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‘Over the next two years, £8.8m will be provided to increase school engagement and attendance including £1.5m to provide greater capacity for Family Engagement Officers (FEOs) to support learners with attendance’
https://www.gov.wales/extra-funding-family-engagement-officers-drive-boost-school-attendance
The role of the family Engagement Officer has emerged over the last few years and is now being encouraged by Welsh Assembly Government.
Are you an F.E.O? Or do you want an F.E.O in your School? Join us for a day of step-by-step ideas and suggestions. Whether you are new to the role or want to review existing policies and practises, this course is for you.
The course will cover:
- Where to start?
- The role of the F.E.O
- Attendance
- Supporting pupil’s with barriers to learning
- Making school a more positive experience for learners and families
- Relationship building
- Holistic approach
- Establishing initiatives and running projects
- Signposting
- Crisis aversion
The Additional Learning Needs transformation programme came into practice on the 1st of September 2021. The idea was to create a unified approach for young people from the age of 0-25.
An important part of this system is providing Additional Learning Provision. Many questions still exist around ALP such as what constitutes ALP? How should ALP look in my School? Can ALP be enhanced through recommended programmes/strategies etc.
In order to understand ALP and ALN we first need to be aware of the legal requirements that were introduced with the ALNET.
The course will cover:
- The ALNET
- Compliance
- What is and isn’t ALP?
- Case studies.
- Sharing of ideas from other schools.
- Pros and cons of programmes and various strategies.
- Working with Parents.
- Q and A session
This course explains how teachers can use whole class Drama to stimulate and practically support children, as individual and collaborative talkers and writers. It outlines how teachers can co-participate, as models, co-writers, editors and commissioners of writing at different stages of the writing process. Drama provides meaningful contexts, reasons and audiences for writing, as well as generating shared experiences and meaningful content. Some key Drama strategies will be presented as ‘Thought and Talk’ frames and links made between certain Drama strategies, different types of talk, and specific types of writing. A primary drama lesson will be presented, (a step at a time) and ways in which it is specifically supporting and leading children into writing, will be highlighted.
- 2 ‘Drama for Writing’ lessons
- The edited Powerpoint (as a PDF)
- 2 published articles
- A booklet of Drama Strategies
According to the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists …
‘There are fewer Speech and Language Therapists per head of population in Wales than any other part of the UK, as reflected in our membership data’.
This has had a huge impact on waiting times and access to support for pupils presenting with various speech and language difficulties across Wales. What can we do to support these pupils while they are waiting to be seen?
Whether you have some knowledge of speech and language difficulties or absolutely none this course is for you.
The course will cover:
- Child Language Acquisition
- Specific speech and language difficulties
- Screening and assessment tools
- IDPs/one page profile targets
- Activities and ideas
- Review of interventions
- Working with Parents
- Working with Speech and Language Therapists
This 1-day course is part of a 3-day rolling programme. The days do not have to be done in any order and can be stand alone 1-day courses.