Concrew Training

One of the biggest challenges facing organizations, teachers and trainers in delivering Grade 1 ‘outstanding’ lessons and training sessions, is lack of time. Time to plan and prepare learning is essential – but at always at a premium – consequently most lessons and training sessions have to be developed quickly with minimal preparation and resources. This one day workshop explores ways to reduce burden and improve effectiveness http://concrew-training.co.uk/?page_id=194

Concrew training offer one day workshops on managing challenging behaviour in the classroom and library; designed to help teachers, trainers and library staff focus on their real jobs http://concrew-training.co.uk/?page_id=327

http://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/teacher-blog/2014/apr/27/headteacher-behaviour-management-learning-students

Colleges must be stronger in fighting government decisions, says policy advisor Ben Nicholls. Here he shares five ways to get the people in power to sit up and listen. http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/apr/24/further-education-cuts-colleges-fight-government

A £2 million fund will be made available to help community and volunteer-led projects provide extra support to older people next winter, the government has announced. Anyone can apply for funding to run projects, which might include exercise programmes, cooking clubs or hospital discharge schemes. Read More: http://rcnpublishing.com/doi/full/10.7748/ns2014.04.28.34.0.2834997

Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (FRCA) exam met the “minimum standards” for equality and diversity “but improvements are required.” The BMA has called for greater transparency around variations in performance across different groups of candidates in membership exams for medical royal colleges. International medical graduates have been shown to perform less well in the membership exams of the Royal College of General Practitioners, the Royal College of Psychiatrists, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. However, a report published by the BMA in January 2014 showed that only 8 of the 18 medical royal colleges were analysing information on the ethnic origin of the candidates taking college exams. when did you last review your E&D performance? maybe Concrew Training can help... http://careers.bmj.com/careers/advice/view-article.html?id=20017322&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&am

Electrical Contractors’ Association say Government proposals for employers to pay training costs and then claim them back through the PAYE tax system would see many small firms give up on taking on apprentices as their balance sheets could not stand the burden. More at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/jobs/10783833/Apprentice-funding-plans-risk-wrecking-training-system.html

Concrew Training offer a wide range of Organisational and CPD support for the Further Education and Skills Sector. More information on their one-day pre-developed good practice workshops at http://concrew-training.co.uk/?page_id=59

a Centre for Economics and Business Research study estimated that apprentices are worth around £214 per week to a business through reduced costs, improved quality of product and service, and better profit margins. http://www.theguardian.com/small-business-network/2014/apr/23/smes-invest-apprenticeships-worth-reduced-costs

Children as young as seven are posting insulting online comments and threats against their teachers - but many school staff are too afraid to report the abuse, according to a survey by the NASUWT teaching union. The survey suggests that both pupils and parents are using social media sites to make allegations of inappropriate behaviour and comment on classroom performance. Teachers told researchers they had been subjected to a range of offensive posts, including racial abuse and comments about sexuality. More at: http://news.sky.com/story/1246231/teachers-subjected-to-online-abuse-by-pupils