Opportunities in Term 6
Dear Colleagues
It was good to meet with most of you at the Headteachers Meeting the other day and have some lively debate!
As with all our meetings there is always so much to say and not enough time to say it and inevitably not enough time to cover all current opportunities and developments. I would just like therefore to give you some dates and events which I hope you or other members of your staff will be able to attend and participate in.
1 June 2009 - Rosalind Turner, the new Managing Director will be visiting Cranbrook to find out about the Children's Centre development and Early YEars projects. Unfortunately there will not now be enough time on her itinerary to meet with a group of headteachers but I know opportunities will be plentiful in the coming year.
8 June 2009 - Solution Focused Training (Part 1) - This training is suitable for all members of staff working with children and families to deliver very early support in resolving their problems by acknowleding their strengths and opportunities. Particularly relevant for Parent Support Advisers, FLOs and pastoral managers/leaders. There are still places available 9.00am-12.30pm, Ramada Jarvis- Pembury.
18 June 2009 (am) - CAF (Common Assessment Framework) UPDATED Training for Managers and Headteachers - 9.00am - 12.30pm at Ramada Jarvis - Pembury - As we prepare to go live with CAF in July, we would like to invite all headteachers and multi-agency managers to attend this morning briefing to go through some case studies and understand the process, lead professional responsibilities and the impact on children and their families. This is not the same training as you had about 18 months ago. Lessons have been learned and CAF is operating successfully in may parts of the County. Lunch will be provided for those staying on for the afternoon Your Choice session (see below).
18 June 2009 (pm) - "Your Choice" Disadvantage Subsidy briefing - we discussed this new stream of funding that will be transferred to school budgets in June. The TDA are offering us an afternoon briefing together with Tunbridge Wells to understand more about the way the funding should be used and to give some helpful tips about engaging in families and monitoring the impact. This session will follow on from the CAF training in the morning. It will run from 1pm to 3pm at the Ramada Jarvis, Pembury and will be suitable for headteachers and their PSAs, FLOs and pastoral managers.
24 June 2009 - Solution Focused Training (Part 2, am) and Families First Training (pm) - 9.00am - 4pm - Salomons Centre, Tunbridge Wells - This is the second part of the solution focused approach and culminates in the afternoon with training for parctitioners and school staff who would like to be part of the Families First team providing 3 sessions of support for targeted families once every 6 weeks or so as part of an early support multi-agency team. This would be suitable for PSAs, FLOs and Pastoral managers/workers within schools. Families First has been running successfully in Ashford and Maidstone for 2 years now with some wonderful results.
25 June 2009 - Cranbrook School with their new status of Language College are hosting a PMFL market event to view resources to support PMFL in the classroom. The Partnership still have quite a lot of funding to spend before the end of August so please send 1 or 2 representatives along to see what the MFL team are recommending. Please contact Wendy Young Min for more information. Youngminw@cranbrook.kent.sch.uk
29 June 2009 - CAF Training for Practitioners and School Staff - 9.00am - 12.30pm - Ramada Jarvis , Pembury - This is an updated briefing with practical examples for those who may need to take on the role of Lead Professional for a child or be part of the team around the child. It will help them to understand the processes and the support that is in place locally to assist them in carrying out and supporting this role. This is essential training to ensure CAF has effective outcomes.
1 July 2009 - Headteacher's Meeting - venue still to be confirmed but I suggest the same format as the last meeting.KLZ has been raised as something we need to discuss and agree upon. Any further suggestions, please forward to me so I can discuss with Phil Morris, the Chair.
13 July 2009 - SEAL event - 12.30pm (for lunch) - 3.30pm, The Hop Farm - an opportunity to share best practice, explore ways of developing and embedding SEAL in schools and settings. As SEAL is recognised more and more as a core element of supporting a school's ethos and values we would like to invite 2 or 3 representatives from each Partnership school to join us in a celebration and shared practice event.
I hope you will be able to support some of these events.
Have a well deserved break and I will see you all in Term 6.
Regards
Julie