Osiris Educational | Teacher Training

What is Adversity?

Special Measures / Satisfactory School

• Low morale
• Ineffective leadership
• Reluctance to change

Pupil Behaviour

• Poor attendance
• Disruptive attitudes
• Insolence
• Aggression
• Low aspirations
• Gang culture

Relationships

• Union issues
• The blame ethos
• Pupil/staff friction

Teaching

• Satisfactory and unsatisfactory teaching
• High staff turnover

Pupil Culture

• 50-70% in carer/single parent households
• Poor achievement
• High pupil mobility 
• “Super cool” subculture
• Low prior attainment
• Low reading ages
• 40% on free school meals
• Culturally diverse

A World Class Vision

World Class Education Systems

• Finland case study
• Intelligent benchmarking
• What can we translate to Britain?
• Latest from critical US education thinkers eg. Tony Wagner

Staffing with Good to Outstanding Teachers

• Recruitment
• Retention
• Bonuses 
• Further professional development

Regenerating the Community

• Parents as partners
• Building community links
• Keeping it local 
• Outstanding community cohesion

Personalising the School Experience

• Setting up learning zones
• Boosting extra-curricular activities
• School as a safe second home
• Mentoring students

The Phoenix High School Toolkit to accelerate all pupils’ progress

Improving the Quality of Teaching

• A 21st century curriculum
• Curriculum models
• Lesson planning
• Differentiation
• Lesson observation
• Removing unsatisfactory teachers
• Intelligent target setting
• Maximising pupil involvement

Influencing the Student Culture

• How to raise expectations
• Inculcating a love of learning
• Setting behaviour standards
• Bringing positivity to their futures
• Whole-school culture to support and celebrate learning
• Recognising the role of effort in influencing achievement
• Providing a wide range of extra- curricular activities

Celebrating Success

• How to see success
• Catch children doing well
• Praising the right actions

When and How to be Tough

• Negotiating with ACAS
• Coping with failing individuals
• Lesson-monitoring systems