AOC LEARNING WEEK 2021 PROGRAMME 5 - 9 JULY 2021 #AOCLEARNINGWEEK
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AoC Learning Week 2021
Programme
5 – 9 JULY 2021
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09:00-09:45
FE Commissioner Launch: Good practice guide for college
management accounts
Speakers: Frances Wadsworth, FE Commissioner (Interim), Steve Hutchinson,
Deputy FE Commissioner and Andrew Tyley, Deputy FE Commissioner,
Department for Education
As part of an increased focus on support to the sector, Frances Wadsworth as Interim
FE Commissioner introduces a new good practice guide aimed at promoting best
practice in the presentation of college management accounts. Deputy FE
Commissioners Steve Hutchinson and Andrew Tyley will set out key features of the
guide, how to access the materials including two exemplars using a fictional case study
with an opportunity for Q&A.
This event is free to attend outside of the Learning Week ticket.
09:30-10:15
Behaviours of an inclusive mindset
Facilitator: Shirley Williams, Leadership Coach and Consultant, Resolve
Consultancy
Our brain works in mysterious ways and if the brain feels excluded, that equals to
distress. When the brain is in distress it feels threatened and the emotional part of the
brain is amplified (which isn’t a nice place to be). This means if you aren’t actively going
out of our way to include people then you’re probably accidentally excluding people –
so we all have to work at it!
We’ll get it wrong but that’s ok as we will learn. To develop an inclusive mindset,
consider whether you have the habit of leaving out a certain population. Every day, each
of us has many decisions to make, how we can connect to people and how we provide
information. In this session, we’ll look at providing you with inclusive habits that will
support you in your everyday life and work.
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Supporting behaviour that challenges
Facilitator: Laura Kerbey, Founder, Positive Autism Support and Training
This session will include:
• Behaviour – looking at the "whole picture" and different perspectives
• Using “The Iceberg Theory" to analyse behaviour and identify solutions
• Avoiding the conflict cycle and using assertiveness techniques
• Simple strategies to support when behaviour challenges
16:00-16:45
Introduction to FE Finance and Funding
Facilitator: Andrew Tyley, Consultant and leading expert on FE Funding, Tyley
Associates
This session will give an overview of FE finance, features of good practice and early
warning signs of when things can go wrong.
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Tuesday 6 July
09:30-10:15
Cultivating curiosity to support learning and subjective
wellbeing
Facilitator: Bob Craig, Trainer, Coach, Consultant and Therapist, specialising in
the FE sector
This session will focus on three areas:
• Student learning and outcomes: How can individuals and organisations deploy
the power of curiosity to accelerate motivation, engagement and learning?
• Professional learning: How can leaders within organisations create the
conditions and culture for curiosity to flourish and why does this matter?
• Wellbeing: What is the value of opening yourself to the world around you and
within you, to support subjective wellbeing? What approaches can we deploy to
do this?
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Understanding our unconscious bias: What will enable
success
Facilitator: Shirley Williams, Leadership Coach and Consultant, Resolve
Consultancy
We usually don’t see ourselves being biased but we can see it in others, they are very
subtle and mostly accidental. Not many of us get up in the morning and say ‘oh I’m
going to be biased today’; it is something that isn’t planned. There are over 150,000
biases and biases are also very adaptable which makes sense in our quick decision
making – i.e. keeping us alive. Today we hope to bring a better understanding to YOUR
own unconscious bias and get YOU thinking about how it might affect you and how we
might be affecting others.
16:00-16:45
Pedagogy in EdTech
Facilitator: Steven Hope, CEO, C-Learning and Director, Edufuturists
This session will focus on how, over 5 years, Steve worked to create a culture which
supported teachers and staff to innovate their teaching and learning, to try new things
and to take risks.
• How starting with the ‘why’ is more important than ‘what’ and ‘how’ you will do
• 10 key elements which helped Steve develop a culture of innovation
• Some key focuses for creating appropriate, personal CPD for staff around the
use of EdTech.
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Wednesday 7 July
11:00-11:45
Being kind to yourself: The importance of self-compassion,
taking breaks and sleep
Facilitator: Penelope Aspinall, Mental Health Trainer, Charlie Waller Trust
It is easy to be kind to others but often we find it harder to be kind to ourselves. Yet,
treating yourself kindly is essential for maintaining good wellbeing and productivity. It is
also very hard to care for other people if you are not caring for yourself. This session
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breaks and getting enough sleep.
