“The Evolve Trust
aims to create a
family of academies
in the Mansfield
region and beyond,
enabling an
increasing number of
children and young
people to fulfil their
potential
and providing them
with greater access
to a diverse range of
opportunities
when they leave
school”.
Professional, Learning & Development Learning, Teaching & Research
We are committed to providing exceptional learning opportunities and
outstanding educational outcomes for all our pupils in the Mansfield
locality and beyond. Our aim is for every child and young person to
benefit from a world-class education, one which inspires our schools’
communities to achieve more than they thought possible. Our
commitment to these aims is evident through our working practices,
which focus on making the difference to the life chances of all our pupils
and students.
Academy staff and students work and learn together as our practice is
continuously improved to bring about the changes required to deliver on
our ambitious aims. As a Trust, we prioritise achievement and inclusion
by valuing individuals. We meet these priorities by excelling in putting in
place, for both students and staff, personalised learning pathways and
pastoral care that seeks to addresses barriers to learning experienced by
anyone.
Claire Marie Cuthbert
CEO for the Evolve Trust
Professional Development at The Evolve Trust
Pathway 1:
School based Teaching and
Learning
Pathway 2:
NQTs/RQTs
Pathway 3:
Established, developing and
Lead Fellowship Teachers
Pathway 4:
Middle Leaders and Post Holders
Pathway 5:
Senior Leaders
Pathway 6:
Head Teachers
Pathway 7:
Qualified Teacher pathway
What’s on offer?
Evolve Trust
Teacher induction
T&L half termly advice, support and guidance to
respond to emerging needs
of the pupils
What’s on offer?
NQT/RQT
coaching cycle
NQT Induction Programme
What’s on offer?
Specific
professional learning
communities.
Lead Teacher and Fellowship
educational research. (30
credits)
Coaching and Mentoring
What’s on offer?
New to Middle
Leadership
Aspiring Middle Leader
programme
Extended leadership
project
Outstanding Leader in Education
What’s on offer?
Outstanding
Senior Leader programme
Extended
leadership project
Outstanding Leader in education
What’s on offer?
Head Teacher
Institute
Aspiring Head Teachers
What’s on offer?
Beginning Teachers; schools
direct/PGCE/ Apprenticeships
SEN training
Dyslexic friendly
teaching
Autism friendly teaching
MAPA
When:
All year round
When:
Term 1
When:
All year round
When:
Term 1/2
When:
Term 3
When:
All year round
When:
Term 1 – 3
Core Text:
Determined by academy HT
Core Text:
Teach like a Champion
Core Text:
Determined by academy HT
Core Text:
Leadership Matters
Core Text: Core Text: Core Text:
The Evolve Trust is working in partnership with Nottingham Trent University and many of our pathways are accredited for Masters level. Staff
are selected for these pathways in negotiation through application and performance management and accreditation is based on contribution
and commitment to not only your own professional development but also your wider contribution to the Academy and Trust vision. All pathway
selections are to be completed through the line management and Performance Management processes.
Pathway 1: School based Teaching and Learning
Who: All classroom based staff When: As determined by
Headteachers Where: Base school
Expectation:
These will take place as part of the mandatory meeting
schedule (1 hour per week) as determined by academy
Headteachers, to leave at least one week free for parents’
evenings each half term. The meetings will not always follow
the exact pattern below, depending on the timing of parents’
evenings and other events. Please refer to the Academy &
Evolve Trust calendar for the most up-to-date list of dates for
meetings and events.
The Programme: A termly CPD calendar will be shared with all staff at the start of the term so they are aware of the Academy CPD and Evolve Trust offer: Example:
Week 1) Pathway 1: T&L meeting as a whole/in assigned groups – all staff
Week 2) Pathway 1: Department meetings/phase teams – all staff
Week 3) Pathway 1: Department meetings/phase teams – all staff
Week 4) Pathway 3: Lead Teachers/Cluster and Fellowship development groups – all staff to attend one of the session in consultation with HT/Line Manager
Week 5) Pathway 1: Department meetings/phase teams – all staff to review practice and plan for the next half term
If the term has additional weeks, these may be used for extra departmental/phase meetings.
The foci for these meetings will be based around whole school and personal needs and sent out in advance. Leaders, Lead Practitioners, pupil premium champions and specific specialised staff are to lead sessions as specified as a whole school or dept./phase. Cross collaboration with all teachers and led by expert staff from all three Academies is appropriate according to need. Whole school examples may include workshops and collaborative work around assessment, literacy and phonics, maths mastery or metacognition
Pathway 2: NQT’s and
RQT’s
Who: Teachers who are in years 1-3 of their career.
