New Science Leaders Network: FREE NETWORK MEETINGS

A network to support new Heads of Science to come together, learn and share ideas to promote the excellent teaching of science.

If you are new or in your first couple of years of leading science in your school why not join us and learn from experienced leads and talk through issues to find solutions with your peers. We will get together at half-termly meetings with experienced Heads of Science with space to develop and adapt according to the needs of the group.

The sessions will cover topics such as the difference between leadership and management, dealing with finance, strategies for monitoring and evaluation, assessment planning, running effective meetings, health and safety, writing a strategic action plan, how best to implement change, etc.

Every session will have a panel of expert ex Heads of Science or current Heads of Science who will be available to answer any questions as they arise through the year.

Remote - 16.00-17.00 - we recommend joining for all meetings if possible for continuity and community.

• Spring 1 - 25th January - Self-Evaluation and Effective Lesson Observations - Info and booking

• Spring 2 - 14th March - Finance and Recruitment - Info and booking

• Summer 1 - 25th April - Effective Action Planning and Leading Change - Info and booking

• Summer 2 - 20th June - Review of the Year and Sharing Best Practice - Info and booking

Chemistry Subject Enhancement for Non-Specialists - 13th December - Dr Challoner's High School, Little Chalfont, BUCKS - 9.30-15.30 - £200/£400* - Info and booking

Cover subject knowledge in the seven key topic areas along with common misconceptions. Develop strategies to help with effective teaching of the tricky bits of the curriculum and participants will be signposted to resources that will help to develop their teaching of chemistry.

Post 16 chemistry subject knowledge enhancement: 

• Redox - 10th, 17th and 24th January - 3 part course - Remote - 16.00-17.00 - £100/£200* - Info and booking

• Atomic Structure and Bonding - 1st Feb, 5th Feb and 7th March - 3 part course - Remote - 16.00-17.00 - £100/£200* - Info and booking

Solidify your subject knowledge and gain new insights into how to teach and apply these concepts.

KS4 Chemistry Required Practicals in a Day - 31st January - Dr Challoner's High School, Little Chalfont, BUCKS - 9.30-15.30 - £200/£400* - Info and booking

Cover all the required practicals for chemistry in a day to solidify your knowledge and discuss teaching techniques.

Subject Knowledge Enhancement: KS3 Chemistry - 5th Feb, 26th Feb and 11th March - Remote - 15.30-16.30 - £80/£120* - Info and booking

Develop subject knowledge to help planning and teaching chemistry for key stage 3. Aimed specifically at non-specialists, you will gain the tools and confidence to plan and teach your chemistry classes effectively. You will explore ways of building student understanding, taking into account misconceptions and common issues in teaching these concepts.

Stimulating Physics Free Bespoke Support

Receive free bespoke coaching and CPD support from your local Physics Coach. Work to improve the quality of your physics teaching and address any issues through a bespoke action plan led period of support. If you are interesting in finding out more please get in touch at hubs@scd.herts.sch.uk

GCSE Physics enhancement -  St Clement Danes School, Chorleywood - 9.30-15.30 - £200/£400* (50% TRP available - final price £100) Contact us to book with Teacher Release Payment offer.

• Motion/Electrostatics - 16th January - Info and booking - The day will be covering - Motion & Electrostatics including; motion, velocity, speed, displacement, distance, graphical analysis and problem solving, acceleration problems solving, distance time graph, speed time graph, misconceptions about motion, free fall, terminal velocity, electrostatic charges and movement, uses and dangers of static charges.

• Magnetism/Radioactivity - 13th February - Info and booking - The day will be covering - Magnetism & Radioactivity including; magnetism and demagnetisation, how magnets work & misconceptions, magnetic induction, domain theory, describing magnetic fields, discovery of the nucleus, the atomic model and plum pudding model, properties of alpha, beta and gamma, fusion, fission, calculating half- life as well as nuclear power station, dangers of radiation, uses of radiation & waste disposal.