12:30-13:15
Cracking the code – Inclusive coaching for success and
progression
Facilitator: Dr Maxine Room CBE, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion Coach, Mentor,
Developer and Facilitator
This session will look at the difference between coaching and mentoring and the
benefits of each.
• What is inclusive coaching and how can it make a difference to individuals and
the organisations they work within?
• What does success look like in a coaching relationship?
• How do you get the most out of coaching?
There will be 10 takeaways for career progression internally and externally and one
lucky participant will receive a free 1 hour session with Dr Maxine Room CBE – coaching
the gift you never knew you needed!
14:00-14:45
College funding and budgets; what’s changing and what will
stay the same
Facilitator: Julian Gravatt, Deputy Chief Executive (Policy, Curriculum and
Funding), Association of Colleges
Funding in further education is incredibly complicated, keeps changing and is about to
get another overhaul as a result of the Skills for Jobs white paper and other plans from
government. Meanwhile some things don’t change. This session will be a quick tour
though government policy, college budgets and which bits matter most.
16:00-16:45
Assessment for Learning and Questioning in English
Facilitator: Jonathan Kay, Head of Teaching, Learning and Assessment, Newcastle
College
Using questions to engage and assess students is one of the most effective tools in any
teacher toolkit: this session will focus on how best to efficiently and effectively assess
students in a range of contexts. There will also be a focus on questioning and how to
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questioning.
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Thursday 8 July
09:30-10:15
Communicating in a crisis – Best practice for colleges
Facilitator: Ben Verinder, Managing Director, Chalkstream
This session will help delegates develop their understanding of:
• The essentials of crisis communication and the resources required
• How to avoid common pitfalls for colleges facing a public difficulty
• Managing traditional and social media during a crisis.
12:30-13:15
Tips to ensure your brainstorm doesn’t become a sigh-clone
Facilitator: Jo Small, International Executive Coach and Trainer
High workloads? Time pressures? Competing priorities? These challenges, plus the
associated challenges of working through Covid, can all impact on our ability to develop
creative pockets of time with our teams. Yet, effective brainstorming has the ability to
help us rethink what we’re doing, maximise team engagement, and set the foundations
for innovation.
This session will explore:
• How to develop a creative environment for brainstorming activities
• Brainstorming activities and tips
• How to make ideas part of everyday culture
All the activities and tips have been developed for use both face to face and online.
16:00-16:45
Excelling as a middle manager
Facilitator: Jon Thedham, Experienced Coach, Management and Leadership
Development Educator
Middle Managers in further education have a challenging and vital role. They are the
implementers of strategy and the monitors and improvers of quality in both teaching
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manage their teams but also input into strategy and undertake tasks previously
undertaken by senior managers. An FE middle manager now needs to be self-aware,
critically reflective and be able to balance looking outwards to a wide range of
stakeholders, as well as looking inwards to successfully lead and manage their team.
This is not an easy task. This session will cover:
• The changing expectations of FE Middle Managers
• Balancing leading and managing
• Managing in uncertainty
• Using your emotional intelligence
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Friday 9 July
09:30-10:15
Outstanding English teaching
Facilitator: Jonathan Kay, Head of Teaching, Learning and Assessment, Newcastle
College
Covering a range of strategies from his new book, Improving Maths and English in
Further Education: A Practical Guide, Jonathan will share a range of approaches which
cut workload whilst improving impact. This session will focus on the quick wins, tips and
teaching strategies which are easily applied and really make the difference to students.
12:30-13:15
Embracing the shift to online learning
Facilitator: Donna Ford-Clarke, Product Director of BTEC and Technicals, Pearson
The pandemic has driven a step change in digital innovation, but where does the future
now lie for education? In this session, we will reflect on lessons learned over the past
year and explore what needs to happen next, with practical takeaways to enhance
teaching and learning.
Career-focused learning with Learning Hub
As we look forward to the AoC Learning Week, Pearson are excited to announce the
launch of their new and enhanced Learning Hub platform, designed to help your
learners make progress in their careers through blended learning.
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AoC Learning Week is sponsored byFacilitator biographies (in alphabetical order)
Andrew Tyley, Accountant and Director, Tyley Associates
Andrew Tyley is a qualified accountant with over twenty years' experience in the Further
Education sector, both as Finance Director and as College Principal for Walford & North
Shropshire College. Previous employers include Coventry City Council (Head of
Education Finance); PriceWaterhouseCoopers (Management Consultant); Adult Learning
Inspectorate (Finance Director and Company Secretary) and Harper Adams University
(Finance Director).
