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The Government has just released details of how it plans to help schools support better those students who have mental health problems. Concrew Training provides support that compliments this http://concrew-training.co.uk/home/support-for-education/improving-support-for-special-needs-students/student-mental-health-issues

the DfE is seeking views on proposals for publicly funded schools and colleges to publish performance measures on their websites. https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/publishing-performance-measures-on-school-and-college-websites

The role of the first-line manager is arguably one of the most important tasks in any organisation or business. Getting the best out of staff, often in circumstances where time and resources are limited, is a demanding task for all managers but for those new to management, with limited experience of managing people, the challenges are even more daunting. First Line Managers need to increase their understanding of and confidence in, competences and approaches that underpin effective management and in so doing, understand what attributes and actions they need to deliver high performance. This includes how to plan and manage their personal development as well as the professional changes involved when taking on such a vital role. #ConcrewTraining #managementtraining http://concrew-training.co.uk/home/management-hr/management-development/effective-first-line-management

Queen’s Speech announced over a dozen new pieces of legislation and new initiatives which will be introduced before the General Election. Many of them have an employment, equality or business dimension. • Laws making it easier to punish directors who ignore their responsibilities and break the law. • Increased protection for volunteers • Parents with children aged under 12 to receive up to £2,000 a year in free childcare. • Child Neglect Bill protecting children from criminal neglect. • New Pension laws setting out new freedoms for pensioners • Powers to tackle abuse of zero-hours contracts • Higher penalties for employers failing to pay the National Minimum Wage • A "Modern Slavery" law to give victims of slavery compensation • Ombudsman to deal with complaints from or about members of the Armed Services • Landlords who knowingly lease premises to criminal gangs will face up to five years’ imprisonment. This new offence will also apply to commercial landlords and ot

Ultimately all managers, supervisors and even staff are involved in training others be it showing someone how to do something, giving presentations, imparting guidance, coaching, mentoring or developing and delivering more formal training courses. To maximise learning Managers need to be able to hit the training ground running and get training off to a great start by ‘setting the scene’ and getting ‘buy in’ from participants. They need to be able to encourage enthusiasm and involvement, and gain commitment from trainees know how to understand and dealwith “difficult” or resistant people give clear instructions to achieve chances in skill level and attitude use the best training approach for different situations – either facilitative or directive. blend an appropriate mix of activities into any course from “talk and chalk” to lively and interactive use creative thinking techniques understand the merits and de-merits of role play in training They also need to know how to effectively

Developing a more strategic approach to management With the flatter management structures that operate within business today it is important both for short term success and longer term promotion that operational and even first line managers work in a strategic manner. There is increasing pressure to implement effective systems, policies and procedures that deliver results and excellent services. At its simplest level thought needs to be given to forward planning, team development and staff succession planning. Whilst more advanced strategic planning may include cascading business development targets to team members and linking these to appraisals and performance reviews. The #ConcrewTraining workshop on strategic management explores the typical roles and responsibilities of operational managers and considers how, where and when a more strategic and forward thinking management style could deliver improved team and personal performance across the short, medium and longer terms.

The need to differentiate and develop a differentiated learning environment or classroom is widely preached – and with good reason too, but what does the term differentiation actually mean? More importantly what does a differentiated classroom look like and how is it best achieved? Effective teaching needs to be aligned to the needs of individual students. The teacher/trainer needs to take account of the individual students’ knowledge, abilities and learning styles and then deliver the lesson or course in a way that enables individual students to maximise their learning, development and progression. Differentiating during teaching and training sessions isn’t always easy. The more diverse the student cohort, the more challenging effective differentiation becomes. On a one-to-one basis differentiation is relatively easy but as the group or class size increases this becomes a complex and potentially daunting task. A task that presents real challenges, even for the most skilled tea