Education Courses

30 September 2010
Open Day for Professionals - Mary Hare Secondary School

led by Mary Hare School's Senior Management Team

Suitable for Teachers working with deaf children, Teachers of the Deaf, Teaching Assistants, Communication Support Workers, Speech & Language Therapists

£30

An opportunity to find out more about teaching methods and resources at Mary Hare School.  The day includes a guided tour of the school, observation of lessons & presentations on key areas of specialism, led by senior members of staff.

12 October 2010
Transition to Higher Education: facts and experiences

Led by Dr Janette Willis

Suitable for: Teachers of the Deaf, Careers Advisers, mainstream Teachers of hearingimpaired pupils, Teaching Assistants, parents or any other interested professional.

£85

This course concentrates on the issues that face deaf students wishing to enter university.  The day provides a step by step guide to:
 
  • Choosing a university
  • Filling out the application form; getting the personal statement right
  • Applying for funding (including Disabled Student Allowance)
  • Getting the most out of the support available
  • The realities of student life
  • Coping strategies
  • Aiming higher; getting the best

18 November 2010
Open Day for Professionals - Mary Hare Primary School

led by Mary Hare School's Senior Management Team

Suitable for Teachers working with deaf children, Teachers of the Deaf, Teaching Assistants, Communication Support Workers, Speech & Language Therapists

£30

A chance to find out more about the teaching methods and resources at Mary Hare Primary School.  The day includes a guided tour of the school, with the opportunity to observe lessons and talk to staff and pupils. 

22 November 2010
Circle of Friends: enhancing inclusion in a mainstream setting

Led by Derek Wilson, Colin Newton (Inclusive Solutions)

Suitable for: Mainstream teachers, specialilst school teachers, teaching assistants, learning support workers and parents.

£85

Circle of Friends is an approach to enhancing the inclusion, in a mainstream setting, of any young person experiencing difficulties in school because of disability, personal crisis
or their challenging behaviour towards others. The ‘circle of friends’ approach works by mobilising the young person’s peers to provide support and engage in problem solving
with the person in difficulty.
 
This is an excellent opportunity to learn from the educational psychologists who brought this DfES endorsed approach to the UK. Their work will soon appear on a new Channel 4
documentary, so this is a great chance to see them live!
 
Outcomes:
 
  • To be able to understand the values and wider context of inclusion
  • To be able to set up and run a ‘circle of friends’ to reduce likelihood of a pupil being excluded or segregated
  • To understand and be able to maximise the power of the peer group in supporting relationships, achievement and behaviour change

17 January 2011
Using ICT to Support Deaf Children's Literacy

Led by Simon Thompson

Suitable for: Teachers working with deaf children, Teachers of the Deaf and Teaching Assistants.

£85

This day explores how to use ICT to support literacy and thinking skills; using ICT to create resources, including interactive whiteboard resources. The day includes practical sessionsto gain skills in using the software to work with children and to prepare targeted resources.

25 January 2011
Enhancing Access to Humanities for Deaf Pupils

Led by Robin Askew and Pauline Whitehead

Suitable for: Teachers of the Deaf, Teaching Assistants and Teachers working with deaf pupils and students.

£85

This course will look at issues related to deaf children’s learning in Geography and History.
 
Sessions will explore:
 
  • Barriers to learning and strategies for overcoming them,(with subject-specific examples)
  • Use of ICT
  • Cross-curricular literacy links

10 February 2011
Open Day for Professionals - Mary Hare Primary School

led by Mary Hare School's Senior Management Team

Suitable for Teachers working with deaf children, Teachers of the Deaf, Teaching Assistants, Communication Support Workers, Speech & Language Therapists

£30

A chance to find out more about the teaching methods and resources at Mary Hare Primary School.  The day includes a guided tour of the school, with the opportunity to observe lessons and talk to staff and pupils.

2 March 2011
Teaching Modern Foreign Languages to Deaf Children

Led by Jenny Wyman

Suitable for: Teachers of the Deaf, mainstream Teachers, Teaching Assistants, Learning Support Assistants or any other interested professional

£85

This course gives practical guidance on the issues facing language teachers in teaching hearing impaired children languages in school from Primary school right through to ‘A’ level
  • Overview of problems for Deaf child in learning a language
  • Good teaching practice
  • Techniques to overcome barriers to learning
  • Communicative methods

24 March 2011
Open Day for Professionals - Mary Hare Secondary School

led by Mary Hare School's Senior Management Team

Suitable for Teachers working with deaf children, Teachers of the Deaf, Teaching Assistants, Communication Support Workers, Speech & Language Therapists

£30

An opportunity to find out more about teaching methods and resources at Mary Hare School.  The day includes a guided tour of the school, observation of lessons & presentations on key areas of specialism, led by senior members of staff.