Since 2014 Andrew has used his extensive experience of Further Education finance in a
range of consultancy assignments including interim support for financial
recovery/turnaround and merger project management/financial modelling. Andrew has
delivered a range of training modules for AoC on FE finance, including the recent
masterclass series for governors and new principals. Appointed in 2015 to the FE
Commissioner’s team, Andrew was promoted to the role of Deputy FE Commissioner in
2016. In this capacity Andrew has led a number of formal interventions, stocktakes,
diagnostic assessments and structure and prospects appraisals.
Ben Verinder, Managing Director, Chalkstream
Ben is managing director of Chalkstream, an agency delivering reputation and market
research, management consultancy and public relations services to the education
sector.
Ben teaches a range of crisis and issues management courses for national and
international clients and has provided risk, issues and crisis management for nearly
twenty years. He is a CIPR Founding Chartered Practitioner and lead chartered status
assessor, a judge on several education awards and a regular speaker on
communication, reputation and market research in education.
Ben is also a contributor to a range of public relations books, a published poet and
author of the biography of adventurer Mary Burkett. His specialism is psychology in
public relations practice and, more broadly, change management in education.
Bob Craig, Trainer, Coach, Consultant and Therapist, specialising in the FE sector
Bob Craig is a trainer, coach, consultant, and therapist, specialising in the FE sector. He
set up his business in 2011 after fifteen years working in colleges. He has worked with
over a hundred FE and SFCs on areas such as:
• Teaching, learning and assessment methods to cultivate curiosity for in class and
out of class learning
• Delivering Level 5 ‘Coaching Professional Apprenticeship’ and Level 5 ILM
‘Certificate in Coaching and Mentoring’ as dual qualifications in FE settings for
teachers, tutors, support staff and skills trainers.
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senior leaders
• Training students to nurture resilience, agency, self-leadership and mentoring
skills for their own benefits and to support peers
• Whole college approaches to mental health and wellbeing
• Developing the skills, culture and conditions to support professional learning
and QI initiatives (e.g. peer and other observations, innovation projects)
Donna Ford-Clarke, Product Director of BTEC and Technicals, Pearson
Donna Ford-Clarke is Product Director for BTECs and Apprenticeships at Pearson. In this
role, Donna leads on identifying, developing and launching new qualifications, digital
learning solutions and teaching and learning support services for the BTEC portfolio.
Jo Small, International Executive Coach and Trainer, Optima Training (UK)
International executive coach and trainer providing lightbulb moments all over the
world.
From prisons to potting sheds, farms to factories, and warehouses to woodworking
workshops, Jo has had a varied career which has seen her deliver coaching and training
in diverse locations. Jo has 15 years’ coaching experience and 25 years plus in training.
Whether it’s online or face to face, she develops highly interactive creative programmes
with a coaching approach, including webinars; online team coaching; facilitated
meetings; and online action learning sets. Her key goal is to switch on lightbulbs, and
she does this by using a range of creative techniques that she keeps in her training and
coaching toolbox.
Jon Thedham, Management and Leadership Trainer, TDM Services
Jon is an experienced consultant, facilitator and coach who has worked successfully for
over twenty years with a wide range of clients from the Further Education, private and
not-for-profit sectors. He has held senior management and marketing roles in the
education, commercial and public sectors and has been involved in the design and
delivery of the Association of College’s range of FE sector management development
programmes specifically specialising in middle managers. He is also currently, at Stirling
University, researching FE middle management development and how it can be
enhanced and improved. In the last couple of years Jon’s other projects have include
working on the Advanced Mentoring Programme and the writing of three ETF Guides
supporting Advanced Practitioners and their managers.
Jonathan Kay, Head of Teaching, Learning and Assessment, Newcastle College
Jonathan Kay is former Head of English and maths who, as an experienced teacher,
leader and author, has worked across a number of colleges and Secondary schools.
Currently working as Head of Teaching, Learning and Assessment at Newcastle College,
he has extensive experience of improving outcomes in English, maths and TLA, leading
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English Expert for a leading exam board. Jonathan’s particular areas of expertise are
English, TLA, change management and assessment. His book, Improving Maths and
English and Further Education: A Practical Guide, is out now.
