Take your first steps towards teaching GCSE computer science and establish a foundational knowledge base of concepts, terminology and classroom practice. Find out how algorithms are designed and how programs are written to provide clear instructions to machines. Learn about the binary system and how it's used by...

Start date	16 Oct 2024
Location	St Austell
Duration	6 Hours
Fees	Free
Subsidy	Computing Subsidy up to - £205.00

An understanding of algorithms is vital for success in computer science. Students need to know how algorithms are designed to solve a problem, and how these designs are represented to other humans.Improve your knowledge of algorithms to the level appropriate for up to GCSE teaching. Become confident in using the key...

Start date	16 Oct 2024
Location	Remote Delivered CPD
Duration	5 Hours
Fees	Free
Subsidy	Computing Subsidy up to - £205.00

This course will help new primary computing leaders to clarify their role and develop and implement a broad and balanced curriculum. You will learn how best to lead the improvement of computing teaching and learning, and to ensure assessment and monitoring is consistent across your school. Identifying where your...

Start date	16 Oct 2024
Location	Cheltenham
Duration	1 Day
Fees	Free
Subsidy	Computing Subsidy up to - £0.00

Curriculum design is centre stage once more, and nowhere is an effective computing curriculum more vital than in KS3.As the first of three linked courses, this CPD builds your curriculum design and implementation capability from the ground up, meaning anyone can produce a sequenced curriculum that builds...

Start date	17 Oct 2024
Location	Leicester
Duration	1 Day
Fees	Free
Subsidy	Computing Subsidy up to - £0.00

Effective teaching includes the skilful use of assessment, to monitor children’s knowledge and understanding, and to overcome misconceptions. Accurate assessment informs adapted teaching, allowing teachers to build upon previous learning and supporting development of ideas and skills through the whole computing...

Start date	17 Oct 2024
Location	Cheltenham
Duration	1 Day
Fees	Free
Subsidy	Computing Subsidy up to - £0.00

Start date	18 Oct 2024
Location	Remote Delivered CPD
Duration	1 Day
Fees	Free
Subsidy	Computing Subsidy up to - £0.00

This course will help new primary computing leaders to clarify their role and develop and implement a broad and balanced curriculum. You will learn how best to lead the improvement of computing teaching and learning, and to ensure assessment and monitoring is consistent across your school. Identifying where your...

Start date	18 Oct 2024
Location
Duration	1 Day
Fees	Free
Subsidy	Computing Subsidy up to - £0.00

Programming is a highly collaborative activity, through which groups of individuals can achieve greater things than they would alone. In industry as well as through the lived experience of young people working creatively with code, many effective approaches to collaborative working have emerged that deserve a place in...

Start date	21 Oct 2024
Location
Duration	5 Hours
Fees	Free
Subsidy	Computing Subsidy up to - £0.00

Making computing an engaging school subject, that motivates and inspires the full range of students, is a key outcome of an excellent KS3 computing curriculum.At the heart of this curriculum is computational thinking; the ability to solve problems using computers. Some of the barriers to engaging with computing,...

Start date	24 Oct 2024
Location	Gloucester
Duration	1 Day
Fees	Free
Subsidy	Computing Subsidy up to - £0.00

Children begin to make decisions about their future at an early age. This means it is crucial that children’s experience includes career-linked learning in computing as well as authentic experiences with a range of job roles. This helps to enable children to see the relevance of computing and may also help to...

Start date	24 Oct 2024
Location
Duration	90 Minutes
Fees	Free
Subsidy	Computing Subsidy up to - £0.00

During this one day course, you’ll consider the order in which concepts should be taught, how interleaving can improve long-term recall of knowledge, and how student knowledge can be developed at pace while avoiding cognitive overload. You’ll integrate practices including retrieval practice, peer...

Start date	31 Oct 2024
Location	Leicester
Duration	1 Day
Fees	Free
Subsidy	Computing Subsidy up to - £0.00

Computing in primary schools is a practical, creative, and knowledge-rich subject. This course provides teachers with the knowledge and confidence to get started teaching computing in your school whether you’re an early career teacher, or would like to improve your understanding of how to teach computing.This...

Start date	04 Nov 2024
Location	Remote Delivered CPD
Duration	5 Hours
Fees	Free
Subsidy	Computing Subsidy up to - £0.00

An understanding of algorithms is vital for success in computer science. Students need to know how algorithms are designed to solve a problem, and how these designs are represented to other humans.Improve your knowledge of algorithms to the level appropriate for up to GCSE teaching. Become confident in using the key...

Start date	05 Nov 2024
Location
Duration	5 Hours
Fees	Free
Subsidy	Computing Subsidy up to - £0.00

Computing is a National curriculum foundation subject and a vital aspect of a broad and balanced curriculum for all learners. Pathways through computing have reduced for some students, however, leading to a narrowing of their future options. GCSE computer science is at the heart of provision for KS4, but evidence...

Start date	06 Nov 2024
Location	St Austell
Duration	1 Day
Fees	Free
Subsidy	Computing Subsidy up to - £0.00

This short course will support you prepare for completing the KS3 and GCSE Subject Knowledge Certificate programme, which will lead to you achieving a national certificate in computer science subject knowledge. By attending this course, you’ll gain support from an experienced Professional Development Leader, who...

Start date	07 Nov 2024
Location
Duration	90 Minutes
Fees	Free
Subsidy	Computing Subsidy up to - £0.00