The power of coaching

Have you already benefited from coaching?You may already be part of our successful peer coaching programme as aSubject Learning Coach (SLC) or Advanced Learning Coach (ALC). If so, join asummer network to practise your coaching skills and get the latest freeresources. Also discover the many ways the programme can support you inyour teaching and learning, to work collaboratively and confidently withpeers in the quest for excellence and improvement.

If you have yet to discover the power of coaching, come along to see howthe SLC and STEM Programmes can benefit you: offering free training,resources, funding, networking, shared expertise and real resources producedby teachers and trainers.

Subject Learning Coach (SLC)and STEM Programmes

Summer networks

Teaching and learning

“An invaluable chance to networkwith others and receiveup-to-date best practice ideas.”

What’s in a subject coaching network?

The day will typically include:• Welcome: learning outcomes for the day• Introduction to new teaching and learning resources: including a

Customer care resource• News time: sector, subject and national policy initiatives and their

impact on you, and how the TLP can support you to meet theseinitiatives

• Networking and reflection: providing you with space and time to shareexperiences and reflect on your CPD

• Show and tell: sharing subject-based best practice from and with peers• Tailored resources: developing and adapting subject-focused resources

to support your CPD and to enhance learning experiences for yourlearners

• Evaluation: identifying how you can incorporate new methods into yourevery day practice and how you can contribute to the next network.

*The LSIS SLC and STEM subject coachingnetworks focus on 12 priority subject areas:Adult learning, Business education, Creative andmedia, Construction and the built environment,Entry to Employment, IT, Land-based studies,Modern foreign languages, Society, health anddevelopment

and the STEM subjects:Science, Engineering and Mathematics.

A network for everyone

Everyone from across the learning and skills sector is welcome. Whether youare from a work-based learning provider, college, prison, or adult andcommunity learning you can find relevant resources and valuable ideasabout your CPD. All provider events are for existing Subject LearningCoaches, Advanced Learning Coaches, colleagues considering becomingSLCs and anyone else interested in joining the programme. Participation inthe subject coaching networks have been designed to contribute to theInstitute for Learning’s (IfL’s) CPD requirement.

Join us for a summersubject coaching network

Unique opportunities

A network offers you:• new teaching and learning resources for Customer care across the

12 priority subject areas* and Diplomas• opportunities to practise new approaches to teaching and learning• the premiere of the programme’s new and innovative CPD builder

to support practitioners’ 30 hour [or pro rata] CPD requirement• plus the chance for you to:

• share best practice and explore new methodologies• exchange cutting edge ideas for teaching and learning• develop lasting links with colleagues• build your involvement with subject and peer coaching• establish a self-sustaining model for CPD in your organisation.

“A brilliant time. We were shownhow to use all the new resources.I am really looking forward tousing them in my teaching.”

Have you booked your place yet?These are free, unmissable one day regionalevents for practitioners from across the learningand skills sector.

To book your place call 0845 602 9154or visit the SLC websitewww.subjectlearningcoach.net

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EastMidlands 2 June New College Nottingham (Basford) AL/E2E

3 June New College Nottingham (Basford) LB8 June Science Learning Centre, Leicester Sci10 June tbc Maths12 June Leicester College C&M16 June EMFEC, Nottingham Eng16 June Loughborough College IT16 June Leicester College MFL17 June Science Learning Centre, Leicester Sci18 June Stephenson College, Coalville Cons19 June Stephenson College, Coalville SHD23 June Northampton College BE25 June EMFEC, Nottingham MEP

East ofEngland 1 June Cambridge Regional College AL/E2E

8 June Cambridge Regional College BE11 June Wyboston Lakes Conference Centre,

Cambridge Cons11 June Wyboston Lakes Conference Centre,

Cambridge IT15 June tbc Maths15 June Writtle College, Chelmsford LB16 June Writtle College, Chelmsford SHD17 June Huntingdon Marriott Hotel MEP18 June Holiday Inn, Cambridge Eng22 June Science Learning Centre, Hertford Sci23 June Wyboston Lakes Conference Centre,

