We would like to welcome you all to our 2014 NQT conference here at Sheffield Hallam University.
The day will begin with key notes from Nicola Shipman, a National Leader in Education and Bob Sawyer, the

executive Head teacher at All Saints School in Sheffield both passionate about what makes high quality teaching and learning and bringing their significant experience and wisdom to the conference. These keynotes will be followed by a range of workshops facilitated by experts in the field. The workshops will mainly focus on key priorities identified by NQTs in recent surveys and Ofsted reports.
Enjoy, participate, learn and interact with other NQTs as you journey through the day sharing your experiences. We anticipate that this day will be supportive, informative and will add to your knowledge and expertise as a teacher.
Please offer your feedback at the end of this conference through the evaluation forms available to help us shape future events.
Paul Dickinson (Head of Strategic Developments in Education at Sheffield Hallam
University)

8.30 – 9.10
Owen Atrium
9.15
– 10.15
Pennine Lecture Theatre
Nicola Shipman - National Leader for Education, Executive Principal of
Steel City Schools Partnership, a National Leader of Education and is currently training to be an Additional Ofsted Inspector
Bob Sawyer
– Executive Head Teacher of All Saints Catholic High
School, Chair of Secondary Head Teachers Association and a trainee
Ofsted Inspector
Primary and Early
Years
Secondary and Post 16 All Phases
Workshop 1 Workshop 2 Workshop 3 Workshop 4 Workshop 5
10.45 – 12.00
Ofsted – Are you ready?
Working with
EAL pupils
Positive behaviour in secondary and Post 16 classrooms
Evaluating
Performance
Career
Professional
Development
Facilitator/s Nicola
Shipman
Sue Withey
Shabnam
Shah
Mark Heaton Lynne Selkirk
Judy Ogden
Sean Cavan

Room
12.00 – 1.00
Aspect Court
15402
Aspect Court
15102
Aspect Court
15203
Aspect Court
15204
Level 4 Level 1 Level 2 Level 2
Aspect Court
15103
Level 1
Lunch Aspect Court 15206, 15207 Level 2
Primary and Early Years Secondary and Post 16
All Phases
13.00 – 14.15
Facilitator/s
Room
Workshop 6
Working with other adults
Workshop 7
Getting to know the whole child
Workshop 8
Working with pupils with
EAL
Workshop 9
Workshop
10
Data: establishing a little clarity
Early Career professional development
Maxine
Pountney
Aspect Court
Level 1
Yolande
Tose
Niki Elliot
Aspect
Level 2
Zaidah Ahmed
MBE
Jerry Brown
Judy Ogden
Sean Cavan
Aspect Court
15303
Aspect Court Aspect Court
15203 15103
Level 3 Level 2 Level 1
Primary and Early
Years
Secondary and Post 16 All Phases
14.45 – 16.00
Workshop
11
Workshop
12
Workshop
13 Workshop 14 Workshop 15
Primary
Computing
Assessment:
What is it and how best to do it
Working with
Pupils with
SEND
Working with other adults
Phil Spencer
Pauline
Anderson
Claire Eaton
Maxine
Pountney
Early Career professional development
Judy Ogden

Facilitator/s
Room
Sean Cavan
Aspect Court
15105
Level 1
Aspect Court Aspect Court
15202
Level 2 Level 3
Aspect Court
15303 15203
Level 2
Aspect Court
15103
Level 1
Pauline Anderson Use of pupil data in Early Years/Primary
Pauline Anderson- Head of service- Primary. Sheffield City
Council.
Former LA School Improvement
Partner ; primary school head teacher (Bradford LA), Deputy head teacher (Wandsworth LA) and class teacher (17 years in the classroom)
What is assessment?
What are the different forms of assessment and when do you use them?
National data
School data
Working in the classroom and what you need to be able to assess effectively
Signposting to research
National changes and the Sheffield response
Zaidah Ahmed MBE Working with pupils for whom English is an additional language
Zaidah Ahmed MBE - Zaidah is highly respected in her field of community cohesion and community engagement work with BME and harder to reach communities. Along with her other skills of effective communication, diplomacy and professionalism this has resulted in her expertise to be widely sought in the Borough
Effective working with EAL pupils
Strategies to address community cohesion
Challenges and strategies working with ROMA pupils

