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