best-practice takeaways for schools supporting pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities?
- Innovative models of support for children/young people with SEND
12:00 - 12:20No-one Left Behind: Ensuring Outstanding Specialist SEND Provision Post-16Tracey Clare-Gray,Principal, Foxes Academy,Director, Natspec (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- Implementing the Children and Families Act: increasing the number of young people aged 16-25 with Education Health and Care Plans
- Recognising the need for a diverse range of specialist post-16 provision
- How to plan and organise provision of specialist colleges to reflect the need of young people
13:00 - 13:20No longer held back: Making the Education System work for Children on the Autism SpectrumTim Nicholls,Head of Policy and Public Affairs, National Autistic Society (NAS) (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- Lessons learned from NAS running a number of specialist autism schools across the country
- Improving schools' understanding of autism through NAS' support and training
- The specialist advice on offer to families through NAS' Education Rights Service
- Ensuring no autistic child is held back any longer with children included in the Government's in the national autism strategy for the first time this year
This week is World Autism Awareness Week – an opportunity to step up our campaigning to change attitudes and transform the lives of autistic children and adults.
14:00 - 14:20CASE STUDY | A Recipe for Successful SEND Provision: How to Review and Improve SEND Provision in your SchoolLouise Ling,SEND Teaching School Director, LIFT Partnership (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- The approach used to review and improve SEND provision in a range of different school settings and contexts
- The key ingredients to enable SENCOs and school leaders to focus improvements to resolve issues and improve SEND pupil outcomes
- An emphasis on quality first teaching with effective targeted and specific education strategies to the right children at the right time
- The importance of a positive school culture, peer interactions and parental engagement
14:45 - 15:05Sharing SEND knowledge and expertise via Moor House Research and Training Institute: research, training and resourcesDr Susan Ebbels,Director of the Moor House Research and Training Institute, Moor House School (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- Overview of Moor House School & College, specialist school for children with Developmental Language Disorder
- Moor House Research and Training Institute and its role as part of Moor House School & College and in the wider SEND community
- Research – overview of areas covered and on-going projects
- Training on SEND – what we offer
- Resources – in particular
- The SHAPE CODINGTM system for teaching grammar to children with language disorders
- The WHEEL OF INDEPENDENCETM framework for tracking progress in life skills (particularly for college aged students
15:25 - 15:45Children with Problems or Problem Children? Strategies and Policy Solutions for Dealing with Young People Who Suffer from Behavioural ChallengesBrenda McHugh,Co-Director of Mental Health in Schools & Co-Founder, Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families; Family School London (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- Identifying indicators that a child may suffer from a behavioural condition
- Understanding the motivation behind behavioural outbursts from young people
- Strategies to pacify a situation in the classroom
- The danger of pupils internalising feelings/issues and ramifications of this
- Supporting children with behavioural issues on a whole-school scale
09:50 - 10:25DfE session: Understanding Academy FundingGemma Donelly,Team Leader, Local Authority Funding, Education & Skills Funding Agency (Confirmed)Andy Humphreys,Team Leader, Data & Quality Assurance Unit, Education & Skills Funding Agency (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
• Understanding how academy funding works
• An overview of pre-16 academy funding
• Information for new academies and useful hints and tips
• A limited overview of post-16 academy funding
10:40 - 11:10Better Financial ReportingMelissa Bird,Better Financial Reporting Programme, Operational Finance Directorate, Operations Group, Department for Education (Confirmed)
The session will provide information on the work the Department for Education is carrying out to improve academies financial reporting through the Better Financial Reporting Programme, including:
- Automation of Data Collection
- Academies Chart of Accounts
11:30 - 12:15Buying for Schools – Supporting schools to achieve Great ValueDavid Allen,School Business Manager Commercial Engagement Lead, Department for Education (Confirmed)Rob Owens,Director of Finance and Operations, Rainhill High School (Stephenson Multi Academy Trust) (Confirmed)Maureen Yole,RPA Stakeholder and Account Manager , Department for Education (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- Practical buying guidance and support to help schools save time and money
