(Etherley Lane Nursery- Yellow Wellies) Provide support to a range of different settings ie: PVI, LA maintained Nursery, School with 2 year old provision, Amalgamation of schools…. Leader of support and leader/s from supported school/setting produce an action plan with clear actions and success criteria NLEs, SLEs, Headteachers, EDAs provide up to 10 days of support in each setting To Improve quality of provision for 2 years olds Increased opportunities for professional development To support the developmental needs of practitioners in a variety of settings Outcomes and improvements to be used to produce a case study Plan and deliver a comprehensive programme of Professional Development to complete an audit of need, liaising with EDPs/Managers and then plan a CPD programme NLEs/EDAs to deliver up to 4 days of training for Managers Deliver up to 10 sessions of training for practitioners some to be delivered at weekends/twilights (SLEs/EDAs) Plan a programme of Development Meetings for Managers Plan a visit to another setting and/or Early Excellence Training and Resource Centre, Huddersfield CPD programme to potentially include: coaching (Viewpoints in Style), Development Behaviour and Attachment (Thrive), Schemas, Play (Durham EDS) Helen Leslie Debby Joe To begin June 2015 £12,000 £500 per session £300 per session £2500 £2500 Identify the current professional development of Managers and Practitioners To plan and deliver an innovative and bespoke CPD programme To share and develop good practice across settings To develop aptitudes, attitudes and skills of practitioners To improve the quality of teaching and learning in settings Plan setting to setting visits programme for Managers/Deputy Managers Helen to liaise with managers to plan a setting to setting visits programme Managers visit a range of settings with different contexts/priorities for development and improvement (this could be linked with coaching Helen Debby To begin June 2015 £5000 To cover supply costs/travel expenses. Managers have the opportunity to observe organization/resourcing/practice in range of settings
programme this could also be linked with a visit to Excellence Training and Resource Centre) Managers reflect on their own practice and evaluate strengths and weaknesses Plan provision for deployment/CPD from speech and language technician Plan and deliver Speech, Language and Communication CPD utilizing the expertise of therapists, (e.g Elkan , Speech and Language Support, Children with ASD, Supporting Children with Hearing Difficulties) Deploy a speech therapist to support individual settings Leslie To begin April 2015 £10,000 Practitioners in settings are upskilled and more aware and able to identify children with speech and language delay/difficulties Practitioners have access to speech, language and communication specialists Settings provide personalized learning for individual children and families Research & Development Fund 3-4 research and development projects ( e.g Using Pupil Premium Funding to support disadvantaged children…, Developing Home/Setting, partnerships.. Effective provision for Play/Speech Language and Communication….) Link with Early Education evaluation of EYPP project Helen Leslie Chris Joe To begin April 2015 £1500 £500 per research project Settings bid for funding to complete research Action Research projects to inc: methodology, research instruments, access to material/ organisations and publishing as case study Case studies to be uploaded onto teaching school website and produced in printed form Develop the Durham Teaching School Website Develop a platform on the Durham Teaching School Website for early years specialists to share case studies, CPD, networking, cluster groups.. Joe To begin April 2015 £750 Schools/settings have access to bespoke materials Communication with settings across the alliance is clear and effective Marketing/Promotion To promote and market events inc: CPD, conferences, Cluster meetings To work with the steering to produce action plans, contracts, MoUs, Reports…. Joe To begin April 2015 £750 To provide admin support for teaching school alliance and strategic partners