The Council for Learning Outside the Classroom (CLOtC) have launched their new and updated training programme for 2016.
The revised training programme for 2016 is designed to help staff take the next steps, wherever they are on their journey to ensure the young people they work with have access to high quality learning outside the classroom (LOtC) experiences.
The new CLOtC training programme will continue to offer a friendly training experience, with small groups, engaging tutors, inspiring LOtC venues and plenty of time for discussion and the opportunity to talk about your own setting; but courses have been refreshed and updated, with a few new ones added too.
Below is a list of the courses on offer from April 2016.
For schools and LOtC providers:
NEW Using the Historic Environment
This course, delivered jointly by The Historical Association and the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom, will help you to deliver the Historic Environment study for the new GCSE specifications.
NEW Fundraising for LOtC
This course is delivered for CLOtC by the Foundation for Social Improvement. Find out how to put together a fundraising strategy, focusing particularly on fundraising from individuals and the community and submitting grant proposals to trusts and foundations.
For schools and early years settings:
NEW Getting started with LOtC: Taking Learning Outside
Delivered in partnership with Learning through Landscapes, Taking Learning Outside is ideal for teachers, early years practitioners and support staff who are new taking learning outside. You will take away lots of practical activities for teaching literacy, numeracy and science in your school grounds and local community.
REVISED Building confidence in LOtC: Meaningful Learning: Teaching the Curriculum Outside the Classroom
Gain the skills to help your school maximise the benefits of LOtC and deliver curriculum-linked outcomes outside the classroom. Discover the research into the benefits of LOtC and plan curriculum-linked LOtC lessons to take away and use with your pupils and your team.
REVISED Moving on with LOtC: Policies and Practice: Making the most of the opportunities beyond the classroom
This course is for those who want to embed LOtC in their school’s policies and practice, so that all pupils can benefit from inspiring learning opportunities. Using LOtC Mark as a framework for development, you will consider how to engage staff and the community through LOtC, monitor and evaluate LOtC effectively, manage risk and develop robust systems and policies.
NEW Higher level LOtC: Developing and Reviewing Active Learning Outside the Classroom for schools
Take your LOtC provision from good to outstanding. This course will help you to further improve your provision by considering how to implement outcome-focused learning outside the classroom in order to build on the learning which takes place, integrate it more with classroom-based learning, and improve outcomes for young people.
For LOtC providers:
NEW Higher level LOtC: Developing and Reviewing Active Learning Outside the Classroom for providers
Take your LOtC provision from good quality to high quality. This course is aimed at organisations who already have good LOtC provision, and are likely to have achieved the LOtC Quality Badge, but who wish to improve further. You will look at how to implement outcome-focused learning outside the classroom in order to build on the learning which takes place, integrate it more with classroom-based learning, and improve outcomes for young people.
Meeting Curriculum Needs
For providers of LOtC: Keep up-to-date with the ever-changing school landscape, and ensure that the sessions you offer can meet the aims of the national curriculum.
Building Great Relationships with Schools
This course for providers of LOtC will consider how you communicate with schools, and how you can improve your marketing and communications to better meet schools’ needs and increase the number and quality of visits you offer.
How to book
Visit the CLOtC website today to book yourself on to one of the highly recommended courses:
www.lotc.org.uk/news-and-events/clotc-events-training
Other support from CLOtC
CLOtC can also offer bespoke and whole school training sessions. Email events@lotc.org.uk or phone Victoria Wilcher on 07889 723781 for more details.
If you are looking for information and ideas for teaching the curriculum outside the classroom, don’t forget that we have LOtC Resource Packs for EYFS to Key Stage 5 for History, English, Maths and Science. Order your packs of inspiration.
We look forward to seeing you at one of our courses soon!
