| 9:00 – 9:45 | Registration & refreshments | ||
| 9:45 – 10:00 | Chair’s Welcome and Introduction
Dr David George, Educational Consultant and First Chairman and President of NACE |
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| Keynote 1
10:00 – 10:30 |
Essential policy update: a major change for G&T in 2009
Tim Dracup, Gifted and Talented Lead, DCSF |
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| Keynote 2
10:30 – 11:00 |
Raising the profile of G&T amongst staff to develop provision on a whole-school level
Ian Warwick, Senior Director, London Gifted and Talented |
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| 11:00 – 11:10 | Question and answer session | ||
| 11:10 – 11:40 | Morning refreshments | ||
| 11:40 – 12:40 | Streamed Sessions 1 | ||
| 1A | 1B | 1C | 1D |
| Strategies for leading effective G&T provision under time constraints | Criteria and strategies for accurately identifying G&T children
Jane Hobson-Pells, AST for G&T, Stockport School |
Handling parental involvement: involving parents with G&T provision and maintaining a distance where necessary | An introduction to leading G&T: developing your policy and action plan and gaining support from senior staff |
| 12.40 – 13:40 | Lunch | ||
| Keynote 3
13:40 – 14:10 |
Case study: developing effective G&T provision in every classroom
Ian McNiff, Director of Education, Clifton Diocese |
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| 14:10 – 15:10 | Streamed Sessions 2 | ||
| 2A | 2B | 2C | 2D |
| Monitoring and evaluating progress in G&T: using data to make interventions and raise achievement | Engaging G&T pupils in learning: motivating them to succeed and creating an environment where they will thrive | Tackling underachievement:
making progress with disadvantaged children, reluctant learners and SEN/G&T children Sue Soan, Principal Lecturer and Leading Academic G&T |
Differentiating learning for G&T children in lessons: activities to create challenge in a mixed ability class
Ian Warwick, Senior Director, London Gifted and Talented |
| 15:10 – 15:40 | Afternoon refreshments | ||
| 15:40 – 16:40 | Streamed Sessions 3 | ||
| 3A | 3B | 3C | 3D |
| Primary enrichment activities to take away: out of hours learning and ideas for learning trips
John Senior, Educational Consultant and Author |
Cost-effective strategies for G&T provision: getting the most out of a limited G&T budget | Developing G&T children as independent learners by teaching them personal, learning and thinking skills
Anne de A’Echevarria, Director, Thinkwell Consultancy |
Overcoming limited subject expertise when teaching G&T: solutions to providing challenge in every subject |
| 16:40 | Conference close |