Julian Gravatt, Deputy Chief Executive (Policy, Curriculum and Funding),
Association of Colleges
Julian Gravatt is one of two Deputy Chief Executives at AoC and is AoC's specialist on
funding, finance and regulation issues. In his role at AoC he gives evidence to Select
Committees, works with thinktanks, helps government officials implement policy and
advises principals and governing bodies on college strategies.
Laura Kerbey, Founder, Positive Autism Support and Training
Laura is the founder of Positive Autism Support and Training and KITE Therapeutic
Learning and has been working with autistic children and young people for over 20
years.
She started her teaching career as a lecturer in the Supported Learning Department of
a large mainstream college and in 2002 Laura became the Autism Champion for the
Surrey College Network. After enjoying the role for over a year, she became Assistant
Head, then Head Teacher at an independent specialist school.
In 2013 she founded Positive Autism Support and Training.
Dr Maxine Room CBE, Founding Director, Medacrii Associates
Maxine is an internationally experienced, respected, and preeminent Equality, Diversity
& Inclusion ambassador, education, business and strategic change leader. Enterprising
and entrepreneurial with global recognition, Maxine is committed to improving the
quality and sustainability of organisations through mergers, business development,
effective strategy, equality, diversity and inclusion, effective people management skills
and leadership success. Alongside this she has developed individual and group
coaching and mentoring strategies to the benefit of individuals wanting to progress in
their careers whatever level and their day to day work challenges. She has a
demonstrated track record of effective and efficient engagement in change
management, improvement through quality success indicators, and transformation
including the use of frontier technology and data science to bring about mutually
agreed stakeholder strategies and plans.
Penelope Aspinall, Mental Health Trainer, Charlie Waller Trust
Penelope has been working freelance with Charlie Waller as consultant trainer for the
Workplace programme and a trainer on the Universities and Colleges programme since
August 2018. Immediately prior to joining Charlie Waller, she worked at the University of
Bradford, first as Head of Counselling and then taking on the Disability Service as an
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Mental Health.
Penny has nearly 30 years’ experience as a counsellor and trainer, working in a range of
settings, including Zeneca (Huddersfield), Arla Foods and in private practice as a
counselling and organisational mental health consultant, although most of her career
has been spent working in Universities.
Shirley Williams, Leadership Coach and Consultant, Resolve Consultancy
Connection, Fairness and Clarity: Bringing out the best version of yourself
I am passionate about people and how they can turn their interests into success in life
and their workplace. I encourage a growth mindset and nurture a sense of purpose to
keep the bigger picture in mind. With over 29 years’ experience in skills, employability,
healthcare and finance across strategy, development, training, culture change and
funding, within the UK and overseas. I now have the privilege to help individuals,
businesses and organisations improve diversity and inclusion in leadership,
progression, development, people performance and nurturing a positive impact for
people to become the best version of themselves.
I am an Associate for AoC and have delivered the ETF Diversity in Leadership Coaching
programme for the last 2 years. Through the programme, I provide one to one coaching
with senior leaders, managers and governors, challenging bias, removing obstacles to
attaining leadership roles and to use tools to build confidence in aspiring leaders and
deliver workshops on ‘Becoming a Change Maker’.
Most recently, I produced the ‘Creating Inclusive Organisations’ online learning module
for the ETF Governance Development Programme.
Steven Hope, CEO, C-Learning
Steve is the CEO of C-Learning. C-Learning is a google premier partner and a leading
specialist in education focused cloud-based solutions serving several thousand clients in
over 30 countries. Steve worked in Further Education for 17 years in many roles, with
his last role being Head of Independent Learning at Leeds City College. Steve is a
director of the Edufuturists who run a weekly podcast, as well as events discussing the
future of education and gathering learnings from around the world. Steve is a chair of
Governors at a Primary school in Leeds.
AoC In-House Training
Rachel Almeida, Head of Events, Training and Sponsorship, training@aoc.co.uk
AoC Learning Week showcases a small selection of our trainers and we would be
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AoC Learning Week is sponsored bydelighted to discuss any training needs you may have. The critical benefit of in-
house training is the ability to design programmes that address your specific
situation. We’ll work with you to create a bespoke training programme led by a
team of experts selected from inside AoC and beyond. Get in touch to discuss.
Visit our website for more details.
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