- DfE's latest deals for schools and how to access them
- The value of collaboration through School Business Professional networks
David AllenSchool Business Manager Commercial Engagement Lead, Department for Education (Confirmed)
Rob OwensDirector of Finance and Operations, Rainhill High School (Stephenson Multi Academy Trust) (Confirmed)
Maureen YoleRPA Stakeholder and Account Manager , Department for Education (Confirmed)
13:10 - 13:55School Finance Best Practice & Question TimeSimon Oxenham,Director of Resources, Southend High School for Boys ,Trustee, ISBL (Confirmed)Eddie Pearce,Financial Director, Greenwood Dale Foundation Trust (Confirmed)Jo Marchant,Business Management Consultant, Herts for Learning (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- Using the school's assets to generate additional income
- Doing a lot with a little
- Lettings business and income generation solutions
- Best practice from leading schools
14:25 - 14:45Finding Savings where there's 'Nothing Left to Cut'Micon Metcalfe,Chief Operating Officer, Langley Park Academies (Confirmed)
This session would cover:
- Advice on finding savings
- Making difficult decisions and how to present them to others
- Lessons learned from real schools
09:50 - 10:10How to Improve Staff Wellbeing and Reduce TurnoverDan Morrow,Executive Principal, Woodland Academy Trust (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- A look at Woodland, where staff turnover has reduced from 40% to 6%
- The role of the SLT in promoting wellbeing
- The introduction of no-excuse-needed 'wellbeing days'
10:30 - 11:00Location, location, location; how to persuade people to move to your locality to work in your schoolAshley Eastwood,Executive Principal, Federation of Greenways Schools,Recruitment and Marketing Lead, Learning in Harmonies Trust (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- Promoting your local area
- Overcoming their barriers: cost
- Creating the brand of your school
- Where to promote your opportunities
11:20 - 11:40The Role of Local Government in Training, Recruiting and Retaining TeachersHelen Manley,Senior Adviser: Curriculum, Teaching and Leadership, Cambridgeshire County Council (Confirmed)
- Understanding the role of local government in helping schools meet ITT standards
- Giving schools a leading role in the training and professional development of teachers, including in-demand subject specialists
- Understanding new and emerging areas and methods for recruitment
- Key takeaways from Cambridgeshire's Internship Programme and what other schools and LA's can learn
12:00 - 12:20Reduce the Impact on Performance – Re-thinking Recruitment and RetentionClive Hammond,Head of Procurement, Academies Enterprise Trust (AET) (Confirmed)John Wilson,Commercial Agreement Lead, Crown Commercial Service (Confirmed)Amanda Webb,Strategic Relationship Director, Affinity Workforce Solutions (Confirmed)
Our panel discusses the results of independent research regarding retention and talent attraction to drive performance in education, reduce spend and increase resources.
- 5 key priorities for Schools and Multi-Academy Trusts to improve their recruitment and retention
- New Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Supply Teacher Framework – practical tips on how it works and the benefits it brings to education
- How to use the CCS framework as a vehicle to help rationalise supply spend across your Trust
12:40 - 13:00Strengthening Pathways to LeadershipPenny Rabiger,School Governor, ,Steering Group Member, The BAMEed Network (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- What the barriers are to women and ethnic minorities in teaching and career progression
- Why a workforce that reflects its pupils is essential for good teaching
- How fostering good leaders leads to whole school benefits
13:30 - 14:10How can we Support Early Career Teachers?Professor Becky Francis,Director, UCL Institute of Education (IOE) (Confirmed)Stephen Munday,National Member (ITT), Teaching Schools Council,President, Chartered College of Teaching (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- Understanding key challenges and opportunities for Newly Qualified Teachers: from workload to professional development
- Discussing the impact of the government's new Early Career Framework (ECF) to be implemented in Autumn 2021
- Assessing the need for a fully-funded, 2 year package of structured training and support for early career teachers
14:40 - 15:00The Power of Peer ReviewDame Sue John,Executive Director, Challenge Partners (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- How mutual accountability and peer review are greater drivers of school improvement than top-down scrutiny
- Based on commitment schools make to children, communities, to each other - and to a relentless pursuit of excellence.
- Challenge Partners has facilitated more than 1,500 peer Quality Assurance Reviews in schools, and across multi-academy trusts.
- Our experience reveals essential elements to make peer reviews a strong tool for accountability and improvement.
