Autumn 2024 - Primary science subject leader mentoring programme
Course summary
Primary subject leadership can sometimes feel quite a lonely place. Leaders often have few people they can call upon for ideas or support in their specific subject.
Ofsted's Finding the optimum: science subject findings report states that subject leadership plays a crucial role in the quality of school science. We are pleased to offer a term-long professional development programme for subject leaders that will introduce strategies to improve science pedagogy and assessment and to support teachers to improve the quality of education.
The project will bring together science subject leaders who, over a term, work together to generate ideas and approaches locally to subject leadership, monitoring and evaluation and use the opportunity to establish new working groups incorporating visits to each other's settings. Participants will learn about different leadership styles and, through coaching, develop their confidence at giving effective feedback. This project is designed for new and established primary science subject leaders.
Intended outcomes:
- To develop different approaches to science subject leadership
- To work collaboratively with other local leaders
- To share good practise and develop own approaches to monitoring and evaluation
- To recognise your own leadership qualities through coaching opportunities
How will you learn?
This programme will be delivered through a combination of face to face sessions at the University of Hertfordshire's de Havilland campus (AL10 9EU) and online sessions.
Who is it for?
- primary science subject leaders
- primary teachers with a specific interest in science
Dates
| Session | Date | Time | Task |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 October 2024 | 13.30-16.30 | Introduction, needs analysis, action planning. |
| 2 | 13 November 2024 | 09.30-16.30 | Monitoring approaches and rationale; Approaches to leadership - coaching style; delivering effective feedback. |
| Gap task | 11 December 2024 | N/A | Visit another setting - focus the date of visit agreed in session 2. |
| 3 | 17 December 2024 | 13.30-16.30 | Evaluation and feedback on the process. Action planning. |
Cost
£300 entitles two participants per school (inclusive of all sessions)
Contact us
Book your place at this programme, or to register interest or find out more please email us at stem@herts.ac.uk.