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Questioning for Learning - a new half day workshop for teachers and trainers

Our new half-day CPD workshop on more effective use of questioning within teaching and training compliments our outstanding teaching courses and is designed as a 3 hour cod session that runs twice on one day. Upto 20 people can attend each session so this workshop makes a good inset CPD day for 40 staff. read the full course overview here #teaching #teachers #fe #furthereducation #schools #uked

Privacy Impact Assessments - The next challenge for business ?

#GDPR and #ePrivacy are hot topics in the UK and Europe but moving forward we suspect most businesses will need to Privacy Impact Assessments ( #PIA ) whenever a new policy or procedure is introduced or a new project or assignment is under taken.  A proportionate response that does not involve unnecessary form filling, box ticking, and endless consultation is going to be essential if the related burden is to be minimised Those completing PIA will need to consider both physical and informational privacy Informational privacy – the ability of a person to control, edit, manage and delete information about themselves and to decide how and to what extent such information is communicated to others. Intrusion can come in the form of collection of excessive personal information, disclosure of personal information without consent and misuse of such information.  It can include the collection of information through the surveillance or monitoring of how people act in pub

GDPR - 15 Questions for HR Managers

The new GDPR regulations apply from May 2018, how well prepared are you?  Do you know the answers to the following, often asked, questions?   Will the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) affect small employers? What are an employer's obligations under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in relation to the processing of sensitive personal data? What information must employers supply to employees about the processing of their personal data under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)? What data subject access rights will employees have under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)? How will the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) affect the processing and retention of recruitment data by employers? Will employers be able to carry out criminal records checks under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)? Do employers need to amend employees' contracts to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)? When can em

Observation of Teaching - New CPD Courses for 2018

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Concrew Training is pleased to announce a new range of Observation of Teaching Courses (#OTL) for 2018.  More details at: https://concrew-training.co.uk/courses/observation-of-teaching #fe #teaching #furthereducation #teachertraining #learning

New Ofsted School Inspection Handbooks

#Ofsted have released new #inspection handbooks for #schools School Inspection Handbook short, monitoring and unannounced behaviour school inspections

Data Protection - GDPR - ePrivacy: 21 things to think about

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Data Protection, GDPR and ePrivacy - 21 things to think about Data sharing agreements with Data Processors Your policies define the lawful basis for your data processing Explicit opted in consent  Age verfication in place Customer use of WIFI Retention schedules Encryption of portable devices Remote working Training Physical security Secure printing USB sticks and DV/CD drives Restricted access - System access Data Protection Impact Assessments  Password requirements Records inventory ICO registration On-going awareness Data protection leadership Fax machines and lastly number 21 - the Penalties for non compliance.   The BBC report fines for the first 3 years from May 2018 could be in excess of £4 Billion ! Our one-day workshop on #DataProtection, #GDPR  and #ePrivacy helps you get data protection right. read the course overview here

GDPR and ePrivacy course updated

Updates to our Data Protection, #GDPR and #ePrivacy Regulation training course are now completed, the new format provides a comprehensive but easy to follow explanation of the May 2018 onwards #DataProtection requirements for all UK businesses and organisations. Read the full course overview here