10:00 - 10:30Essential Planning and Support is key on the Road to SuccessTom Able-Green,Education Solutions Manager , Academia (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- A look at the ever-increasing concerns around IT financing
- How to ensure the long-term sustainability of IT projects
- The ways IT strategies can support the larger educational vision within education establishments
10:45 - 11:05Project deSHAME – Preventing & Responding to Peer-Related Online Sexual HarassmentDr Jo Bryce,Director, Cyberspace Research Unit, UCLAN (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- Outline the aims and structure of the deSHAME project
- Report the key results from the initial research phase of the project – including young peoples' experiences, attitudes, reporting actions and help-seeking barriers
- Provide an overview of the resources developed on the basis of the project (e.g., Teaching toolkit, lesson plans, guidance for schools)
- Highlight the challenges for schools in addressing this topic, and effective ways to address them
11:20 - 11:50Managing School Debt: Engaging the smartphone-generation parentJames Laver,National Sales Manager, +Pay (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- The importance of managing parent debt as part of healthy school finances
- Keeping the millennial parent up to date in their fast-paced worlds
- How the technology of smartphones play a big part in the school to parent relationship
12:15 - 12:35Lessons in digital technology: from classroom to staff roomKirri Gooch,Regional Education Manager, Google for Education (Invited)Graham Macaulay,Director of IT, LEO Academy Trust (Confirmed)
This session will include:
- The evidence to make cost savings within your school or academy
- The inspiration to explore digital technologies with confidence and commitment
- The understanding needed to boost knowledge sharing within your school community
13:50 - 14:20Towards Education 4.0: Emerging best practice in IT infrastructure and resourcesDr Phil Richards,Chief Innovation Officer, JISC (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- Incorporating emerging technology into the classroom and curriculum
- Ensuring protection against cyber risks, hackers and data theft
- Creating and enforcing a security and privacy policy across the institution
- Securing buy-in from the senior leadership team and appropriate investment
- Towards Education 4.0 – the new educational paradigm for the fourth industrial revolution
14:50 - 15:20CyberChoices: Diverting talented and curious youngsters from Risk to RewardSteph Frankish,Regional Cyber Crime Prevent Officer, Eastern Region Special Operations Unit (ERSOU) (Confirmed)Andy Baldwin,Regional Cyber Crime Prevent Officer, Eastern Region Special Operations Unit (ERSOU) (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- Prevention is better than cure - ensuring young people are more aware of the law as they push the boundaries while honing their digital skills
- How UK policing is responding, establishing an intervention programme to try and identify potential illegal hackers
- Intervening with positive diversions and inspiring young people to use their skills ethically and lawfully
15:40 - 16:00Industry 4.0: What do Schools need to know?Dr Laura R. Larke,Researcher, University of Oxford (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- The 'coding agenda': What does the research show about the impact of coding on pupils' lives? Is it the social leveller that it is often claimed to be?
- Successful examples of teacher skilling being employed to bridge the knowledge gap between educators and their students
- Acknowledging that teaching is 'the skill' and computing is 'the knowledge': how to achieve the balance
09:50 - 10:20Condition Data Collection – The Story So FarLaurence Jones,CDC Programme Manager, Department for Education (Confirmed)Vince Jubb,CDC Communications and Stakeholder Lead, Department for Education (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- An overview of Condition Data Collection
- Progress to date
- What next?
10:40 - 10:50Knowledge is Power (Demystifying Utilities Procurement)James Clancy,Assistant Director, UPG (Utilities Procurement Group Ltd) (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- EU compliant energy framework solutions in partnership with CPC
- Multi supplier further competition to aid benchmarking value
- Advanced market tracking, purchase timing optimisation and a range of contracting options.