• Forces/momentum/lenses - 12th March - Info and booking - The day will be covering - Forces, Momentum & Lenses including; resultant forces, forces in action, F=ma, stopping distance, car safety, momentum, conservation of momentum, calculations regarding momentum, explosion calculations, Hooke’s law, Newton’s laws of motion, lenses, drawing of ray diagrams for convex and concave lenses, correction of eye sights using lenses.

Subject Knowledge Enhancement: KS3 Physics - Remote - 9th Jan, 23rd Jan and 7th Feb - 3 course session - 15.30-16.30 - £100/£150* - Info and booking

Develop the background subject knowledge required to help planning and teaching physics for KS3. We will cover Forces, Motion, Electricity, Waves and Energy over the three sessions.

Physics for Non specialists - 11th January -  St Clement Danes School, Chorleywood - 9.30-15.30 - £200/£400* - Info and booking

If you have been asked to teach physics and it is outside your specialist area, this course is for you. It will help you develop methods of teaching as well as give you understanding around common misconceptions.

KS4 Physics Required Practicals in a Day - 18th January -  St Clement Danes School, Chorleywood - 9.30-15.30 - £200/£400* - Info and booking

Cover all the required practicals for physics in a day to solidify your knowledge and discuss teaching techniques.

Subject Knowledge Enhancement: Physics Triple Science - Remote - 23rd Jan, 30th Jan and 20th Feb - 3 course session - 16.00-17.00 - £100/£150* - Info and booking

Develop the background subject knowledge required to help planning and teaching physics for KS4 Triple Science. We will cover Homeostasis, Fission and Fusion, Space, Waves and Optics over the three sessions.

A-Level Physics Enhancement -  St Clement Danes School, Chorleywood - 9.30-15.30 

£200/£400* (50% TRP available - final price £100) Contact us to book with Teacher Release Payment offer

• DC Circuit Theory 2 - 30th January - Info and booking - This session of DC Circuit Theory 2 will focus on DC Circuit Theory 2:Current and charge, mean drift velocity,  I=nave, resistivity of a wire, electrical power and energy, exams techniques and misconceptions.

• Thermal Physics and Circular Motion - 27th February - Info and booking - This session of Thermal Physics and Circular motion will focus on; circular motion, C.P.F, banked tracked, conical pendulum, practical, misconceptions, teaching challenges, and tips.  Possible Extension: ideal gas laws, kinetic theory of gases, ideal gas assumptions, Boltzmann constant, mean K.E of particles, derivations.

Post 16 Physics Subject Knowledge Enhancement: Waves - 14th March -  Remote - 9.00-15.00 - £100/£200* - Info and booking

Develop the background subject knowledge required to help planning and teaching physics for key stage 5.

Post 16 Physics Subject Knowledge Enhancement: Fields - 25th April -  Remote - 9.00-15.00 - £100/£200* - Info and booking

Develop the background subject knowledge required to help planning and teaching physics for key stage 5. This course will help you to prepare for teaching the topic of fields and will focus on the subject knowledge needed to teach the content. 

Subject Knowledge Enhancement: Biology Triple Science - 10th, 17th and 29th Jan -  Remote - 15.30-16.30 - £100/£150* - Info and booking

Explore background subject knowledge to help planning and teaching biology for key stage 4 (Triple Science) with a focus on coordination and control. 

KS4 Biology required practicals in a day - 27th February - Sandringham School, St Albans - 9.30-15.30 - £200/£400* - Info and booking

Run through all the required practicals for Biology GCSE and learn about the best ways to teach them.

Subject Knowledge Enhancement: KS4 Biology - 17th April, 1st May and 15th May -  Remote - 15.30-16.30 - £100/£150* - Info and booking

This course will provide subject knowledge to help in planning and teaching biology for Key Stage 4 (Coordinated Science and Triple Science) with a focus on the genome, genes and gene expression and cell division.

