Midwheb Partnership Graduation Success built on collaboration across schools and local authorities.

The growing postgraduate professional development programme passed another milestone this week with over 20 graduates being awarded Masters in Education. The partnership's programme is led by schools and local authorities and based upon identified development needs and priorities. The boroughs of Enfield and Haringey were particularly to the fore in leading this work through programmes for early years, teaching and learning, and leadership and management. The work by Jan Hickman leading PE teachers from Westminster, Enfield, Barnet and Newham came to fruition with the graduation of Kevin Matthews. Sue Cook's "Foundation stage" programme with Enfield, Waltham Forest and Haringey input has resulted in the graduation of Sue Storey, Jude Wood, Marion Samuel, and Elizabeth Detheridge . About a third of particpants report they are promoted as a result of their studies and several successful candidates moved from one partner borough or school to another. Midwheb Partnership work makes a real contribution to the development of education.

Masters Awards at St Thomas More Catholic School

Credit goes to London Borough of Haringey and especially St Thomas More school for the graduation of Andrew Hall, Eve Czauderna, Susan Kambalu and Deborah Mitchell (not pictured). The school has been actively supporting staff initially through a Haringey led professional development programme called "Developing Effective Practice" focused upon teaching and learning strategies. The teachers have gone on to research and develop school based projects for their dissertations on assessment, and teaching of writing. (Also pictured is Sue Storey from Hertfordshire)

Graduation Ceremony 2008

Masters Award for Park View Academy Staff.

Park View Academy staff featured strongly in the Middlesex University 2008 graduation ceremony with five teachers gaining MA in Education awards. Pictured are Drew Wilkins, Peter Czajkowski and Abdul Jabbar, and who with Serpil Urmez and Ann Persadhave completed three school based development projects focused upon improving aspects of teaching learning and assessment at the school. The school has a group, led by Assistant Headteacher Lisa Jepson and projects include literacy skills, assessment for learning, active and engaging learning styles, and meeting the needs of bilingual learners. Further graduations are expected next year.

Midwheb Announces the Module Programme For September 2008

The programme is based upon 3x60 credit level 4 modules including a Dissertation/Project. Modules are action enquiry based and assignments are portfolios containing needs analysis, project planning, practice based work, data and analysis. Evidence of impact is central to our work.

Modules For September 2008 are:-
Teaching and Learning (Generic programme plus specific sessions for subjects) Trent Park
Global Dimension to the Curriculum (Enfield/Online)
Action Enquiry (Trent Park-Online)
Developing Professional Practice (Trent Park-Online)
Middle Leadership (Trent Park)
Aspiring Senior Leadership Enfield (Joint Boroughs)
PSHE (Enfield)
Developing Effective Practice (Haringey)
Induction Programme (Enfield/Trent Park)
SEN (Distance/Trent Park)
SPLD (Distance/Trent Park)
Gifted (Distance/Trent Park)
School Based Improvement projects Schools

Fees £750 per 60 credit (year long) module

Contact Dr Ian Terrell i.terrell@mdx.ac.uk 0208 411 2458
*Subject to 6 Year Review Autumn 2008

Secondary Initial Teacher Training

Colleagues in the Secondary Initial Teacher Training programme have received an outstanding Ofsted report showing the following highest grades possible:-

Quality of training: Grade 1
Management and quality assurance: Grade 1

The report notes that key strengths are:
· very effective recruitment and selection procedures

· the coherence of all elements of the training programme, supported by high quality documentation

· effective procedures to develop trainees’ subject knowledge throughout the course

· strong leadership and management with a clear vision for development

· the dedication and commitment of subject leaders providing a high level of individual support for trainees

· very thorough monitoring and review procedures leading to effective improvement planning.

There are only two providers in London with such high quality provision.

Team member Lech Worsocki, is developing our MA Teaching programme as a follow on award and professional development programme involving subject support, school based projects and where possible school and local authority based induction programmes. Please contact him on L.worsocki@mdx.ac.uk for further discussion on this programme.

Moderation has been achieved!

The portfolio assignments for the second assessment board of the year have been assessed and moderation has taken place across the modules. About 40 portfolios were looked at by the team of tutors and partners. A third described the excellent middle leadership projects and research on change and leadership led by the local authorities and specifically Enfield LA. The rest were divided between the excellent foundation stage programme, and the "International Partnerships/Global Dimension" development work based at Haselbury Infants school". A full evaluation of the impact of this years important work will follow nd be added to (these links )our impact reports.

NEW MA INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
Starting to Soar

Preparation is well under way to begin recruitment for the new MA Inclusive Education programme. This is a distance learning programme involving negotiated research projects into best practice in the following areas:

• Special Educational Needs
• Specific Learning Difficulties
• Gifted Learners
• Bilingual Learners
• Emotional Social and Behaviour Management.

Participants will be issued with a study guide and supported by online learning. They will be asked to appoint a workplace advocate to advise them on the focus of their research and development work.

Contact i.terrell@mdx.ac.uk

PPD Funding Secured for A Further Three Years

The TDA have written to us confirming that our bid for the Postgradaute Professional development Fund has been succesful. This is a subsidy that allows us to keep the cost of modules much lower at £750 per year (60 credits) for those with QTS in England.

The fund also contributes to the running of the Partnership

Now we have to find 500 teachers to sign up for our courses starting in September

We have modules at Trent Park for:-




Teaching and Learning (Generic programme plus specific sessions for subjects, such as
• Geography
• ICT
• History
• Arts
• Maths
• MFL
• Science
• English
Middle Leadership: Leading from Within
Global Dimension to the Curriculum

Online - We have modules for:-

• Global Dimension to the Curriculum
  
• Action Enquiry
  
• Developing Professional Practice
• Special Educational Needs
  
• Specific Learning Difficulties
  
• Gifted Education
  
  

This is a Midwheb Partnership Consultation on Developing Opportunities

We are in early discussions with colleagues in the Department of Media about establishing CPD opportunities and support for:-
* Teachers of Media Studies, Film Studies
* Teachers that use media in teaching and learning (digital images, film making, TV, Radio, Sound , publications etc)

This clearly might involve media and film studies teachers in secondary schools, but also others including primary specialists.



The department has a great deal of expertise in the fields of Film , Media and Cultural studies, Video and Interactive Arts, Film and Interactive Writing, Sonic Arts, and Television Journalism and Production.

We envisage developing a number of possibilities including:
* CPD opportunities for teachers (short courses, credit bearing work,)
* Use of University facilities
* Projects for teachers/schools
* Networking of school staff and University


I would like partners to pass this message on to colleagues and invite, at this early stage, staff in schools to make suggestions about what they need and want from such an opportunity.

I am meeting the department in May and wish to convey some specific information to the working party about what partners need and would find useful.

We would like to complement local support for this area and it would be helpful to know what other activities are going on.

Please e mail me if you have any thoughts. i.terrell@mdx.ac.uk