Below is the full list of Leadership and Governance sessions that we will be running over the course of our two-day virtual festival.
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Day 1 |
9:00am - KEYNOTE: Creating an EdTech strategy in times of change - Hannah Woodhouse, Regional Schools Commissioner for the South West at Department for Education
9:00am - KEYNOTE: Creating an EdTech strategy in times of change - Hannah Woodhouse, Regional Schools Commissioner for the South West at Department for Education
KEYNOTE: Hannah Woodhouse, Regional Schools Commissioner for the South West at Department for Education
Session summary coming soon
9:50am - Why should we be remote teaching? - Sarah Morgan, Headteacher, Danesfield School
9:50am - Why should we be remote teaching? - Sarah Morgan, Headteacher, Danesfield School
KEYNOTE: Sarah Morgan - Headteacher, Danesfield School
Session summary coming soon
10:45am - Running effective online governors meetings - Henry Massey, Ken Dyson and Sam Chapman - Chair of Trustees and Chairs of Local Governing Boards
10:45am - Running effective online governors meetings - Henry Massey, Ken Dyson and Sam Chapman - Chair of Trustees and Chairs of Local Governing Boards
Henry Massey, Ken Dyson and Sam Chapman - Chair of Trustees and Chairs of Local Governing Boards
This session will share our journey to support remote access for trustees to manage meetings and information sharing. It will consider different types of meetings, the roles within the meetings and some of the strengths and challenges. This will include esafety, training for online systems, and induction of new members.
11:30 - KEYNOTE: Chris Rothwell - Director of Education, Microsoft UK
11:30 - KEYNOTE: Chris Rothwell - Director of Education, Microsoft UK
Chris Rothwell - Director of Education, Microsoft UK
Chris will be talking about what schools were doing with technology before Covid and what the opportunities and requirements are now as we emerge from the other side.
1:00pm Key things to consider when setting up a virtual learning environment for blended learning - Jonathan Bishop, CEO, Cornerstone Academy Trust
1:00pm Key things to consider when setting up a virtual learning environment for blended learning - Jonathan Bishop, CEO, Cornerstone Academy Trust
Jonathan Bishop - CEO, Cornerstone Academy Trust
Session summary coming soon
1:45pm - Improving school governance - a primary school case study for technology supported reform - Matthew Woodruff, Chair of Governors, Additional Skills Governor
1:45pm - Improving school governance - a primary school case study for technology supported reform - Matthew Woodruff, Chair of Governors, Additional Skills Governor
Matthew Woodruff - Chair of Governors, Additional Skills Governor
Effective and efficient Governance, from a pool of skilled resources, can bring huge benefits to the school improvement journey and in a way that is affordable. Many schools struggle to establish strong governance, and in this session Matt shares the approach he has taken in governance reform for a large maintained Primary school. Beginning with the external review conducted by both the School Improvement Partner and a National Leader of Governance, Matt draws on good practice from the NGA in defining a technology supported process using Office 365 for skills audit, self review, Chairs 360 and others. Free reusable resources, happy to share to build better practice.
