Training School
All Saints Catholic High School is proud to be recognised as a TDA Training School.
Training School status means that we are a centre of excellence for the training and development of all staff working with our students, including trainee teachers.
Training schools are a vital part of collaborative cluster work and we have close working links with a number of universities, primary and secondary schools in Sheffield and beyond. Indeed, some of our research and training is taking place with our partner school in Soroti, Uganda.
All Saints Catholic High School is committed to providing training programmes for all staff that are personalised, innovative and have a positive impact upon our students
Being a Training School is ultimately about all of us being part of a learning community and being committed to our ethos of lifelong learning.
Some of our Training School activities this year have included:
Learning observatories:
We have 10 learning observatories at All Saints which allow staff to record and view their own and others’ lessons. We have piloted innovations such as; co-construction of lessons (students learning to teach their peers); staff teaching with ear pieces and microphones to allow constant dialogue with a viewer watching the lesson; trainees teaching and evaluating lessons in pairs; staff and students trying out new technologies such as podcasting, head cams, flip videoing and a whole range of other exciting activities.
Training and Professional Development:
In January we ran a successful career development training programme for teachers in Sheffield looking to progress up the career ladder. Participants worked through a range of interactive sessions looking at teaching and learning; leadership responsibilities; performance management and interview technique. We are really pleased that two of our participants have already secured new posts with responsibility.
At All Saints we run a weekly programme of professional development where staff and trainees can opt into training sessions covering a wide range of educational pedagogy. This year, amongst many others, staff have participated in sessions on dyslexia, reporting using the Every Child Matters (ECM) agenda, photoshop, using class server to set homework via the virtual learning environment (VLE), interactive whiteboard training and coaching techniques.
We have trainee teachers in many of our departments at school and we work closely with a number of universities to ensure that trainees and the school have a high quality and beneficial experience. Many of the trainees continue into the teaching profession and they have been a great addition to many aspects of school life, including our extra curricular programme. We also have a number of trainees on the GTP programme and others who come in to experience taster days in teaching and complete work experience placements.
This year, for the first time, we have been able to offer two placements to trainee social workers and they have worked within our student support area to enhance the provision we are able to offer students.
Partner Schools:
With our many primary feeder and local community schools we have worked on a number of projects with staff, students and parents. Parents at one of our local schools have been involved in mathematics sessions where they discovered how the teaching of mathematics happens in the classroom today and they are now able to support their own children. All Saints staff have also been into primary schools to support the teaching of specialist subjects such as Science and PE. Many students at All Saints and in primary schools have worked together to learn new skills and to build relationships prior to joining our community.
At All Saints, students are using the virtual learning environment (VLE) to access school work, notes, website links and homework and we are currently building an eportfolio where students will be able to store their work and log their own progress against our learning attributes. This is all helping towards our students becoming better independent learners.
Our VLE is also linked to all of our primary feeder schools and in turn, they are linked to our partner school in Soroti, Uganda. Students from Sheffield have been communicating with students in Soroti through the VLE and, with the input of a learning observatory in Soroti, we will soon start to conduct joint research into teaching large groups of students. This is all part of our vision for innovative teaching in our newly refurbished school.
Training School status means that we are a centre of excellence for the training and development of all staff working with our students, including trainee teachers.
Training schools are a vital part of collaborative cluster work and we have close working links with a number of universities, primary and secondary schools in Sheffield and beyond. Indeed, some of our research and training is taking place with our partner school in Soroti, Uganda.
All Saints Catholic High School is committed to providing training programmes for all staff that are personalised, innovative and have a positive impact upon our students
Being a Training School is ultimately about all of us being part of a learning community and being committed to our ethos of lifelong learning.
Some of our Training School activities this year have included:
Learning observatories:
We have 10 learning observatories at All Saints which allow staff to record and view their own and others’ lessons. We have piloted innovations such as; co-construction of lessons (students learning to teach their peers); staff teaching with ear pieces and microphones to allow constant dialogue with a viewer watching the lesson; trainees teaching and evaluating lessons in pairs; staff and students trying out new technologies such as podcasting, head cams, flip videoing and a whole range of other exciting activities.
Training and Professional Development:
In January we ran a successful career development training programme for teachers in Sheffield looking to progress up the career ladder. Participants worked through a range of interactive sessions looking at teaching and learning; leadership responsibilities; performance management and interview technique. We are really pleased that two of our participants have already secured new posts with responsibility.
At All Saints we run a weekly programme of professional development where staff and trainees can opt into training sessions covering a wide range of educational pedagogy. This year, amongst many others, staff have participated in sessions on dyslexia, reporting using the Every Child Matters (ECM) agenda, photoshop, using class server to set homework via the virtual learning environment (VLE), interactive whiteboard training and coaching techniques.
We have trainee teachers in many of our departments at school and we work closely with a number of universities to ensure that trainees and the school have a high quality and beneficial experience. Many of the trainees continue into the teaching profession and they have been a great addition to many aspects of school life, including our extra curricular programme. We also have a number of trainees on the GTP programme and others who come in to experience taster days in teaching and complete work experience placements.
This year, for the first time, we have been able to offer two placements to trainee social workers and they have worked within our student support area to enhance the provision we are able to offer students.
Partner Schools:
With our many primary feeder and local community schools we have worked on a number of projects with staff, students and parents. Parents at one of our local schools have been involved in mathematics sessions where they discovered how the teaching of mathematics happens in the classroom today and they are now able to support their own children. All Saints staff have also been into primary schools to support the teaching of specialist subjects such as Science and PE. Many students at All Saints and in primary schools have worked together to learn new skills and to build relationships prior to joining our community.
At All Saints, students are using the virtual learning environment (VLE) to access school work, notes, website links and homework and we are currently building an eportfolio where students will be able to store their work and log their own progress against our learning attributes. This is all helping towards our students becoming better independent learners.
Our VLE is also linked to all of our primary feeder schools and in turn, they are linked to our partner school in Soroti, Uganda. Students from Sheffield have been communicating with students in Soroti through the VLE and, with the input of a learning observatory in Soroti, we will soon start to conduct joint research into teaching large groups of students. This is all part of our vision for innovative teaching in our newly refurbished school.