Which does your school do more of?
Training to help you improve your studentsā grades?
Training to help you improve their safety, wellbeing and character?
My guess is the former.
This weekās highlight from the We Are In Beta community will help you learn how brilliant pastoral colleagues up and down the country achieve the latter.
Have a great first week back (if you were off last week).
Have a great half term break (if you were in school).
We - schools - Are In Beta - always learning (when we improve pastoral practice as well as academic).
š Pastoral Champions Conference 2024 - register now.
Join us in March 2024 to celebrate excellence across the We Are In Beta Community at our first online Pastoral Champions Conference.
Weāre anticipating:
150+ schools
40+ sessions covering:
Attendance, Behaviour, Suspensions and Exclusions, Personal development, Inclusion, Safeguarding, Parents, Teaching Staff Development Non-teaching Pastoral Staff Development, Pastoral Strategy
100+ resources
Join us between 18th - 22nd March 2024 to:
š”Learn from schools beyond your school, MAT or region.
š Meet fellow pastoral experts - meet some of the best pastoral leaders and practitioners nominated by member schools.
š Download hundreds of resources - each session will give you access to the resources speakers use to implement their ideas.
š¤ Challenge your thinking - getting fresh ideas to increase your impact.
š Click RSVP 'Going' to add to your diary, get a reminder and be sent everything you need to access all sessions and resources.
Ā Ā Ahead of the event, weāll send you an email with:
a private invite link to access the online conference space and all the resources presenters will be sharingĀ
full line up for all the sessions to plan your week
š³ļø Nominate / join the line up.
Nominated speakers have already been busy submitting sessions on these topics.
But timeās running out to join the line up and help othersĀ across the community.
Are you working on any of these areas?
Whether itās an aspect of your work you want to:
celebrate and get feedback on OR simply
codify and capture so you can teach others how you do it to achieve greater consistency across your teamā¦
ā¦weād love you and your colleagues to get involved.
Here are the key dates you need:
By 26th February - nominate colleagues or volunteer yourself
By 1st MarchĀ - tell us you'd like to speak in this short form
By 12th March ā create and upload your session, supported by your SLT
w/c 18th March ā conference goes live! Jump in to meet fellow speakers, discuss sessions and learn from a wealth of ideas and resources on offer.Ā
Below weāve gathered everything you need toā¦
On a personal noteā¦
If my early days of teaching taught me one thingā¦
ā¦itās that I didnāt have the emotional literacy needed to get the best out of every student (or adult for that matter).
Had I not benefitted from two slices of luck, I suspect the limited training (about all things pastoral) I did get may have meant I didnāt stick at it.
What were they?
I had incredibly supportive mentors and colleagues - chatting to our school counsellor, Tracey, at lunch every day was a life saver.
I studied Psychology at uni with a focus on developmental, social and experimental elements.
Looking back, Iām hugely grateful for both.
Applying Psychological theory, which at the time was missing from ITT, and experimenting with the practical tips my colleagues gave me, taught me a huge amount about the human condition.
I still use these lessons today.
The greatest of all: understand what makes people tick.
But I often wonder how much more I could have helped my students achieve if I had access to bank of knowledge and resources, like the Pastoral Champions Conference.
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What has developing the non-academic side of education helped you achieve in your context?
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Thanks for reading.
@Niall AlcockĀ and the We Are In Beta team
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