Ofsted Criteria & Lesson Observation for Secondary Schools - London 2014

A course to help Secondary Schools make sense of the latest September 2013 Observation Criteria and to help ensure that their own observation judgments are in tune with Ofsted’s current expectations.

Schools wishing to retain their 'outstanding' grade also require 'outstanding' teaching.

This course is suitable for all senior staff and team leaders involved with classroom observation and professional development. Indeed all teaching staff will find it helpful to understand what Ofsted are looking for in an outstanding lesson and what the teacher now needs to demonstrate to achieve this.

The training session will examine: the current emphasis of inspections, how to observe lessons using Ofsted methods, how good internal classroom observation can be used to raise standards and how using a variety of teaching styles and compelling learning experiences can be linked to improving attainment and progress.

Delegates will have the opportunity to observe a range of filmed lessons and discuss and evaluate their content.

Essential information for schools last inspected before Sept 2012 and those outstanding schools (graded 2 for teaching) prior to Jan 2012.

Content will include:
Observation priorities
?The Latest September 2013 Ofsted evaluation schedule
The current Ofsted criteria
Learning and teaching
Teacher Standards
Judging lessons Matching In-house observations with Ofsted standards
Making evaluative statements
Effective use of support Staff
Implications of behaviour
Feedback to enable staff development and improvement
The School Development Plan
?Moving from good to outstanding
Teaching methods including compelling learning experiences and effective cross curricular schemes

Also available as in house training day.
Time: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Price:
Per person including quality course materials, lunch and online support material: £275