Research School Network: Unity Research School’s 2019 – 2020 Continuing Professional Development Launched Evidence-based CPD to help you translate research into evidence-informed practice

Unity Research School is based across the East of England. We offer a comprehensive programme of continuing professional development to help bridge the gap between research and classroom practice, through our team of evidence leads and advisers.

Continuing Professional Development 2019/20

Twilights

Offering bite-sized input to CPD, our twilights explore the growing library of EEF Guidance Reports. Each session is designed to help busy teachers, teaching assistants and leaders interpret the key recommendations each report presents. Running from 16:15 – 17:45 and led by members of our team, every delegate will receive a hard copy of the guidance report to take away and be guided as to the next steps in making use of these fantastic resources.

• Improving KS2/3 Maths(RS1a)
• Preparing for Literacy (RS1b)
• Improving behaviour in schools (RS1c)
• Working with parents to support children’s learning (RS1d)
• Improving KS2/3 Literacy (RS1e)
• Metacognition and self-regulated learning (RS1f)
• Making best use of teaching assistants (RS1g)
• Using digital technology to improve learning (RS1h)
• Improving secondary science (RS1i)

One day (and equivalent – two half-day) workshops

Focused opportunities for teachers and leaders to further develop aspects of their practice and understanding.

• Introduction to Disciplined Inquiry(RS2):
  an evidence informed reflective framework for teachers, TAs and leaders
  
• Putting Evidence to Work(RS3):
  implementation theory and practice for middle and senior leaders
  
• Evidence Lead Programme(RS5):
  supplementing expertise with evidence
  
• High Impact Digital Technology(RS7):
  feedback, retrieval practice and modelling in the primary classroom

Two day programme

Marc Rowland, Unity’s Pupil Premium and Vulnerable Learners Adviser and author of ​‘An Updated Practical Guide to the Pupil Premium’ leads this programme designed to support schools with improving their Pupil Premium provision.

• Maximising the impact of the Pupil Premium (RS6)

Three day programmes

Each of these Research School Network programmes takes place over three days, spaced over two terms. This provides participants valuable opportunities to really explore and get behind the evidence, contextualise it within their own school to deliver change and and then plan for sustaining improved practice. Focused on topics we believe will be high on your priority list for your own school improvement work, each programme is led by experienced facilitators from our team. They are comprehensively resourced and provide excellent opportunites for securing evidence informed school improvement in 2019/20.

Opportunities for follow-on support are provided and can be put in place to enable maximum impact and professional development.

• Metacognition and self-regulation (RS4a)
• Improving KS2/3 Mathematics (RS4b)
• Preparing for Early Literacy (RS4c)
• Improving literacy at KS2/3(RS4d)
• Making best use of teaching assistants (RS4e)
• Leading professional learning (RS4f)

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