BERA Annual Conference 2017

Two collegues from CUREE presented at the BERA Annual Conference 2017, which was held at the University of Sussex on the 7th September 2017.  The presentation focused on our work with the Paul Hamly Foundation. 

-The session evaluated CUREE's work with the Paul Hamlyn Foundation. The foundation wanted to investigate how the arts can be used to improve people's education. We evaluated the six projects that were implemented by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation and looked into what lessons can be learnt from the teacher development fund pilot evaluation.

 

Available CUREE CPD delivery dates!

Are you looking to fill a gap in your school/college’s CPD diary for September?

CUREE now has some surprise dates for September CPD season available because a project has slipped to the spring. Use these to help you kick start an engaging, effective and efficient year of teacher learning and pupil progress!

  • 4th September
  • 11th September
  • 12th September
  • 14th September

If you want a sustainable and highly effective programme (and resources) with an exceptional track record of results for pupils as well as teachers, CUREE can help you to hit the ground running with a half day workshop session, to  launch teacher use of an on line, interactive teacher- friendly Research Route Map.

Interested in subject specific CPD? Sign up to have your say!

CUREE are involved in a research project that is designed to help the Wellcome Foundation consider furthering its support for developing the scientists and mathematicians of the future. It involves integrating evidence about current CPD practice across the UK with evidence from national international evidence. 

We will be exploring how schools are helping teachers contextualise CPD for specific subjects and probing differences in effective CPD processes for Science, Maths and English that emerged in the Developing Great Teaching Report. We will also compare UK approaches with those in high performing PISA countries. 

ResearchED Rugby presentation - Action Research: What is it, and where can I get some?

On the 1st of June, CUREE's senior research manager (Bart Crisp) gave a presentation on Action Research at ResearchED Rugby. The presentation provides:

  • an explanation of some of the principles which CUREE encourages schools & other teaching practitioners to consider when conducting action research/teaching inquiry projects;
  • exploration of a few expansions on/alternative approaches to the model of action research which CUREE employs; and
  • discussion on ways in which the content of the session could prove helpful for participants.

Please find the presentation included in PDF format attached to this news article and for updates on presentations from the CUREE team, make sure to follow us on Twitter via @CUREE_official

Encouraging discerning research involvement by schools

Whilst making explicit the challenges faced by schools through the questions, this paper also recognises the challenges faced by researchers. In this context the paper’s first goal is to increase the likelihood of schools participating in research on a sustained basis by helping them raise their expectations of what is possible. We also seek to help them understand what is involved so that they can plan for effective participation.

Case Study Newsletter - Kingsford Community College

Welcome to our latest newsletter looking at the exciting ways schools engage with Research and Evidence!
This month we are looking at Kingsford Community School, where they have focussed on integrating coaching linked with peer observation into their Professional Development whole school plans (download a print-friendly pdf version here).
Starting Point

Kingsford Community School is a secondary school with 1,476 students. Ofsted have recognised the outstanding leadership that has already moved the school from satisfactory to good, and the school has been awarded The Teacher Effectiveness Program (TEEP) ambassador status. A much higher than average proportion of the students are eligible for pupil premium and well over half speak English as an additional language.

The Xmas Blog 2016

Submitted by paul crisp on Tue, 13/12/2016 - 17:24

Hang on, I hear you say, haven’t I just had an e-news from you? Yes you have, we have sheepishly to reply. But that was the regular end of term communiqué full of serious and useful info. This, on the other hand, is the Xmas edition, light hearted and full of cheer! And I am going to try really hard to put an optimistic spin on escaping from the dark and turbulent 2016 into the sunny uplands of 2017. Let me know how I make out.

What’s Going Wrong? Focusing on Mathematical Knowledge: The Impact of Content-Intensive Teacher Professional Development

Submitted by Philippa on Tue, 25/10/2016 - 10:01

This recently published research report [http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/pubs/20164010/pdf/20164011.pdf] provides an account of the effects of a resource intensive CPD programme with a very specific focus and a plausible sounding theory of change. It was sustained, over a year, although the lion’s share (85%) took place over the summer (holidays?).