Understanding and Monitoring Early Years - for Subject Leaders

Subject leaders need a strong grasp of children's starting points in their subject, which includes understanding the EYFS curriculum and confidently assessing its effectiveness. The role of a subject leader is broad and varied. For those not trained in EYFS, the Early Years can feel unfamiliar. This training session aims to demystify the EYFS aspect of subject leadership.

This online session explores:

• The EYFS framework and it's organisation for curriculum development.
• Knowledge about child development, research and key thinkers in the EYFS space.
• How the EYFS subject areas link to the KS1 and 2 curriculum.
• How the Prime areas lay strong foundations for each subject.
• How to monitor and assess the impact of an EYFS curriculum.

Participants will leave the session with:

• A deeper knowledge and understanding of the EYFS curriculum.
• Clarity about how the EYFS prepares children for KS1 and 2 curriculum learning.
• Knowledge about how provision and play supports children's progress through the Early Years curriculum.
• Practical strategies for monitoring the EYFS.
• Learning from discussions and networking with other subject leaders developing their understanding of EYFS.

Trainer

Emma Lewry is an experienced school leader, she has been Headteacher of three Schools, Acting Headteacher of another, and School Improvement Officer for a Primary MAT. Emma is an Early Years specialist, she is passionate about developing teams, through a trauma informed lens, and supporting schools to develop autonomy, independence and play for both children and staff. Emma is fascinated by the power of reflective supervision, and somatic and trauma informed coaching in transforming the well-being, engagement and retention of leaders in the education sector.

She offers supervision and coaching for School Leaders including supervision training and implementation support. Emma also works with Leaders offering EYFS and Continuous Provision consultancy, coaching and training support. She is a mentor for the Embedding Formative Assessment programme with SSAT.

Emma has a Masters in Educational Leadership and Management with a Level 7 Apprenticeship with the Chartered Management Institute. She is experienced in leadership coaching and facilitating training across a range of specialisms including Early Years, Leadership and Curriculum development. Emma is currently completing a L7 somatic and trauma informed coaching and leadership qualification (ICF and CMi accredited).

In her work Emma brings her values of kindness, connection, creativity and commitment along with a dose of humour and fun!

Cost

£35 per person for SWIFT member schools | £55 per person for non-member schools

Please note: Payment is by INVOICE ONLY. Please select invoice as the payment method at check out.

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If you are unable to attend on the day, or are sending someone else in your place, please let us know. Please be aware that failure to cancel your space can incur your school a cost. Full Terms and Conditions are available HERE.

SWIFT Partner providing course (including invoicing) is Exeter Consortium Schools’ Alliance (invoiced by Exeter Consortium)

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