When: Fortnightly throughout
the Autumn Term Where: The Brunts Academy Core text: ‘Teach like a Champion‘
by Doug Lemov Expectation:
Participants will be expected to attend 6 sessions throughout the Autumn term and engage with the core text. Sessions will involve viewing video material and/or professional reading in advance or as follow up and practice or reflection tasks to consolidate professional learning. Web discussions may also be used to follow up and share reflections.
The Programme: The Evolve Trust NQT programme is designed to support NQT’s and RQT’s in developing the quality and impact of their practice throughout the year. Sessions cover a wide range of core areas and offer participants the opportunity to develop their understanding and practice through:
Planning for success
Effectively structuring a lesson
Building character and trust
High expectations for behaviour
Effective questioning
Use of discussion for learning The programme will also include:
Access to outstanding and experienced practitioners around each focus area
Observing and critiquing good and outstanding teaching
Hands on experience – applying their professional learning in each session
Practical resources to use in class, including those made available online
Opportunities to review and discuss exemplar work, including growing sound awareness what counts as quality learning in key areas
Opportunities to network and liaise with their peers and other professionals, including through internal online network support groups.
Pathway 3: Established, developing and Lead Fellowship
Teachers
Who: Established teachers and leaders who complete the application process
When: Dates throughout the
academic year Where: The Evolve Trust Head
Office Expectation: Participants will complete the following:
Evidence Based Action Research (Approximate guidance)
Summary of findings (Abstract) (250 words) 1) Contextual information about your area of research in relation to your subject area what you will be covering (150 words) 3) The aims (100 words) 4) Data analysis including pre/during and post action research (3 pages) 5) Conclusion (250 words) 6) Next steps (100 words)
The Programme: In order to complete the accredited pathway, participants will also complete what is listed below and this will be assessed by examiners at Nottingham Trent University. Successful staff will need to submit a report in consultation with NTU. Key features include:
‘Professional Development: Impact and Dissemination’ module and have access to NTU online/physical library.
The total word count for the 30 Credits is 5,000 words. This is broken down into the following components:
1) A short researched paper on the context of the proposed area of Action
Research. 2) A dissemination tool to share your new knowledge, e.g. a short briefing
paper for governors or a power point for colleagues. 3) Analysis of the impact of the Action on your professional practice 4) Reflection of the Action Research on your professional learning.
Staff will receive an allocated fund to spend on any resource they feel is appropriate to
support the project. physical
Pathway 4: MLT and post holders
Who: Staff new to middle leadership or TLR positions
When: Fortnightly throughout the
Autumn Term Where: The Evolve Trust Head
Office Core text: Leadership Matters by
Andy Buck
Expectation: Participants will be expected to attend 6 sessions throughout the Autumn term and engage with the core text. Sessions will involve professional reading in advance or as follow up and practice or reflection tasks to consolidate professional learning. Sessions include:
Strategy, vision and values
Who do I want to be as a leader? Why would anyone want to be led by me?
Creating alignment
Effective planning and organisation
Delivering a strategy
Effective QA and evaluation
The Programme: This programme is designed for new middle leaders and post holders. The programme is made up of five units each focusing on a different elements of school leadership. The purpose of these programmes is to develop, nurture and sustain leadership potential across The Evolve Trust by:
Developing a core group of future leaders with the professional strategies, professional confidence, personal resilience and the knowledge base to effect school improvement across their school and Evolve as the educational landscape changes
Providing a programme that will make an immediate impact on participants’ effectiveness in their current role and serve as a foundation to enhance their success in their long-term careers
Building leadership capacity and sustainability in order to embed succession planning and effectiveness in moving into new leadership roles and structures
Harnessing the potential of those in leadership roles that have the capacity to become highly effective school and system leaders
Developing cohorts of leaders who will support and develop others to seek leadership positions and attract others with potential into leading schools in the Trust
Developing a group that will become the focus of leadership potential across the Trust and so inform leadership development, school improvement strategies and collaborative strategies
Developing experience and confidence to work collaboratively across the Trust
Pathway 5: Senior
Leaders
Who: Those aspiring to become a Dept. Headteacher or Headteacher
When: Fortnightly throughout the Spring
Term Where: The Brunts Academy Core text: TBC
Expectation:
Participants will be expected to attend 6 sessions throughout the Spring term and engage with the chosen core text. Sessions will involve professional reading in advance or as follow up and practice. Participants will work, with support, in a leadership role in another school that responds to a genuine school need and makes a direct contribution to school improvement, this may include being part of Due Diligence Review teams where appropriate. Coaching will also be provided in the participants own school.
The Programme: This programme has been developed to support the development of the next generation of Headteachers within The Evolve Trust. The programme is limited to a maximum of 5 participants per year and it is expected that delegates will have aspirations to lead their own school in the future. This programme is designed to help develop outstanding leaders who are capable and confident in working in a very different environment to the historic models of leadership in schools. The programme is designed to identify talent and potential at any stage of a teacher’s career and sustain and reinforce personal ambition and professional aspiration in order to create a cohort of leaders committed to securing excellence for all in Evolve schools.
