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w/c 28th March 2022

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Good afternoon

Today's newsletter is not one to overlook! We are delighted to offer Bradford partnerships of schools the opportunity to develop instructional coaching expertise. Instructional coaching is the form of teacher development with the most robust evidence base for impact. It underpins national programmes such as the early Career Framework. But, its application is much wider.

The Instructional Coaching Offer is a unique opportunity for partnerships, such as a trust or a local area partnership, to develop sustainable capacity and expertise. Below, I have provided more information and a link to our dedicated webpage.

We look forward to supporting you!

Best wishes

Paul

Paul Butler

Director of Exceed Teaching School Hub

Instructional Coaching Offer (funded by Bradford Opportunity Area)

We are delighted to offer Bradford school partnerships, such as a trust or a local area partnership, the opportunity to develop local expertise via our new Instructional Coaching Offer.

The offer will support the partnership to identify a priority to address through instructional coaching. The offer will develop an expert teacher via the Intensive Instructional Coaching Programme. The partnership will be equipped with the resources to introduce a Professional Learning Community to build further instructional coaching capacity across all schools.

Bradford Opportunity Area is funding this offer. Unfortunately, this offer is only for Bradford schools.

Full details, including a 15-minute video, access to a briefing event, expression of interest form, and application form are available via the link below:

Instructional Coaching Offer webpage

Mental Health Lead Training: video briefing

Last week, we hosted a briefing for the new grant funding available from the DfE for school Senior Mental Health Leads. We invited two local providers to introduce the offer and talk about the programmes schools can access.

A recording of the event is available via the link below:

Senior Mental Health Lead grant and training

Feedback on your experience of engaging with Exceed Teaching School Hub:

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Feedback on CPD, such as NPQs and networks, you have accessed via Exceed Teaching School Hub:

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Exceed Teaching School Hub, led by Copthorne Primary School and Exceed Academies Trust, has a leading role in signposting and delivering teacher development support to all 215 Bradford schools and our partners in other regions wishing to access support from Bradford Teaching School Hub.

The Hub helps to fulfil one of Exceed Academies Trust's ethical goals: to contribute to system-wide improvements in education.

Designated by the Department for Education (DfE) in February 2020, Exceed Teaching School Hub’s core functions support schools and trusts to invest in their workforce to grow, recruit, develop and retain the very best teachers, support staff and leaders. We will achieve this through a place-based approach to signposting and delivering high-quality progressive teacher development programmes that complement the internal support provided by schools and trusts. Our vision acknowledges teacher and leadership development are two of the most important forms of school improvement. We will achieve this by enhancing partnership working with schools, trusts and high-quality providers; improving the communication of opportunities with the workforce; introducing new professional learning opportunities; supporting teachers and leaders to make informed choices when selecting continuous professional development (CPD) and support, and ensuring that no school is left behind.

Find out more about our vision, strategies and priorities here.