- The benefits of a dedicated senior level help desk and a full suite of added value services
11:10 - 11:30LocatED and DfE: Release the hidden capital in surplus land and buildingsDavid Shand,Head of the Land Policy Team, Department for Education (Confirmed)Sue Corbett,Senior Development Manager, LocatED (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- How LocatED, together with the Department for Education (DfE), is supporting school trusts and local authorities to unlock funds from school sites to support additional capital investment in school buildings
- Examples of how to identify surplus parts of the school estate (assessment will not include marked playing field land)
- Exploring how surplus buildings and land can be creatively redeveloped to maximise investment in school buildings and, in turn, provide affordable housing
12:15 - 12:45Helping Schools Lead the Way on Energy EfficiencyRichard Rugg,Managing Director, Programmes & Innovation, Carbon Trust (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- Energy efficiency; the case for action in schools
- Trends; evolving energy consumption in schools
- Barriers to action
- Solutions and where to start in progressing energy efficiency
13:40 - 14:10The DfE's Good Estate Management WorkshopSimon Lindsay,Capital Efficiency and Capability Programme, Department for Education (Confirmed)
This session will cover:
- Exploring the tools DfE offers to help you manage your estate efficiently
- Questions you should be asking to assess your estate management position
- Listening to users' needs – how we're improving our resources in response to your feedback


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Focus on Mathematics, Phase II: Learning Cultures for High Student Achievement
Focus on Mathematics (FoM) has, since 2003, been a project of NSF's Math and Science Partnership program that engaged Boston University, the Education Development Center, Inc., the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, and an array of Massachusetts public school districts.
Since its inception, FoM has sought to improve student achievement in mathematics through programs that provide teachers with solid content-based professional development sustained by 'mathematical learning communities' in which mathematicians, mathematics educators, K-12 administrators, and teachers work together to put mathematics at the core of mathematics education in grades 5-12.
FoM Phase II builds on past success while developing and disseminating new knowledge through a focused research study on the mathematical habits of mind teachers use in their professional lives.
FoM is deepening its impact from earlier efforts by focusing on the partnership's two highest need districts: Lawrence and Chelsea. Building on mathematical learning communities established in the earlier work, FoM Phase II is strengthening a corps of teacher leaders who will lead mathematics-focused professional development activities, including school-based study groups and partnership-wide seminars and summer institutes.
FoM is broadening its impact by increasing participation in the current districts, and engaging additional high need districts and a community college. FoM Phase II also anticipates inviting new higher education partners to join the partnership as contributing members of these mathematical learning communities.
Building on experience gained through the earlier work, FoM is creating pathways for teachers that begin with the development of strong mathematical habits of mind in immersion institutes, pass through learning communities in the schools, and lead to measurable change in teachers' classrooms and student achievement.
FoM is generating knowledge by developing a research program to investigate the effects of teacher interactions along these pathways, including effects on teaching and student achievement. As a tool for this research, the project is developing assessments to measure mathematical habits of mind for teaching, and is testing and refining these assessments through inter-rater reliability checks based on classroom videotape observations by mathematicians and educators. It is anticipated that the piloted instruments may be used and further developed by other programs with similar goals.
To disseminate knowledge gained through Phase II, FoM will hold a national conference in the spring of 2011. This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).

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Been on a bit of a seaglass wreath 'binge' lately!
Once you start making them, they become addictive!
Smaller forms made from leftover cardboard from the bigger forms.
Tan glass with aqua accents. I think this is my favorite color combination.
More small ones. In aqua/green and aqua/white.
This white/aqua ones feels kind of 'snowflake-ish'!
The small/medium sized ones display nicely in picture easels.
The tiniest one I just tucked into this cubby shelf.
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I'd like to take a few minutes to talk about what this blog means to me. Before the creation of this blog, the co-author and I discussed a lack of interest in the active participation in discussion of pressing issues by our peers. We saw the need to try and increase the participation of young people in meaningful discussion involving problems that we all face. Consider this blog the preliminary step in an outreach campaign to bring more people into the discussion process.
The title "Progressive Man's Burden" as it stands is a working title. Although for our female readers this title might seem to convey a patriarchal message, allow me to show that the title is simply meant to be a play on 'The White Man's Burden'. For those of you who are familiar with the history of this phrase, you'd know that it doesn't hold much of a positive connotation. As European powers were playing land grab down in Africa, several of these European nations felt that it was their duty to 'civilize' the native people and indoctrinate them with European culture. As such, it was the burden of the European white male of the time to carry out this job. To say that this burden was a noble effort is a bit like saying the Spanish Inquisition was just a little chat between the leaders of the Spanish Monarchy and people living in Spain. Sure there might have been some beneficial results of Europeans passing on their ideology to native Africans, but largely it can be shown whenever a group of people is forced into complying with an ideology or adjust in culture, it doesn't end well. That's why I'd like to get into what "Progressive Man's Burden" really means.