when critical work has been required to support engagement and intervention activity.
Jerry Brown Use of pupil data in secondary
Jerry Brown - former National
Data Adviser to the National
Strategies. Prior to that Head of
Assessment and Performance for Kirklees LA. Particularly interested in using pupil performance data to improve pupil outcomes in schools through the development of effective systems of self
– evaluation. Now working as an independent education adviser with schools, LAs and academy chains.
This session will focus on improving delegates' knowledge and understanding of some of the concepts and principles that underpin an effective analysis of pupil attainment and progression
Sean Cavan
Head of Strategic Business
Engagement, SIE and Vice-
Chair, Universities Council for the Education of Teachers
Judy Ogden
Early Career Professional Development - opportunities for you to gain Masters accreditation through action research in your classroom
Senior Lecturer, SIE and Vice-
Principal, Parkwood Academy
This workshop will focus on our new ECPD programme which we have developed with senior colleagues in our local Teaching School Alliances.
The programme has been specifically designed for newly qualified teachers and recently qualified teachers. It helps you develop your insights into the challenges of the early stages of your career and provides you with significant support as you work with your pupils and school colleagues. The programme is practice focussed and helps you explore and understand in greater depth how you can engage with your professional activities through undertaking small-scale action research activities that are aligned with your school improvement work and own professional

development.
Our objective for this workshop is to give you a clear picture of what is involved and give you a chance to consider and discuss how the ECPD could support your career ambitions. The session will include a practical group activity to help you gain an insight as to what is involved in undertaking an ECPD module and provide answers to any questions you may have
Mark Heaton Promoting positive behaviour in secondary classrooms
Senior Lecturer, former Local
Authority Behaviour &
Attendance Consultant, leading on National Strategies initiatives in Sheffield
This workshop introduces participants to the principle of promoting positive behaviour in the classroom and across the school. The workshop will focus on the underlying causes of misbehaviour and the importance of social, emotional and behavioural skills. It will acknowledge how our own behaviour impacts on pupils’ behaviour and highlight the importance of planning for positive classroom behaviour. The session will provide information on strategies and practical approaches for effective positive behaviour management.
The session will include a mixture of teaching, practical activities and opportunities for discussion. It will also highlight the relevant elements of the new ‘Teaching Standards’.
Claire Eaton and Niki Elliot The person behind the data: working with young people with low literacy scores
Niki Elliot Leads on Special
Educational Needs and
Disability for the Sheffield
Institute of Education. She has worked as a teacher, SENCO, senior leader and LA Principle
Adviser and currently chairs a national forum on SEN and disability.
The workshop will explore Mexborough's School's approaches to-
Revealing barriers to learning: how Mexborough unpicked young people's perceptions of their learning experiences. Responding to barriers to learning: what this means for subject teachers.
Claire Eaton has been teaching
We will also be introducing you to our new NQT
Special Educational Need and Disability Forum an

for 15 years. Her background is as a Geography teacher and
Head of Year for 10 years before becoming Inclusion
Manager 3 years ago. She is passionate about ensuring all students are able to participate, enjoy and achieve. on-line resource to support your professional practice
Maxine Pountney Working with other adults
Maxine Pountney is the Course
Leader for HLTA at Sheffield
Hallam University as well as a
Senior Assessor and co-
Programme Manager for HLTA
North (a partnership covering
NW & NE England and the Y &
H region)
She has previously worked with primary and secondary students in Teacher Education at
Sheffield Hallam and currently teaches on the BA Hons in
Education and Learning
Support and Graduate Diploma for Youth Work, as well as running and managing the
HLTA programme. She has more than thirty years teaching experience.
'While teaching assistants are vital sources of support for teachers, knowing how to manage this relationship can be tricky.' The Guardian, 2013
The workshop aims to give a brief overview of the diverse roles and responsibilities of support staff across all phases of the school workforce, and to consider the skills and strategies needed and used by NQT teachers to manage and work with others, especially those who may seem to have
'more experience' of working with children in the school environment. The workshop will also provide an overview of the HLTA programme and the HLTA status, with reference to specific case studies, and there will be opportunities to discuss what HLTAs and TAs can offer to teachers and learners in and out of the classroom in terms of being a 'vital resource' and a valued team colleague.
The session would be of value to new teachers in all phases of education who are working on a regular basis with a range of support staff.

Nicola Shipman Ofsted – Are you Ofsted ready?
Nicola Shipman – Nicola is the
Executive Principal of Steel City
Schools Partnership - a Multi-
Academy Trust of 4 local primary schools, A National
Leader of Education and is currently training to be an
Additional Ofsted Inspector.
The workshop aims to give a brief outline of the current Ofsted framework from a school leaders and an Ofsted Inspectors perspective. It will also provide teachers with a “toolkit” of effective teaching and engagement with learning strategies to help enhance lessons and outcomes for pupils.
The session would be of benefit to all phases of education
Sue Withey and Shabnam
Shah
Working with pupils with EAL in Primary &
Early Years
Shabnam and Sue are both
Consultants based within the
New Arrivals and EMA Team in
Sheffield City Council. Providing support to schools focused on
Newly Arrived and Advanced
EAL pupils.
Shabnam and Sue are part of the team that deliver the EAL
Champions Teacher
Programme and mentor teachers across the Early Years and Primary phases.
This workshop will focus on supporting all EAL
Learners; identifying the different needs of newly arrived pupils and advanced EAL Learners in the
Foundation Stage, Key Stages One and Two.
Looking at your issues at both a classroom and school level.
We will help you to identify your EAL learners; focusing on pupil progression and key strategies to support EAL learners through appropriate interventions at all levels.
Yolande Tose Working with pupils with SEND
Yolande Tose has extensive experience of working with the parents of children with special educational needs and disabilities. She currently works for the Sheffield Parent
Partnership Service which provides impartial information, advice and support to parents.
Niki Elliot Leads on Special
Educational Needs and
The workshop will focus on establishing positive relationships with parents and how you can work in partnership with parents to understand: a child's experiences of learning how to remove or overcome the barriers that they might encounter in school.
We will also be introducing you to our new NQT
Special Educational Need and Disability Forum an on-line resource to support your professional practice.

