Creating a Universal Design with Social Engagement as the Fuel for Learning – Introduction and Implementation to the SEE-KS framework

Personal development and well-being: developing school support of pupils' personal growth and mental health

Inclusion: evaluating the support provided to vulnerable and disadvantaged pupils, including those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)

Headteacher

Senior Leader

SENCO

ARP Lead

9am – 9:30am Tea and coffee

9:30am – 10:45am “The Why” – Part 1 - Current developments in social neuroscience - engagement is a powerful “fuel” for learning. This session will include discussions so that participants can discuss how they have gauged student engagement in their classrooms. A freely accessible tool for measuring engagement will be shared.

10:45am – 11:00am Break

11:00am – 12:30pm “The What” – Part 2 - Fostering social emotional engagement within a universal design for learning (UDL) framework. This session will include a discussion of instructional strategies that are designed to enhance student investment, independence and initiation. A freely accessible tool for enhancing engagement will be shared using an UDL pedagogy.

12:30pm – 1:15pm Lunch

1:15pm – 2:30pm “The What” – Part 2 - Fostering social emotional engagement within a universal design for learning (UDL) framework. This session will include a discussion of instructional strategies that are designed to enhance student investment, independence and initiation. A freely accessible tool for enhancing engagement will be shared using an UDL pedagogy.

2:30pm – 2:45pm Break

2:45pm – 3:30pm “The How” – Part 3 - Enhancing student engagement using teacher to teacher mentorship; application of appreciative inquiry techniques using video case studies. A freely accessible tool for teacher to teacher mentorship will be shared.

9am – 9:30am Tea and coffee

9:30am – 10:45am Monitoring Engagement – We will discuss “the how” of implementing a freely accessible tool for measuring student engagement and how this tool can be embedded into existing practices for lesson planning and multi-tiers of support (from group settings to individual learners).

10:45am – 11:00am Break

11:00am – 12:30pm Enhance Engagement – Teacher Mentorship – Participants will practice application of a 6 step process of implementing appreciative inquiry techniques using video case studies.

12:30pm – 1:15pm Lunch

1:15pm – 2:30pm Enhance Engagement – Teacher Mentorship – Participants will practice application of a 6 step process of implementing appreciative inquiry techniques using video case studies.

2:30pm – 2:45pm Break

2:45pm – 3:30pm Sustaining practices in your settings – Participants will discuss take away strategies for cascading this training into their various settings, initial steps, and strategies for sustaining the practices.