I don't think any of us can argue that society as a whole hasn't come a long way in advancements that we have made. The hardest part of being a member of this society though is trying to take an objective stance to show what advancements have been harmful and what advancements have been beneficial. I suppose all in all, one of the main purposes of this blog is to be a platform for an objective perspective on such advancements within fields of politics, economics, philosophy and psychology. Nonetheless, I believe it is our job as people of modern society to continue to advance with purpose in a beneficial direction and to correct what still hinders us.
So far this blog has not been very political, but one of the things that we set out to do was to create a place where we could publish our own personal views in order to use that to expedite further political discussion. With this in mind, I'm sure over the next few posts, the blog will begin to be a bit more political in nature. Thanks again for reading and I hope this allows a bit of insight into what this blog is really all about (to me at least).


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General TV Channel / Televizioni Tojikiston is the national broadcaster of the Central Asian state of Tajikistan. Televidenye Tajikistana is headquartered in the capital city, Dushanbe. It began broadcasting on October 3, 1959. Tajik Television was formed in 1959. The first programme aired by the station aired on October 3, 1959. The first programme consisted of a bilingual (Tajik/Russian) news bulletin followed by a movie: Light in the Mountains. The first words were spoken by Rafuat Abdusalomov. 24-hour broadcasts commenced in 2012. Most of the channel's schedule is made up of local content. External content (especially foreign movies) is aired in Russian. In June 2016, the channel's current name was adopted.
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Wanting to be known by the people he hangs with … Barack Hangs With A Supporter Of Dope Dealing:
From The Weekly Standard:
This evening in New York City, President Obama will be fundraising with "NBA heroes," according to his spokesman. Those "heroes" include Michael Jordan (who is also a failed baseball player), Patrick Ewing, Alonzo Mourning, and, perhaps most interestingly, Carmelo Anthony.
Anthony helped make the pro-drugs YouTube video called "Stop Snitchin."
"Denver Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony is featured in an underground DVD that is circulating in his hometown of Baltimore, Md," the Denver Channel reported.
The DVD is called "Stop Snitching" and shows alleged drug dealers talking about what happens to people who cooperate with the police, and Anthony is standing next to one of them.
He is also seen on the DVD talking about his Olympic bronze medal and saying that he threw it in a lake. The man he stands next to later goes on to tell how he would take care of snitches by "putting a hole in their head." However, Anthony does not appear to be taking part in that portion of the discussion.
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Season two picks up in 2162, and Josh, Wolf, and Tiger learn that their season one mission to stop the cure from getting out didn't work. In this timeline, Stu Camillo is now in power, having created the cure, and launched a plan to relocate humanity to Mars. A shadowy organization called the Pointed Circle seeks to recruit Josh to take Stu down - but are they the good guys, or is Stu? As Wolf quickly acclimates to the strange customs of this time, Tiger struggles with her Biotic identity and searches for an escape. Josh unites the team in an epic plan to save the world, but their time-traveling catches up to them, and they must reckon with their choices and what to do next.
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2019 Dukeries Motorclub Championship
The 2019 Dukeries Motor Club Stage Rally Championship is open to all drivers and co-drivers who are paid up members of Dukeries Motor Club. The Championship will include :
- An Overall Champion Driver and Co-Driver with "Free Rally Entry Awards" for both.
- A Dukeries Own Events Champion Driver and Co-Driver awarded to the competitors who score the highest total points over the Dukeries own events (with named trophy awards).
The Championship will be based on the results from a selection of popular Single Venue and Multi Venue Stage Rallies to which Dukeries Motor Club members are invited. The championship will be open to both Drivers and/or Co-drivers of Modern and Historic cars and will include 5 separate classes as listed below.
There will be five separate classes with separate categories for Drivers and Co-Drivers.
Class 1 – Up to and including 1400cc
Class 2 – Over 1400cc up to and including 1600cc
Class 3 – Over 1600cc up to and including 2000cc
Class 4 – Over 2000cc, 2 wheel drive
Class 5 – All 4 wheel drive cars
Historic cars will be put into the class which matches their engine capacity. The engine capacities stated are after multiplying the actual capacity by the forced induction equivalency factor of 1.7. This does not apply to Diesel engines.
