Practical training to ensure outstanding teaching and learning in the classroom

Outstanding teaching is delivered through outstanding performances, not by poring over Ofsted criteria. Paul Dix - an Ofsted commended, award-winning trainer and former teacher - cuts through the jargon to the heart of the teaching performance.

Learn and develop the habits, rituals and routines of highly successful teachers. This is a practical and active course with strategies and plans to take away and use tomorrow.

This course will help you to:

• Take risks and try a more active and engaging style of teaching
• Drastically improve Ofsted/HMI and internal teaching assessments
• Refine your teaching 'performance'
• Use the first five minutes to fully engage students
• Stretch and challenge all your learners
• Fully integrate independent self-organised groups into your teaching
• Structure learning and raise expectations to raise achievement
• Manage active and collaborative learning
• Plan for differing ability levels
• Establish assessment for learning at the task level

Who should attend?

This course is suitable for teachers of Key stage 2-5

• Teachers from primary, secondary, special schools and PRUs
• Learning support and teaching assistants
• Learning mentors
• Headteachers and school governors
• Teachers and lecturers from FE
• Newly qualified teachers, PGCE and GTP students

About your trainer:
Paul Dix is lead trainer for Pivotal Education. Paul is a columnist for numerous education publications including Teach Primary and Teach Nursery magazines. He is a leading writer for Pearson/Longman with five published titles and has presented evidence to the Education Select Committee on behaviour and discipline.

Paul won a National Training Award in 2009 and a Royal Television Society Award in 2011. Paul is a trainer with an exceptional reputation for designing, implementing and sustaining transformational change in schools.

Testimonials from attendees of Paul’s recent Guardian seminar:
"Fantastic"
"Enlightening"
"Dynamic"
"A very enthusiastic and knowledgeable professional development presenter"
"He was enthusiastic, passionate, easy to listen to and incredibly knowledgeable"

Guardian Teacher Network member discount
Guardian Teacher Network members receive a 20% discount on the standard delegate rate. If you are not already a member, click here to sign up - it's quick, simple and absolutely free of charge.

Please note that we are unable to accept offline payments, except for group bookings of more than eight delegates where a booking fee applies. A non-refundable booking fee of £25 per booking (not per delegate) will be payable for offline bookings. Invoices must be paid within 14 days of issue or by 7 days from the date of the seminar, if payment is not received booked places will be released.