Programmes
touchconsulting Ltd is a small organisation that co-designs and delivers big quality improvement programmes for the education and training profession
Practice Development Groups
(PDGs)
We are delighted the Education and Training Foundation has commissioned touchconsulting Ltd to deliver Practice Development Groups in the East and West Midlands.
PDGs & the bigger picture
touchconsulting Ltd is delivering Practice Development Groups on behalf of the Education and Training Foundation. PDGs form part of the Education and Training Foundation’s Practitioner Research pathway. Practitioners can join the research pathway at various points; including practitioner-led enquiry, small-scale research projects or postgraduate research
PDGs sit firmly within practitioner-led enquiry, and are driven by participants who work collaboratively to undertake a maths/English inquiry related to their learners and teaching practice. They plan, do and review; regrouping and discussing what worked (and didn’t) with their PDG members, and then go again.
Applications are now open for participants.
We are also delighted to launch new PDG Exchanges for Midlands practitioners.
| PDG Exchange & Booking link | Date | Time | Trainers |
|---|---|---|---|
| PDG Exchange: Developing learners’ oracy via video – Using Flipgrid PDG Exchange: Developing learners’ oracy via video – Using Flipgrid | Wednesday 24 March 2021 | 1:30 - 3.00pm | Joss Kang & Sammy White @JossKang & @WhatTheTrigMath |
| Developing learners' maths skills through careful lesson and scheme planning | Tuesday 30 March 2021 | 4:00 - 6:00pm | Marsida Horeska @MarsMaths |
| PDG Exchange: Developing learners' retrieval practices through low-stakes formative assessment in maths/English - Using Quizlet | Wednesday 21 April 2021 | 1:30 - 3:00pm | Joss Kang & Sammy White @JossKang & @WhatTheTrigMath |
| PDG Exchange: Supporting learners to work collaboratively on maths/English - Using Google Docs, Mote and Jamboard | Wednesday 28 April 2021 | 1:00 - 3:00pm | Joss Kang & Sammy White @JossKang & @WhatTheTrigMath |
We can run these Exchanges in-house at a date/time to suit. Limited resource! Download Flyer here. Get in touch alison@touchconsulting.net
PDG Launch Event
PDG East Midlands
PDG West Midlands
Facilitators
Celebration event
Oracy using Flipgrid
Lesson & scheme planning
Retrieval using Quizlet