Cambridge C&M23 June Wyboston Lakes Conference Centre,

Cambridge MFL

London 5 June Royal Academy of Engineering STEM5 June Royal Academy of Engineering STEM11 June Science Learning Centre Sci11 June Waltham Forest College IT12 June Waltham Forest College MFL15 June Wellcome Collection C&M16 June South Thames College Cons18 June Royal Academy of Engineering Eng18 June London Metropolitan University MEP19 June CCT Venues Maths19 June NewCEYS AL/E2E26 June Wellcome Collection BE26 June Wellcome Collection SHD

NorthEast 3 June Gateshead College Cons

5 June Springboard Sunderland SHD10 June Houghall College Durham LB12 June Centre for Life, Newcastle IT15 June Science Learning Centre, Durham Sci

23 June Centre for Life, Newcastle AL/E2E24 June Centre for Life, Newcastle MEP26 June Science Learning Centre, Durham C&M26 June Science Learning Centre, Durham BE30 June Civic Centre, Newcastle MFL3 July The Lindisfarne Centre, Durham Maths3 July The Lindisfarne Centre, Durham Eng

NorthWest 9 June Stockport College BE

9 June Stockport College SHD15 June Warrington Business School Cons17 June Red Rose Hub, Preston AL/E2E17 June Red Rose Hub, Preston LB18 June Warrington Business School MFL19 June Warrington Business School IT26 June tbc Eng26 June tbc Maths26 June tbc Sci26 June Preston Marriott MEP26 June Preston Marriott C&M

SouthEast 9 June Chichester College Cons

10 June Chichester College LB16 June Guildford, venue tbc Maths16 June Guildford, venue tbc Eng16 June Henley Business School, Reading IT17 June Southampton University Sci19 June Chichester College AL/E2E22 June Chichester College C&M22 June Chichester College MEP23 June Holida y Inn, Guildford MFL24 June Henley Business School BE25 June West Kent College, Tonbridge SHD

SouthWest 4 June Somerset College, Taunton IT

5 June City of Plymouth College LB9 June Reinshaw PLC, Wotton-under-Edge Eng15 June City Of Plymouth College BE19 June St Austell, venue tbc Maths19 June Truro College MEP19 June Truro College MFL24 June Somerset College, Taunton C&M25 June City of Plymouth College Cons25 June City of Plymouth College AL/E2E30 June City of Plymouth College SHD3 July Barnstaple, venue tbc Maths3 July Science Learning Centre, Bristol Sci

Subject key:AL Adult learningBE Business educationC&M Creative and mediaCons Construction and the built environmentE2E Entry to EmploymentEng EngineeringIT Information technologyLB Land-based studiesMEP Managers’ Engagement ProgrammeMFL Modern foreign languagesSci ScienceSHD Society, health and developmentSTEM All STEM-based subjects

Subject Learning Coach (SLC) and STEM Programmes | Summer networksTo book your place call 0845 602 9154or visit the SLC websitewww.subjectlearningcoach.net

“A real lesson in the impact ofcoaching...everyone uses it differentlyto change teaching practice.”

WestMidlands 3 June Think Tank, Birmingham STEM

5 June Rodbaston College, Stafford AL/E2E5 June Rodbaston College, Stafford LB12 June Science Learning Centre, Keele Sci12 June Aston University, Birmingham BE12 June Aston University, Birmingham C&M23 June Radcliffe House, Warwick University SHD23 June Radcliffe House, Warwick University IT23 June Radcliffe House, Warwick University MEP24 June RAF Cosford Eng25 June Rodbaston College, Stafford Cons25 June Rodbaston College, Stafford MFL6 July Wolverhampton, venue tbc Maths

Yorks &Humber 3 June Askham Bryan College, York LB

5 June Calderdale College IT11 June Hull College SHD11 June Humber Bridge, Hull Eng12 June Boddington Hall, Leeds BE12 June Boddington Hall, Leeds MFL16 June Hull College Cons16 June Hull College C&M16 June Royal York Hotel MEP25 June Science Learning Centre, Sheffield Sci26 June Askham Bryan College, York AL/E2E

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