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Teaching & learning development programmes

ACER has been delivering quality CPD programmes for teaching professionals and curriculum managers in FE since 1993. Our experience across the whole FE curriculum allows us to aid the development of teaching staff across our membership and wider. ACER was responsible for managing the regional partnership which formed the East of England Centre for Excellence in Teacher Training (EECETT) between 2007/2010. It’s legacy is taken forward through ACER’s Teacher Education and Teaching and Learning Network.

Professional values & practice:

Maintaining professional standards
Reflective writing
Survival skills for new teachers
Personalised learning
Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP)
Active learning approaches
Creative teaching for better engagement
Developing learner study / revision skills
Adapting resources
Engaging your students
Presentation skills
Reflecting on the go
Improved questioning techniques
Improving communication in difficult situations
Behaviour management:

14-19 behaviour management
Improving achievement
Working with NEETS
Working with offenders
Behaviour management for support staff
Positive approaches to behaviour management
Classroom and workshop management to promote engagement and achievement
Developing a more effective response to bullying
Responding to wider issues of safeguarding
Differentiation & managing mixed ability groups
Managing larger groups

Learning & teaching:

Developing kinaesthetic teaching styles
Developing personalised learning
Engaging your students
Developing learner induction programmes
Mentoring and coaching
On-line publications
Research skills
Teaching a grade 1 lesson
Integrating ILT
e-portfolios
Using ILT
Working with a changing curriculum
Writing ILPs and SMART targets

Assessment for learning:

Action research & practitioner-based research
Evidencing good practice
Lesson observation training
Better CPD - planning, executing, evaluating
Objective assessment
Post-lesson observation training
Providing audio feedback
Report writing
Working with targets – effective paperwork and data management
Formative and summative assessment

Specialist learning & teaching and teacher education:

e-learning development & user testing
14-16 curriculum delivery
Embedding the minimum core on teacher training programmes
Developing employer engagement
Effective vocational training
Developing ILPs for initial teacher education & CPD
Introduction to embedding / contextualising PTLLS
Teaching skills for adult education
Train the trainer

Planning for learning:

Efficient resource preparation
Lesson planning
Preparing for Inspection
Resource management across partnerships
Setting up workplace SfL programmes
SMOG analysis, readability & writing clear resources
Tutorials, ILPs & SMART targets

Access & progression:

Blended learning approaches
Developing service level agreements between schools and colleges
Engaging with 14-19 curriculum partners
Interviewing prospective learners

Whether you are new to teaching, new to FE or an experienced curriculum leader we have CPD opportunities to suit your needs. From behaviour management to research skills and from survival skills for new teachers to teaching a grade 1 lesson, we have the skills, experience and programmes to help you, your curriculum and
your organisation develop.

We support teaching and learning practitioners across the FE sector to improve teaching; assessing training quality to enable you and your students to get the most from the college and further education sector. Our activities are wide-ranging and include training for teaching staff, assessors, study support skills, research skills and supporting teachers of learners with learning difficulties and disabilities.

In addition to our development programmes for teaching skills and classroom management, we also cover all aspects of academic development including research,
quality, school liaison and academic management.

If you’re a Skills for Life or Functional Skills specialist, you may also be interested in our specialist provision for these areas - click here