While it is concerned with the future of leadership across the trust the programme is also designed to enhance participants’ current practice and make a direct impact on their school and, in particular, develop confidence in leading teaching and learning, closing the gap and as a systems leader, committed to collaborative working and improvement.
A central theme of the programme is to enhance current leadership practice and increase participants’ engagement through taking responsibility for, and managing, their own development and, possibly, further qualifications. While the focus is on personal development a key principle of the programme is to see leadership as collective capacity rather than personal status and to emphasise the importance of collaborative working in the school and across the system. Future leaders are in every respect also system leaders. If you are interested in being considered for this Programme please speak to your Headteacher or the Director of School Improvement in the first instance. improvement
Pathway 6:
Headteachers Who: Headteachers and where
appropriate, aspiring Headteachers
When: Fortnightly throughout the
academic year Where: The Evolve Trust Head Office Core text: Texts have included:
Glass Ceilings – Iain Hall The Curriculum – Mary Myatt The Culture Code – Daniel Coyle
Expectation:
Participants will be expected to attend every fortnight throughout the academic year and engage with the chosen core text. Sessions will involve professional reading in advance or as follow up and practice. Participants will also have the opportunity to collaboratively review and develop strategic thinking. Each session takes the format of a facilitated open-ended workshop working under Chatham House rules.
The Programme: The Headship Institute is a development programme created by Claire-Marie Cuthbert (CEO)
for serving Head Teachers in the Trust. The Head Teachers meet on a fortnightly basis at the
Trust’s Head office and actively engage with the latest research, encompassing the best
practice on leadership.
The sessions will focus on:
Reviewing and analysing strategic issues and analysing the implications of government policy
Capturing the emerging experience of The Evolve Trust community in order to embed coherence, consistency and clarity across the Trust
Learning from practice across the Trust especially that which is based on evidence and research
Monitoring principle into practice
Developing a shared language around the keystones and cornerstones
Developing the executive as a learning community
Supporting well-being, capacity building and sustainability of members of the group
Reinforcing the vision, values and culture of The Evolve Trust.
Pathway 7:
QTS pathway Who: Applicants must have a
degree in the subject they wish to teach, GCSE English and maths grade 5 or equivalent.
When: Throughout the academic
year Where: Based within an Evolve Trust
school
Expectation:
Participants will need to attend Nottingham Trent University for 1 day per week as well as fully engage in all PLD provided within their base school. Participants will be expected to deliver to a timetable from the start of the course which will gradually increase throughout the year.
The Programme:
Our aim is for every child and young person to benefit from a world-class education and one which inspires our school communities to achieve more than they thought possible. Our commitment to these principles is evident through our working practices, which focus on making the difference to the life chance of our pupils and students.
Academy staff and students work together and learn together, and by doing so practice is continually improving and bringing about the changes required to deliver on our ambitious aims.
As a Trust we prioritise inclusion and value individuals, and excel in delivering pastoral care and personalised learning pathways for both staff and students.
You will be trained in a highly supportive environment and develop the rigour, professional knowledge, understanding and skills necessary for the delivery of creative, purposeful and challenging teaching and learning. You will be assigned a subject mentor within the school who will work alongside you on a day- to-day basis. Mentors are highly skilled in coaching, effective classroom observation and providing accurate and timely feedback. The training programme in school will also be overseen by an experienced Director of School Improvement who will act as the link between the university and school, as well as ensuring that you have access to a comprehensive professional development programme throughout the year including key training sessions.
Pathway dates and venue
details
Confirmed dates for 2018/19 are as follows – updates will appear in the Trust Teaching and Learning Newsletters:
NQT/RQT Programme (Brunts): Planning for success 10th September Lesson Structure – 24th September Building Character and Trust – 8th October High Expectations for Behaviour – 22nd October Effective Questioning – 12th November Use of Discussion for Learning – 26th November Impact and Review – 10th December
New to MLT Programme (Trust HQ): Strategy, Vision and Values – 17th September Who do I want to be as a leader – 1st October Creating Alignment – 15th October Effective Planning and Organisation – 19th November Delivering a Strategy – 3rd December QA and Evaluation – 17th December
Fellowship Programme (Trust HQ): Course Intro – intro to NOW – Masters expectations and writing at M-Level - November 12th Research Paper - December 10th Reflection on Professional Learning - March 11th Analysis on professional practice - April 29th Final Checkpoint - July 22nd
Trust Performance Management (Brunts): 18th October
Trust INSET days: Administration Day – 4th September Performance management review and new objectives – 26th October Statutory training day, including safeguarding – 5th November 7th January 2019 – TBC 5th July 2019 – Whole Trust INSET day
Aspiring SLT and HT programmes: These programmes will be announced to start in the Spring term.
