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 | ||
Keynote 1 10:00 – 10:30 | Essential policy update: a major change for G&T in 2009 Tim Dracup, Gifted and Talented Lead, DCSF | ||
Keynote 2 10:30 – 11:00 | Engaging staff with G&T: developing a whole-school approach to provision Ian Warwick, Senior Director, London Gifted and Talented | ||
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 |
Case study on managing time as a busy G&T leader: leading high quality provision under time constraints | Using data to track pupil progress and evaluate your G&T provision: making informed interventions | An introduction to leading G&T: developing your policy and action plan and gaining support from your SLT | Differentiating learning for G&T students in the classroom: activities to create challenge in a mixed ability class Ian Warwick, Senior Director, London Gifted and Talented |
12.40 – 13:40 | Lunch | ||
Keynote 3 13:40 – 14:10 | Case study on embedding G&T provision in classroom teaching: personalising learning for G&T pupils across subjects | ||
14:10 – 15:10 | Streamed Sessions 2 | ||
2A | 2B | 2C | 2D |
Developing G&T pupils as independent learners by teaching them personal, learning and thinking skills Anne de A’Echevarria, Director, Thinkwell Consultancy | Identification: criteria and strategies for finding your G&T pupils Jane Hobson-Pells, AST for G&T, Stockport School | Tackling underachievement: intervention strategies with disadvantaged pupils, reluctant learners and SEN/G&T students Sue Soan, Principal Lecturer and Leading Academic G&T | Differentiating learning for G&T students in the classroom: 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 |
Effective ways to handle parental involvement in G&T | Cost-effective strategies for G&T provision: making the most of a limited G&T budget | Engaging G&T pupils in learning: raising aspirations and communicating opportunities | Secondary enrichment activities to take away: new ideas for extra-curricular learning John Senior, Educational Consultant and Author |
16:40 | Conference close |