4 April 2011
Literacy for Deaf Students and Adults

Led by Simon Thompson and Carol Howe

Suitable for: Teachers of the Deaf, mainstream teachers, College Lecturers, Teaching Assistants, Learning Support Assistants or any other interested professional.

£85

This course is for teachers, lecturers and classroom support staff working with post-sixteen deaf students in schools and colleges. It will take a practical approach to overcoming literacy
issues found in deaf students taking entry level and higher literacy courses. It will also be useful to professionals working in other subject areas who are finding challenges in delivering their curriculum to those deaf learners who have significant literacy delays.

Sessions will include:
  • Classroom management,
  • Literacy issues and strategies
  • Use of ICT

7 April 2011
Supporting Deaf Teenagers: Coping with Teenage Angst

Led by Sandra Wylie & Viv Ogg

 

Suitable for Teachers of the Deaf, secondary school Teachers working with hearing impaired pupils, Teaching Assistants, Learning Support Assistants, Care Workers, parents/carers.
 
£85
This is a practical workshop day to discuss strategies to support deaf children as they progress through their teenage years. The day will include:
  • Deaf identity
  • Self-esteem issues
  • Counseling approaches
  • Managing behaviour
  • Strategies for non-users of hearing aids/cochlear implants

     

16 May 2011
Supporting Deaf, Dyslexic Pupils

Led by Leslie White

Suitable for: Teachers of the Deaf, mainstream teachers working with deaf, dyslexic pupils, Teaching Assistants, Learning Support Assistants

£85

This is a workshop day designed to provide a practical guide to coping with hearing impaired pupils who also have dyslexia. The day will include:
  • Overview of problems that dyslexia presents to a deaf child
  • Good teaching practice: “do’s and don’ts”
  • Practical aids to help dyslexic pupils
  • Simple techniques to overcome barriers
  • Specialist software

23 May 2011
Supporting English for the Secondary Aged Child

Led by Carol Howe

Suitable for Teachers of the Deaf, Teaching Assistants and Teachers of English

£85

Practical ideas for supporting reading, writing and understanding of the English curriculum for deaf pupils in the mainstream or special school context.  The importance of multimedia and visual reinforcement as the key to understanding text will be demonstrated and discussed.

17 June 2011
Promoting Deaf Children's Access to the Science Curriculum

Led by Dave Davies

Suitable for Science Teachers working with hearing-impaired children, Teachers of the Deaf and Teaching Assistants

£85

Issues and strategies; the use if ICT to promote learning in Science

21 June 2011
The Analytical Writing Assessment: finding & addressing the missing pieces in deaf children’s literacy

 
Led by Diana Burman PhD (Oxford University)
 
Suitable for: Teachers of the Deaf, Teaching Assistants and parents of children who are deaf
 
£85
Teachers of the Deaf have regularly commented that criteria used to measure writing progress in hearing children are  inadequate for deaf children, because they do not measure the level of skill at which many deaf children are working. The Analytical Writing Assessment is just what they have been waiting for.
 
The day includes background, research findings and “hands-on” use of assessment and programme materials.

23 June 2011
Transitions for Deaf Children and Young People

Led by Viv Ogg, Joy Rosenberg and Dr Janette Willis

Suitable for: Teachers of the Deaf in all settings as well as mainstream teachers, SENCOs, Teaching Assistants and Speech & Language Therapists who have responsbility for children with hearing loss.

£85

This course is focused on strategies for promoting and monitoring the development of higher order and independent thinking and learning skills in deaf children at KS2, 3 and 4.
 
It uses recent research, but also the national strategies, to explore the ways in which those supporting deaf children can incorporate such strategies into their lessons and interactions
with the children to secure their learning optimally, including the encouragement of the voice of the child and of children taking responsibility for their own learning.

30 June 2011

Deaf Babies and Children in Early Years Settings

Led by Joy Rosenberg

Suitable for: Sure Start and Children's Centre staff, Nursery Nurses and playgroup staff, childminders, carers and Primary School staff

£85

Early Years settings are increasingly caring for more deaf babies, children and their families, whose hearing impairment was diagnosed early, as part of the Newborn Hearing Screening process.  This study day concentrates on the special needs of hearing-impaired 0-2 year olds and uses a combination of presentations, small group discussions and 'hands on' workshops to promote understanding and evelop skills related to the special needs of these babies and children.