| 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 |
Engaging staff with G&T: developing a whole-school approach to provision
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 |
| 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 |
