1. The Wolverhampton University
Schools Partnership

2.  Deansfield (lead school)
 The Coseley School & Sports College
 Holyhead School
 Our Lady & St Chad Catholic Sports
College
 Wood Green High School College of
Sport, Maths and Computing
 University of Wolverhampton School of
Education
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3. Schools facing
challenge.
These schools are often
places of innovation and
have highly skilled staff
who have much to offer
trainee teachers.
In return trainee
teachers have much to
gain from working in
these exciting learning
settings.
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4. Purposes of the project
 to
share good practice in providing high
quality training even in those schools that
on the surface are perceived as ‘difficult’
environments in which to train
 to ‘harness’ the
skills and expertise in
these schools and use them in future
mentor training and development work
with all partnership schools

6.  Creativity & innovation in subject-
specific pedagogy
 The use of data to enhance learning and
assessment for learning
 Every Child Achieves: a menu-based
approach to learning in science
 Whole-school ethos: creating a climate
for effective learning
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7.  Mentoring across schools at subject level:
sharing expertise across challenging
schools
 Addressing the issues of challenge
through mentoring
 Every Child Matters: inter-professional
collaboration in the PSHE curriculum
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8. Inter-Professional Collaboration
 Recruitment and Retention Project
 PDS Project funded
 Integrated Professional Development
Project

9. “YOU ARE NOT ALONE”
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10.  government does not bring up children – parents do
– so government needs to do more to back parents
and families;
 All children have the potential to succeed and should
go as far as their talents can take them;
 Children and young people need to enjoy their
childhood as well as grow up prepared for adult life;
 Services need to be shaped by the response to
children, young people and families, not designed
around professional boundaries; and
 It is always better to prevent failure than tackle a
crisis later

11. EVERY CHILD MATTERS
Maslow’s Heirarchy of Need
Self
-actualisation
Esteem needs -
achievement, mastery,
independence, responsibility
Belonging and Love needs -
family, affection, relationships
Safety needs – protection, security,
order, law, limits, stability etc.
Biological and physiological needs – air, food,
drink, shelter, warmth, sleep

12. Inter-Professional Collaboration
Integrated Professional Development Project
WHO?
 2008 Pilot - Students from the R & R Project together with School
Nurses at various stages of their training from Wolverhampton
University School of Health.
 2009 – Above plus Police, Educational Welfare Officer and
students undertaking Masters Degree in Social Work

WHAT?
 PSHE
 2008 – Healthy Lifestyle
 2009 – Drugs and Crime

13. Integrated Professional Development Project
WHY?
 To discuss and assess needs within a multi agency setting
 To look at issues from a different perspective
 To give pupils a ‘concrete’ learning experience and an
opportunity to not only have a voice, but to actively engage with
professionals in finding a solution to personal, local and national
issues
 To give agencies an opportunity to understand how children’s
needs are being met individually
 Through collaborative teaching and learning, Team around the
Child ethos, enhance the student’s learning experience whilst
meeting the principles outlined by the Children’s Plan

14. Integrated Professional Development Project
HOW?
 We needed people leading this Project who would be happy to
leave their ego’s outside
 Time to plan in a solution focussed way
 Sharing and Widening knowledge about working in schools
facing challenging circumstances
 Respecting each other’s professional role, language contribution
and expertise
 Understanding that through the Children’s Plan agenda and Local
Area Agreements, outcomes across agencies are becoming more
consolidated
 Outcomes mean: Social, Emotional, Intellectual, Physical and
Cultural

15. Integrated Professional Development Project
Morning:
 shared our vision along with data relating to general
and specific issues e.g. Drugs and Crime
 collected their views and perspectives including those
of our Peer Mentors by giving them opportunities to
work within small multi agency groups
 opportunity to problem solve a given pupil scenario
from within their own context
 ‘Conscience Alley’ scenario

16. Integrated Professional Development Project
Afternoon
 opportunity to develop a lesson plan within a small
multi agency team to address area of need
 decide which Year Group, level of need and
appropriateness of delivery to that age group
 develop the lesson plan within this small team
 submit the completed lesson plan within a given time
frame together with resources required
 team delivers the lesson within school during PSHE day

17. Integrated Professional Development Project
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18. Integrated Professional Development Project
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19. Inter-professional Collaborative Opportunities
 Gives a cohesive approach to
CPD
 Strengthens curriculum
delivery
 Opportunity to showcase
good practice and innovative
ways of working

20. Working creatively in ITT in Schools Facing
Challenging Circumstances
Sharing a commitment to growing our own
expertise and building the capacity of
staff already in post

21. Impact
 Enabled developmental work
 Existing networks were able to link together to
take shared initiatives further forward
 A lead colleague from each school made the
inter-school events possible
 It enabled the team to identify examples of
good practice for dissemination purposes
 Additionality
 CPD

22. Impact
 Recruitment And Retention of quality trainees
 Staff morale enhanced and school communities
valued
 Strengthened relationships
 ITT programme enhanced
 Trainees encouraged to adopt a ‘want to and
can do’ approach
 Experience of collaborative professional
working
 Trainees witnessed professional values in
action