Concrew Training

Some great feedback on the Effective Employee Representative Training we delivered last week for a major building, refurbishment, Maintenance and Energy contractor. read the course overview and the latest delegate feedback here #hr #humanresources #training #cpd #concrewtraining #ukedchat #workplace #unions #union #work #employee #employmentlaw #jobs

Using lectures and presentations to get important messages across is far from easy. The longer the lecture the more difficult the task becomes.  Learning by listening and note taking is seldom effective and  when the audiences’ attention wanes, typically after just 10 minutes, the problems compound. Despite these failings lectures and presentation are still widely used, especially in business and higher education… so what can be done to make them more effective? Concrew Training's workshop on delivering more effective lectures and presentations demonstrates and provides practice on  simple, easy to apply techniques that make for more effective lectures and presentations Help your managers, sales teams, lecturers, teachers and trainers make more engaging and more effective lectures and presentations and help them get the key messages across by running this high quality high value workshop for them More information at http://concrew-training.co.u

Ofsted's Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw, October 2016, comments on high performing multi academy trusts will be of interest to CEO's and senior management teams across all education providers and wider business too. Ultimately the success of any organisation is reliant on the focus the senior management team gives to key business parameters  Read the report at: https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/hmcis-monthly-commentary-october-2016 #ofsted #ceo #leadership #education #fe #schools #academies #edchat #school #outstanding

The finer points of the English language are complicated, which makes teaching this subject difficult; doubly so, when students' need to develop their independent thinking abilities in parallel. The ongoing need to achieve GCSE qualifications at, or above, grade C means more learners are sitting the exams but the proportion succeeding has dropped dramatically; a new approach is needed! Is there a case for moving away from traditional teaching techniques and placing more emphasis on holistic and andragogical learning? That is to say to give more priority to self-analysis, collaborative study, problem solving and team building Concrew Training thinks so - what do you think ? #edchat #schools #furthereducation #fe #teachers #English #GCSE #functionalskills #criticalthinking #concrewtraining #teaching #literacy #education

A one-day in-house management development course People and Performance Management techniques & approaches that maximise staff performance Managing staff, delivering outputs and driving quality improvement is not easy, especially for first-line managers and team leaders who take responsibility for a large and diverse team; many of whom may work on a part basis or freelance basis.  Couple this with the constantly changing goals and regulations that need to be cascaded and met and the challenge grows exponentially. Many junior managers will have been appointed because they performed well in previous roles but as their responsibilities grow they need a larger skills set. Our fast paced and intensive but fun day is for managers who want to be more effective in role. It provides a wealth of guidance and support on: 1. The Modern Change Agenda - Keeping up to speed 2. Best Practice Performance Management Systems 3. The skills needed to engage with & support o

Today, 23 August 2016, #Ofsted published updated guidance on how they Inspect #Schools. Read more on the Ofsted Website >>>>>> #edchat #concrewtraining #cif #education #teachers 

#Ofsted have today, 23 august 2016, updated their guidance on how inspectors should inspect #Safeguarding in early years, education and skills under the common inspection framework Read the latest guidance here #fe #furthereducation #edchat #concrewtraining #wbl #apprenticeships #earlyyears #cif #education #schools #teachers