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Continuing Professional Development Programme

Welcome to the Standards and School Effectiveness Continuing Professional Development Programme.

Standards and School Effectiveness (SSE) provides a range of services to improve standards and quality in all Hertfordshire schools including training, conferences and consultancy for schools, school leaders, teachers, support staff and governors.

Training

Each term SSE publishes details of its training courses to support national and local education initiatives and areas identified by schools. A copy of this training programme is received by each school in Hertfordshire together with a CD-ROM which holds details of all courses.

Full details of all events are available to view online:

• view online training courses

Conferences

SSE also co-ordinates an extensive conference programme which provides delegates with excellent opportunities to hear high profile national speakers, keep up to date with educational 'hot' topics, share good practice and network with colleagues.

Consultancy

If you are unable to find what you're looking for within our training programme, SSE operates a comprehensive consultancy and advisory service to all schools in Hertfordshire that can be tailored to meet your exact needs, including:

• School reviews
• Departmental and subject reviews
• Support with specialist school issues
• Analysis of curriculum documentation and school policies
• Support for monitoring and observing classroom practice
• Leadership and management development and school based consultancy
• Specialist support for subject leaders, early years, 14-19, ethnic minorities, whole school, special needs issues
• Target setting
• Pupil achievement.

Cancellation Policy

In order to keep costs as low as possible for course attendees we do need to charge those who book a place and subsequently cancel or fail to arrive on the day. Our cancellation terms are as follows:

• 100% charge if less than 1 week's notice is given
• 30% if less than 2 weeks notice' is given
• 10% charge if less than 4 weeks' notice is given

Quality Assurance

The SSE training programme is designed to meet the standards set out in the DfES Code of Practice for Training Providers (2001) which include:

• Trainers will be experts in their field
• Research evidence, HMI and OfSTED findings will be incorporated into the programme
• Training will include examples of identified best practice
• The range of delegates' knowledge and experiences will be reflected in course delivery
• A range of learning styles will be accommodated
• High quality training venues, accommodation and resources will be utilised.

If, for any reason you experience a problem regarding the quality or standard of the training provided by SSE, please contact Gillian Cawley, Head of Learning, Training and Research on 01438 844817.