Sequenced Learning and The Engagement Model
with Nick Sheffield, Monika Gaweda and Carol Allen
18 November 2022: 9 am – 3 pm
Carol Allen will begin by examining what sequenced learning, a crucial technique for successful learning activities, is. Then, she considers how it looks when working from the child’s perspective, as outlined in the Engagement Model, and how best to utilise this in your classroom.
Linked to this, Nick Sheffield will then consider what a good Engagement Profile looks like and how to create your own profile which puts the child at its centre, actively promoting engagement while supporting the teaching team.
Next, he explores how the Engagement Profile supports teaching and learning using the information gathered to inform practice. He includes using pupil voice as a critical driver for change.
Creating a culture of reflective practice in the classroom is central to building a team of ‘engagement experts.’ Nick wil share practical ways to achieve this, including the use of peer-to-peer observation, team coaching techniques and the role of video.
Monika Gaweda finishes with a strategic overview of how to base your School Self Evaluation Form on the Engagement Model including quality of teaching and learning, behaviour and attitudes, leadership and management and personal development.
9 am Admissions, welcome and introductions!
9.10 am Warm-up! Who are you?
In groups and introduce yourselves, your school and your role. How confident are you in using the Engagement Model?
9.15 am Session 1: Carol Allen – What is sequenced learning and why is Ofsted looking for evidence of it?
This session will look at
- What is sequenced learning?
- How does this fit with retrieval practice and working memory?
- What curriculum flexibility is required to enable this?
- What observations have Ofsted made and how can we use these to reflect on our provision?
10.00 am Session 2: Nick Sheffield – What does a good Engagement Profile look like?
We consider the key elements of an Engagement Profile which puts the child at its centre. This session will look at how to create your own Engagement Profile which is:
Accurate and informative
Supports the teaching team
Identifies and promotes engagement
Holds the child at the centre
10.45 am Coffee
11.00 am Session 3: Nick Sheffield – Sequenced Learning: child perspective
The Engagement Profile puts the child at the centre of teaching and learning, so what does sequenced learning look like from their perspective?
This session will look at:
Process driven rather than outcome driven opportunities
Engagement profiles
‘In the moment’ activities
Promoting pupil voice
12 noon LUNCH with optional mini online learning/reflective practice activity
1 pm Session 4: Nick Sheffield – Promoting Reflective Culture in your team.
Creating a culture of reflective practice in the classroom is central to building a team of ‘engagement experts.’
This session will look at:
Effective CPD
‘Film club’ – a team approach to lesson reviews
Peer to peer observation
How to use video in coaching
Evidence based practice
1.45 pm Session 5: Monika Gaweda – The School Self Evaluation Form: a strategic overview
This session will examine how to base your School Self Evaluation Form on the Engagement Model, including ensuring the Engagement Model develops sequential learning across your school and creating a clear and concise plan to work towards.
This session will look at:
Quality of teaching and learning
Behaviour and Attitudes
Leadership and Management
Personal Development
2.30 pm Q & A
3 pm Thank you and goodbye!
Nick Sheffield
Nick Sheffield is the Head of the Pre-formal Curriculum at Linden Lodge School and is an Associate Training Consultant at Hirstwood Training. Nick wrote our ‘A Practitioner’s Guide to the Rochford Review and the Engagement Model – Introduction’ and our ‘Advanced Course’ on the same subject, which has been completed well over 3000 times. He has also worked on several other projects for the team and is a regular at conferences in various areas.
Nick was part of the Expert Rochford Review team who produced the Engagement Model 2020 guidance and held the role of ‘Expert School Practitioner’. He has spoken at numerous conferences and lectures on the Engagement Model in theory and practice. Nick has a wide range of experience implementing the model across multiple SEN settings. Nick is a ‘teacher’s teacher’ who still currently has PMLD class, so he has updated practical knowledge of the do’s and don’ts of the model and how it has impacted his department and parental engagement.
With a dedicated multi-disciplinary team at his disposal, the school have delivered an Outstanding model;
‘There is a consistent high level of engagement by pupils. For the teaching professionals in class the engagement model was clear because the teacher modelled exceptional practice for the team. The new member of staff and a SALT worked together to develop their understanding of one pupils’ communication needs’ (Challenge Partners, 2022)
Nick can’t wait to deliver the course and lots of practical and logistical advice to ensure you are ‘Rochford Ready’!
Monika Gaweda
Monika Gaweda is the co-Headteacher at Linden Lodge School. She has vast experience across all pathways and is an expert in developing curricula, reflective culture, coaching and the sequencing of learning. Monika was previously Head of School at Swiss Cottage School, overseeing outstanding provision. She is a passionate leader of SEN education and continues to motivate and inspire a diverse workforce across an ever-changing educational landscape.
Carol Allen
Carol Allen is an education advisor for ICT and Inclusion, currently offering specialised support to Local Authorities, schools, parents and carers and a wide range of educators worldwide. She has taught since 1980 in both mainstream schools – primary and high, and schools for students with severe, profound and multiple learning difficulties. As an English specialist, she recognises that communication lies at the heart of all effective teaching. Accordingly, most of her work has centred on technology’s creative and engaging use to support communication in its broadest sense.
About Linden Lodge School
Linden Lodge School is a day and regional residential school for pupils with Vision Impairment. We are based in Wimbledon, southwest London and take pupils from a wide area and will consider prospective pupils from anywhere in the UK. We take children from Nursery to Year 14 (2 to 19) with vision, hearing, and multi-sensory impairments. The education of pupils with sensory impairment is highly specialized; therefore, we have specialist teachers, a specialist sensory curriculum, and extensive specialist resources and facilities on our campus.
We have a purpose-built centre for our PMLD Secondary and Sixth Form pupils, called the Harris Centre, staffed by the therapy team alongside the teaching team. This is our Engagement Model Hub, where we disseminate our practice and use it as a training hub to grow and develop our approach.
This course will be appropriate for classroom practitioners; middle and senior leaders from special schools and colleges, mainstream settings with specialist SEN provision and early years settings, and working with pupils with severe/complex learning needs and autism, or both.
The following resources will be available in your account for one week after the course date: a digital recording of this event, any resources shared/signposted during the session and a transcript of Zoom chat.
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