Secondary Support for New Staff/ECTs - 13th Dec, 19th March, 23rd April and 21st May - 4 course sessions - Remote - 15.30-16.30 - £100/£150 - Info and booking

Develop an understanding of the key aspects of teaching science for ECTs, early career teachers or anyone returning to the classroom. It covers managing behaviour including for practical work; lesson objectives and outcomes; planning a sequence of learning; questioning and assessment - including formative assessment and top tips for starting your first job (or a new job or new academic year).

The Art of Science Demos: How to get the best from practical demonstrations - 17th and 31st Jan - 2 course sessions - Remote - 15.30-17.00 - £60/£90 - Info and booking

Effective practical demonstration involves more than is more than just showing students a particular experiment.  You will consider how to set the practical up, where to position students, how to keep their focus during the demonstration and how to assess the learning intentions.

Stretch and challenge of pupils in science - 24th January - St Clement Danes School - 9.30-15.30 - £200/£400* - Info and booking

Participants will gain an understanding of what stretch and challenge should look like based on evidence from Ofsted and research.

Moving into Science Leadership - 25th Jan, 1st Feb and 8th Feb - 3 course sessions - Remote - 16.00-18.00 - £120/£180* - Info and booking

For teachers who are wanting to take up their first responsibility post and will be leading colleagues perhaps for the first time. This course will provide a range of strategies to support their move into a first area of responsibility within a science department. It will look at: Leadership styles, the difference between leadership and management, what outstanding teaching and learning look like, strategies for monitoring and evaluation, writing a strategic action plan and how best to implement change.

Raising the attainment in Triple Science - 7th February - St Clement Danes School, Chorleywood - 9.30-15.30 - £200/400* - Info and booking

Looking to improve students’ performance? This CPD will enable you to consider a range of key strategies to help you achieve this in your science department. It has been designed for science departments and teachers that have little experience in delivering triple science courses. It would also be useful to attend if you are a new member of staff in a department that delivers triple science or your staff have found the change to current GCSE specifications challenging.

Linking your STEM curriculum to careers - 8th February - Remote - 13.00-15.00 - £60/£120* - Info and booking

This course explores ideas for developing STEM career learning content in lessons and extra-curricular activities.

Cutting Edge Science Talks for Teachers - Crises and Opportunities: Topics in Climate Research - 8th February - Remote - 16.00-17.00 - Free/£40 for independent schools - Info and booking

Join us for our second cutting-edge science talk designed for teachers. Kallista Angeloff, from Oxford University's Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Planetary Physics, will lead an exploration of the latest climate research, highlighting innovative approaches and scientific advancements in the ongoing battle against climate change.

Leading Health & Safety in your Science Department - 21st Feb, 6th March and 27th March - 3 course sessions - Remote - 15.30-16.30 - £100/£150* - Info and booking

Heads of department and key stages need to consider how effective the implementation of health and safety really is. Identify areas for development, understand the legal requirements and how you move towards everyone having a good understanding of effective health and safety.

CLEAPSS - Radiation Protection Supervisor Training

St Clement Danes School, Chorleywood - 9.30-16.00 - £160 members/£320 non-members

- 28th February - Info and booking

- 10th July - Info and booking

Ensure you are up to date with all you need to know about Radiation Protection and how to manage your resources.

Teaching KS3 Science for the 1st Time - 29th February -  St Clement Danes School, Chorleywood - 9.30-15.30 - £200/£400* - Info and booking

The aim of this course is to provide further support for those who are not experienced at teaching KS3 science.  This is perfect for those new to teaching or those teaching the subject outside of specialism.

Cutting Edge Science Talks for Teachers - What is the Future of Gene Editing? - 7th March - Remote - 16.00-17.00 - Free/£40 for independent schools - Info and booking

We are THRILLED to announce a new series of cutting edge science talks for science teachers delivered by top scientists in their field. This time we will be looking at Gene Editing.