The regulations for the championship can be downloaded as a PDF below. A list of championship events is shown in the PDF and as a calendar list at https://www.dukeries-motorclub.co.uk/calendar/category/rallies/dukeries-championship-2019/list/
2019 Driver Points
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|Tom Hobson
|Dave Welch
2019 Codriver Points
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Eden Auto offers a wide range of professional products available for purchase in our fully stocked shop. We have a huge selection of engine oils for all types of vehicles ensuring you can keep topped up on the road. For those who like are keen DIY car cleaners we offer a range of car cleaning products such as high quality polish, tyre shine, interior cleaner and many more.
We have a constant supply of screen wash and de-icer so you will always be prepared.
No matter the weather we need to be able to have a clean windscreen so your wiper blades must be working to a high standard. Ask in store for advice on your existing windscreen blades and when you will need to change them. We stock a huge selection of blades and our staff will happily fit new blades free of charge.
We also offer a wide range of bulbs so ask in store and our mechanic can supply and fix the correct bulb for you.
Also available in store: air-fresheners, floor mats, tools, jump leads, wheel trims, and much more.
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Our highly experienced, full spectrum financial services platform provides both domestic and international clients unsurpassed customized advisory and integrated capital solutions for all assets classes including office, multifamily, retail, lodging and leisure, healthcare and senior housing facilities, industrial and land. These services include the structuring and arranging/placement of debt and equity for new acquisitions and recapitalisations, repositioning strategies, note sales and hotel investment sales.
Our long-standing position in both the debt and equity markets allows us access to a diverse array of global capital sources and, in concert with our expertise in underwriting and executing complex, structured transactions, offers our clients a demonstrated track record of maximising value and transaction terms, fine-tuned to reflect current market conditions and emerging trends and forecasts.
We advise a broad array of real estate investors from private entrepreneurs to major public enterprises seeking strategic advice and execution services customized to their needs, requirements and specific real estate assets. Client objectives, our financial expertise, and market intelligence come together in an execution strategy designed to achieve the desired outcome.
We identify traditional and non-traditional capital sources best suited to your needs and assist you in negotiating the most favourable debt terms possible.
We identify and negotiate with the most suitable equity investors for a new acquisition, new development project or recapitalization of an existing asset. Suitability is based on investment philosophy, risk/reward profile, size of investment, hold period, preferred leverage level, etc.
We partner with you to market your property and maximise your return while minimising any risks.
We advise lenders on their note sales, leveraging our origination platform and global footprint across all service lines to optimise results.
We work with you to optimise the marketing or capitalisation of your property or portfolio through our extensive network of active lenders and investors.
Our team is fully focused on your needs as a client and partner in the achievement of your business objectives. Our years in the industry, multi-disciplined depth of expertise and proven track record result in more and better options and results for our valued clients.
Our experts combine the very latest market intelligence, current sentiment, emerging trends and future forecasts to develop a customized forward-thinking execution strategy for your situation.
Our global service network enables us to develop solutions that enhance value and maximize appeal to domestic and international capital sources and target key financing, equity and sale partners for our clients.
Our understanding of the entire capital stack, from equity and preferred equity to permanent, bridge, mezzanine and construction loans, note sales and hotel sales, means the ability to customise options and strategies to optimise proceeds on the most attractive terms. Every client represents the opportunity and responsibility to bring that knowledge to bear in developing the best possible advice and solutions.
Creative financial solutions do not occur in a bubble – we draw on a vast global network of experts insuring exceptional local and international knowledge and reach.
With offices in the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific, our capital markets professionals are connected to leverage market knowledge and investment expertise, enabling our clients to achieve their goals and optimise outcomes.
Our team is your team and your needs and objectives are always front-of-mind in our execution of your assignment.
Absolute discretion, unsurpassed market knowledge, and a proven record of delivering results are just some of the reasons why clients have been working with us for over 100 years as we have completed some of the largest and/or most complicated transactions across the globe year after year, in changing markets and economic conditions.
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After the successful transaction for The Body Shop on Hai Ba Trung street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Cushman & Wakefield Retail Services has been continuously appointed as a sole agent to find a 200 sq.m store on Nguyen Trai street, District 5 in Ho Chi Minh City.
Thang Long sought to keep a simple design while enhancing their employees work environment. One goal was to reduce the ratio of offices to open collaborative space. In addition, Thang Long re-used all the modular furniture and relocated it to new office, while needing to purchase some new. Cushman & Wakefield managed this work for a smooth coordination and transition.
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