The Wolverhampton University Schools Partnership

Deansfield (lead school) The Coseley School & Sports College Holyhead School Our Lady & St Chad Catholic Sports

College Wood Green High School College of

Sport, Maths and Computing University of Wolverhampton School

of Education

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Schools facing challenge.

These schools are often places of innovation and have highly skilled staff who have much to offer trainee teachers. In return trainee teachers have much to gain from working in these exciting learning settings.

Purposes of the project to share good practice in providing high

quality training even in those schools that on the surface are perceived as ‘difficult’ environments in which to train

to ‘harness’ the skills and expertise in these schools and use them in future mentor training and development work with all partnership schools

Creativity & innovation in subject-specific pedagogy

The use of data to enhance learning and assessment for learning

Every Child Achieves: a menu-based approach to learning in science

Whole-school ethos: creating a climate for effective learning

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Mentoring across schools at subject level: sharing expertise across challenging schools

Addressing the issues of challenge through mentoring

Every Child Matters: inter-professional collaboration in the PSHE curriculum

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Inter-Professional Collaboration

Recruitment and Retention Project PDS Project funded Integrated Professional Development

Project

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“YOU ARE NOT ALONE”

government does not bring up children – parents do – so government needs to do more to back parents and families;

All children have the potential to succeed and should go as far as their talents can take them;

Children and young people need to enjoy their childhood as well as grow up prepared for adult life;

Services need to be shaped by the response to children, young people and families, not designed around professional boundaries; and

It is always better to prevent failure than tackle a crisis later

EVERY CHILD MATTERSMaslow’s Heirarchy of Need

Biological and physiological needs – air, food, drink, shelter, warmth, sleep

Safety needs – protection, security, order, law, limits, stability etc.

Belonging and Love needs family, affection, relationships

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Self -actualisation

Esteem needs - achievement, mastery,

independence, responsibility

Inter-Professional Collaboration

Integrated Professional Development Project

WHO? 2008 Pilot - Students from the R & R Project together with

School Nurses at various stages of their training from Wolverhampton University School of Health.

2009 – Above plus Police, Educational Welfare Officer and students undertaking Masters Degree in Social Work

WHAT? PSHE 2008 – Healthy Lifestyle 2009 – Drugs and Crime

Integrated Professional Development Project

WHY? To discuss and assess needs within a multi agency setting To look at issues from a different perspective To give pupils a ‘concrete’ learning experience and an

opportunity to not only have a voice, but to actively engage with professionals in finding a solution to personal, local and national issues

To give agencies an opportunity to understand how children’s needs are being met individually

Through collaborative teaching and learning, Team around the Child ethos, enhance the student’s learning experience whilst meeting the principles outlined by the Children’s Plan

Integrated Professional Development Project

HOW? We needed people leading this Project who would be happy

to leave their ego’s outside Time to plan in a solution focussed way Sharing and Widening knowledge about working in schools

facing challenging circumstances Respecting each other’s professional role, language

contribution and expertise Understanding that through the Children’s Plan agenda and

Local Area Agreements, outcomes across agencies are becoming more consolidated

Outcomes mean: Social, Emotional, Intellectual, Physical and Cultural

Integrated Professional Development Project

Morning: shared our vision along with data relating to

general and specific issues e.g. Drugs and Crime collected their views and perspectives including

those of our Peer Mentors by giving them opportunities to work within small multi agency groups

opportunity to problem solve a given pupil scenario from within their own context

‘Conscience Alley’ scenario

Integrated Professional Development Project

Afternoon opportunity to develop a lesson plan within a

small multi agency team to address area of need decide which Year Group, level of need and

appropriateness of delivery to that age group develop the lesson plan within this small team submit the completed lesson plan within a given

time frame together with resources required team delivers the lesson within school during

PSHE day

Integrated Professional Development ProjectMonitoring and Evaluation – 2008 Healthy Lifestyle

“I enjoyed learning

about a healthy

diet, she knew

what she was

talking about”

“The beer goggles were a good idea but they made me feel sick”

“I thought it was good the way the nurse took our blood pressure.”

“This was fun! I learned a lot about putting on condoms and I wasn’t embarrassed.”

“It was brilliant working with the chef from the Indian and trying lots of different food.”

“My mom will love those smoothies but I hope she won’t mind the mess.”

Integrated Professional Development ProjectMonitoring and Evaluation – 2008 Healthy Lifestyle

“If you drink don’t

walk home by

yourself.” “Like your

mates are gonna

bother if yor in the

road.”

“Don’t stop til you drop.”

“I felt sick. I’d had enough. I wanna go home.”

Because we work with children in schools facing challenging circumstances!!!!

“Get drunk, have fun.”

“I have learned that

the music they use

wos rubbish”

“Wot the hell! I like McDonalds anyway.”

“Somebody nicked my bike yesterday. I’ve had to walk to -------school today.”

“It’s official!!

Boys will tell you

anything to have

sex.”

Inter-professional Collaborative Opportunities Gives a cohesive approach

to CPD Strengthens curriculum

delivery Opportunity to showcase

good practice and innovative ways of working

Working creatively in ITT in Schools Facing Challenging Circumstances

Sharing a commitment to growing our own expertise and building the capacity of staff already in post

Impact Enabled developmental work Existing networks were able to link

together to take shared initiatives further forward

A lead colleague from each school made the inter-school events possible

It enabled the team to identify examples of good practice for dissemination purposes

Additionality CPD

Impact Recruitment And Retention of quality

trainees Staff morale enhanced and school

communities valued Strengthened relationships ITT programme enhanced Trainees encouraged to adopt a ‘want to

and can do’ approach Experience of collaborative professional

working Trainees witnessed professional values in

action