2:30pm - Gender equality collective - Closing the digital gender gaps in education - Nicole Ponsford, Demonstrator Regional Lead, LGfL
2:30pm - Gender equality collective - Closing the digital gender gaps in education - Nicole Ponsford, Demonstrator Regional Lead, LGfL
Nicole Ponsford - Demonstrator Regional Lead, LGfL
Session summary coming soon
3:15pm - KEYNOTE: Anthony Salcito - VP Worldwide Education, Microsoft
3:15pm - KEYNOTE: Anthony Salcito - VP Worldwide Education, Microsoft
Anthony Salcito - VP Worldwide Education, Microsoft
Session summary coming soon
Day 2 |
9:00am - PANEL DISCUSSION: Lessons learnt from lockdown
9:00am - PANEL DISCUSSION: Lessons learnt from lockdown
Chaired by Ty Goddard, EdTech Demonstrator Programme
More information coming soon
9:50am - The role of governors through remote school - Sean Collins, Chair of Governors, Danesfield School
9:50am - The role of governors through remote school - Sean Collins, Chair of Governors, Danesfield School
Sean Collins - Chair of Governors, Danesfield School
Governors have an important role to play in the school's approach to home learning. An effective governing body can support and enable the school's leadership to put in place amibitious and sustainable plans. In particular this should include:
- The development of a school vision for home learning (what are the school aiming to achieve for its children and communities/how does this tie into your broader school vision
- Enabling a culture of qualified risk taking for school leadership
- Ensuring that the school has the resources it needs (hardware, software, support)
- Stakeholder engagement
- Triangulation - do you know what good looks like? How other schools are operating
- Forward thinking - governing bodies can play a key role in enabling leaders to think beyond the immediate term challenges. For example a Headteacher may rightly be very focussed on the execution of a plan up to July 2020 but how evolved are plans for September 2020.
10:45am - EdTech strategy for the future: Developing staff pedagogy and uptake - Giles Hill, Digital Learning Lead - Aspire Academy Trust
10:45am - EdTech strategy for the future: Developing staff pedagogy and uptake - Giles Hill, Digital Learning Lead - Aspire Academy Trust
Giles Hill, Digital Learning Lead - Aspire Academy Trust
EdTech strategy for the future: Developing staff pedagogy and uptake
Giles presents a reasoned perspective on how to lead and implement EdTech strategy across a group of schools while developing staff uptake and usage. What are the golden outcomes that we are trying to achieve? How can you work well with teaching staff to evaluate products and their use across schools? What technical pre-requisites and structures are there for a school to run systems successfully? What pitfalls and mistakes do you need to be weary of? Q+A session to follow the presentation.
11:30am - KEYNOTE: John Laramy - Principal and Chief Executive, Exeter College
11:30am - KEYNOTE: John Laramy - Principal and Chief Executive, Exeter College
John Laramy - Principal and Chief Executive, Exeter College
Session summary coming soon
1:00pm - Creating an EdTech Strategy to help lead through challenging times - Jen King, Microsoft
1:00pm - Creating an EdTech Strategy to help lead through challenging times - Jen King, Microsoft
Jen King - UK Schools Engagement Lead at Microsoft
‘Creating an EdTech Strategy to Help Lead through Challenging Times’ Highlighting how digital transformation is more important than ever as we ‘Reimagine Education’ We will explore the Education Transformation Framework and how it can help guide a sustainable and lasting edtech strategy.
1:45pm - Raising standards when back at school: Lessons learnt from remote teaching - Sarah Morgan and Ben McGinnes, Headteacher and Teacher - Danesfield School
1:45pm - Raising standards when back at school: Lessons learnt from remote teaching - Sarah Morgan and Ben McGinnes, Headteacher and Teacher - Danesfield School
Sarah Morgan and Ben McGinnes, Headteacher and Teacher - Danesfield School
Session summary coming soon
2:30pm - Using PowerBi dashboards to raise standards across schools - Nicole Ponsford, Demonstrator Regional Lead, LGfL
2:30pm - Using PowerBi dashboards to raise standards across schools - Nicole Ponsford, Demonstrator Regional Lead, LGfL
Nicole Ponsford - Demonstrator Regional Lead, LGfL
Session summary coming soon
3:15pm - KEYNOTE: Education Re-Imagined: What Matters Most - Mark Sparvell, Microsoft
3:15pm - KEYNOTE: Education Re-Imagined: What Matters Most - Mark Sparvell, Microsoft
Mark Sparvell - Education Leader, Microsoft
Session: Education Re-Imagined: What Matters Most
In this hilarious closing keynote Australian award winning education leader, Mark Sparvell, from Microsoft Worldwide will draw from hot-of-the-press research to examine the now, the near and the next for education and the role technology can play in humanizing and not simply digitizing the experience.
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