Primary science Design & Technology courses for teachers and DT leads. STEM CPD LIVE* Remote delivery science courses and networks.
The following packages provide opportunities to network and learn with colleagues in the same role in other schools. The sessions are aimed at subject leaders and other key school staff. Each session is professionally facilitated by STEM consultants.
* These courses are live and not recorded and cannot be watched back at a later date.
BOOKINGS
Online bookings close 24 hours before the course start date. Last minute bookings can be made by email and not the website.
For any queries regarding a course please contact Anna Cummings on STEM@dtsa.org.uk.
FEES
Fees shown are for maintained (state-funded) schools.
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EP2415 Assessment, Evidencing and Progression
RK198 A180
Delegates will be introduced to a range of formative and summative assessment approaches that will also support the effective monitoring of D&T.
Fully funded for schools from the Derby, Nottingham, Leicester and Northampton areas only. All other bookings will be cancelled.
EP2415 Electrical Systems and Control
RK198 A177
Learn how to program microcontroller devices to control switches, buzzers, motors, LED lights etc, to develop D&T projects in your classes.
Fully funded for schools from the Derby, Nottingham, Leicester and Northampton areas only. All other bookings should be made on course RK198 A257.
EP2415 KS2 – KS3 Transition
RK198 A181
Review the KS3 D&T curriculum against what the children in KS2 are required to know and be able to do to ensure your children secondary ready.
Fully funded for schools from the Derby, Nottingham, Leicester and Northampton areas only. All other bookings will be cancelled.
EP2415 D&T Subject Leaders Drop In Sessions
RK198 A206
These sessions are to support and provide guidance for both the long standing D&T subject leader and those newly appointed to D&T subject leadership.
The sessions will provide opportunities to ask D&T related curriculum and subject leadership questions as well as focussed content to enable subject leaders to provision a high quality D&T curriculum in schools.
Free for maintained schools from Derby, Nottingham, Northampton and Leicester. Bookings from outside this funded area will be cancelled.
EP2415 Supporting Colleagues to Deliver Genuine D&T
RK198 A182
This final session will provide a review all the previous training sessions and support subject leaders to develop a comprehensive programme of support for their colleagues in school.
Fully funded for schools from the Derby, Nottingham, Leicester and Northampton areas only. All other bookings will be cancelled.
EP2415 Mechanisms and Mechanical Systems
RK198 A326
The course will explore resources and opportunities to effectively teach children the principles of levers, linkages, pulleys and cams with ideas to develop the iterative process as well as the knowledge and skills for the practical tasks.
Fully funded for schools from the Derby, Nottingham, Leicester and Northampton areas only.
EP2415 D&T Subject Leaders Drop In Sessions
RK198 A207
These sessions are to support and provide guidance for both the long standing D&T subject leader and those newly appointed to D&T subject leadership.
The sessions will provide opportunities to ask D&T related curriculum and subject leadership questions as well as focussed content to enable subject leaders to provision a high quality D&T curriculum in schools.
Free for maintained schools from Derby, Nottingham, Northampton and Leicester. Bookings from outside this funded area will be cancelled.
REGISTRATION, BOOKING AND FEES
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For any other queries regarding a course please contact Anna Cummings on STEM@dtsa.org.uk.
FACE-TO-FACE & PAST COURSES
In-person courses are available in your local area which are great for networking and practicals, and a list of past courses is available to view showing courses we are able to run again on request.
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Our aim is to allow all staff to support students to ensure they are the best that they can be. We are proud to have provided teachers, technicians and other educators with high impact, subject-specific professional development in science and the STEM subjects of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.