Diagnostic Teaching and Dealing with Misconceptions in Secondary Science - 7th and 21st March - Remote - 16.00-17.00 - Free/£40 for independent schools - Info and booking

A course aimed at developing the use of diagnostic teaching in the classroom including: considering what we mean by diagnostic teaching, identifying ways in which we can incorporate diagnostic teaching into lessons and lesson planning, sharing sources of quality diagnostic questions and considered best ways to use these in everyday teaching and identifying how misconceptions may have been reinforced for students in earlier schemes of learning or through remote teaching during lockdown.

Science for low attainers - how to engage and ensure progress - 18th March -  Sandringham School, St Albans - 9.30-15.30 - £200/£400* - Info and booking

This course will look at how to effectively deliver the science curriculum to ensure progress by low attainers. The course will look at how the curriculum can be modelled to support low attainers and you will develop strategies to engage students with science and to ensure that pupil's skills are developed to allow them to access examinations and required practicals.

How to Embed Open-Ended Investigative Practical Work into the Science Curriculum - 14th, 21st and 28th March - 3 session course - Remote - 16.00-17.00 - £100/£150* - Info and booking

You will engage with the Gatsby Good Practical Science report and review strategies in order to plan and implement open-ended investigative practical work in the curriculum. This specifically addresses the Gatsby Practical Benchmark 8.

Effective Transition between Year 6 and Year 7 in Science - 22nd May, 12th June and 19th June - 3 session course - Remote - 15.30-16.30 - £100/£150* - Info and booking

This course will focus on how to establish effective transition between year 6 and year 7 in science. You will have the opportunity to consider the nature and content of the year 6 science curriculum, how to develop creative activities that build on prior learning and how to use diagnostic teaching to identify and address gaps in knowledge and skills.

Diagnostic Teaching and Dealing with Misconceptions in Secondary Science - 6th and 27th June - Remote - 16.00-17.00 - Free/£40 for independent schools - Info and booking

A course aimed at developing the use of diagnostic teaching in the classroom including: considering what we mean by diagnostic teaching, identifying ways in which we can incorporate diagnostic teaching into lessons and lesson planning, sharing sources of quality diagnostic questions and considered best ways to use these in everyday teaching and identifying how misconceptions may have been reinforced for students in earlier schemes of learning or through remote teaching during lockdown.

Integrating Climate Change into the Secondary Curriculum - 11th June -  St Clement Danes School, Chorleywood - 9.30-15.30 - £200/£400* Possible subsidy of £400 for tier 2 & tier 3 schools - Check online to see eligibility or email slp-support@stem.org.uk - Info and booking

Climate change is among the greatest threats and challenges of our time. From scientific analysis and technology to global political debate, tackling climate change requires a multi-disciplinary approach and encompasses a wide range of topics. During this course, you will learn about the science behind climate change, the strategies that are being employed to tackle the problem and explore creative ways to integrate this topic into the secondary curriculum.

Teaching KS3 Science for the 1st time - 27th June -  St Clement Danes School, Chorleywood - 9.30-15.30 - £200/£400* - Info and booking

The aim of this course is to provide further support for those who are not experienced at teaching KS3 science.  This is perfect for those new to teaching or those teaching the subject outside of specialism.  We aim to cover a number of essentials for teaching science, including key misconceptions, delivering practical work and health and safety.

CLEAPSS - Health & Safety Management for Heads of Science - 1st July -  St Clement Danes School, Chorleywood - 9.30-16.00 - £160 members/£320 non-members - Info and booking

The main emphasis of this one-day course is on management issues and risk assessment. It is intended for Heads of Science, their deputies, heads of physics, chemistry and biology and those aspiring to such posts.

Annual Secondary Science Conference - 4th July -  St Clement Danes School, Chorleywood - 9.00-15.45 - £100/£200* - Info and booking

Join us for this annual conference for science teachers and technicians (click here for technicians booking) which includes a full day of practical ideas and activities including keynote and workshop sessions throughout the day for biology, chemistry and physics. Connect with your fellow teachers and browse our marketplace in the break times. 

We offer a number of courses specifically for technicians - please click here to find out more.

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