Disability for the Sheffield
Institute of Education. She has worked as a teacher, SENCO, senior leader and LA Principle
Adviser and currently chairs a national forum on SEN and disability.
Phil Spencer Primary Computing. Addressing the New
Curriculum
Senior Lecturer and course leader of PGCE Computing.
Local lead for Computing In
Schools and Network of
Excellence
This workshop is intended to consider the recent developments in computer science in key stages one and two. It is intended to clarify what is expected on the national curriculum from 2014, to identify your own skills and how these may be applied as well as reviewing practical activities which may be used in the classroom.
The session will also identify areas where the university may be able to offer support and assistance in terms of personal CPD in this area.
Lynne Selkirk
Lynne Selkirk – Associate
Senior Leader for Aston
Community Education Trust.
Lynne is a mathematics specialist with significant experience of senior leadership at secondary level. In 2010 she was seconded to OFSTED for
12 months and then returned to a leadership post at Aston
Academy.
So what is school evaluation? How do senior leaders evaluate the performance of a school?
How is the quality of teaching evaluated? What does the school inspection framework say and how does this impact on the NQT?
This workshop will summarise the school inspection framework and link this to school evaluation. It will also give NQTs the opportunity to reflect upon and discuss how teaching is evaluated.

A big thank you to Sheffield Hallam University staff and facilitators for giving up their time and support for the NQT Conference 2014.

A very special thank you to all NQTs 2014 who have attended this conference. We wish you well and every future success in your career.
Please stay in touch.
Leah Allott
Sundus Alzouebi
Amina Alzouebi
Lauren Ambler
Adam Argent
Stephanie Armitage
Ermione Baimas
Kelly Bamforth
Rosie Barr
Daniel Barry
Luke Batson
Emma Bell
Matthew Biggs
Laura Binney
Emily Blanchard
Rebecca Boome
Kirsty Brown
Natalia Buckley
Stephen Bulley
Emily Burt
Samuel Buttling
Iain Byrne
Alexander Calvert
Demi Cardwell
David Carling
Teresa Cartlidge
Fungayi Chikowore
Amy Clark
Lucy Clough-Procter
Lara Cook
Zoe Cook
Kerrie Cox
Richard Crawshaw
Jessica Day
Rachel Dean
Samantha Dobbs
Katie Eastwood
Rosanne Everley
Daniel Faben
Alex Fradley
Kathryn Gardiner
Sophie Gilks
Elizabeth Grayson
Bradley Haigh
Ryan Hall
Leanne Hall
Elizabeth Hanbury
Richard Hanks
Oliver Harper
Lee Hawden
Alexandra Hays
Caroline Haywood
Tina Henderson
Lucy Hinchliffe
Amy Holmshaw
Claire Hughes
David Hughes
Aisha Hussain
Rebecca Inglis
Ruth Jones
Anna Judd
Lynsey Kellock
Bridget Kelly
Craig Lindley
Hannah Loadwick
Zoe Manders
Gail Maxwell
Michelle Mcgonigle
Breifne McKnight
Tom Metcalf
Jessica Musgrove
Saira NAdeem
Harry Nixon
Poppy Nobes
Maxwell Nyadongo
Helen Otway
Neha Parmar
Kate Partridge
Marie Pashley
Selina Patel
Jonny Pearce
David Pickering
Samantha Price
Diane Ramsamy
Anna Ramshaw
Clara Rawlings
Elise Rayner
Felicity Roberts
Lucy Robinson
Marie Emmanuelle
Sautron
Kate Scanlan
Katie Shepherd
Christopher Shortman
Michelle Simmonite
Jodie Slingsby
Kate Smart
Laurel Smith
Nathalie Swift
Elizabeth Taylor
Robert Thackray
Stephanie Topley
Lee Trueman
Kimberley Tryno
Rose Vernau
Stacey Wall
Ruth Walsh
Amy Watson
Emily Watson
Kylie Webb
Neirin Wheeler
Laura Whiteley
Samantha Wigglesworth
Dave Woodcock
Teodora Yankova
Jessica Yeoman
James Young