SWitching On Together Conference (4 Nov 08) - Photographs of the Day

SWitch is a CETT partnership co-ordinated
by Learning South West 


"SWitching On Together"

a conference focussing on the work and findings of
 SWitch Partnership activities over the period Sept '07 - Oct '08

 Tuesday 4 November 2008 at Dillington House, Near Ilminster


Photographs of the Event

 
Paula Jones, SWitch CETT Manager and Deputy Chief Executive at Learning South West, welcomed delegates to the conference which focussed on the work and findings of SWitch partnership activities, from September 2007 to October 2008.

Keynote speaker Ann-Marie Bathmaker, Professor of Applied Rearch in FE & Lifelong Learning at the University of the West of England, Bristol, (UWE) lead the day with a session entitled "Higher Education in Further Education & Workplace Settings:  what are the implications for teaching excellence and waht it means to be a teacher in the Learning & Skills sector?" 

Anne-Marie Bathmaker gave the key note adress to open the conference




Anne-Marie Bathmaker (centre) and colleages take part in the workshop about models of recruitment, initial assessment, induction and on-going support for trainees on teacher training programmes.




Jo Thompson and Richard Waller, from UWE Bristol (centre) led discussions in the recruitment, initial assessment, and induction workshop.  




The Contextulalising ITT project team talked to delegates about their experiences.




The Contextulalising ITT project team. 




Education Consultant, Di Fuller, Dr Nick Ashby, Director of Quality Improvement at the Royal Artillery Centre for Personal Development (RACPD) and colleages.



Delegates heard from colleagues about their experiences.

The conference celebrated the success of the SWitch CETT partnership's first year

Delegates had the opportunity to attend two workshops during the day, led by members of the SWitch Project Teams. The workshops covered: 

• Models of recruitment, initial assessment, induction and on-going support for trainees on teacher training programmes
• Disseminating model Individual Learning Plans (ILPs)
• Models of good practice in mentor training
• Supporting Mentors In Adult Learning Environments (SMILE)
• Surveying Teacher trainees’ satisfaction - what can it tell us?
• Contextualising ITT - addressing the needs of WBL, ACL and Voluntary & Community Learning in ITT programmes through innovative models of delivery
• Promoting and supporting the contextualisation of ITT to make programmes more relevant and accessible to trainees working in non-FE contexts

Delegates discussing the use of ILPs in FE teacher training, in the workshop led by Rob Lawy and Michael Tedder from the University of Exeter. 



Michael Tedder collects delegates' comments in the ILP workshop.




Marie Glossop and Ralph Cullimore led a workshop on the SMILE project - Supporting Mentors In Adult Learning Environments. 




After lunch delegates heard from Jim Crawley from Bath Spa Univeristy, about the impact and sucesses of SWitch and completed a postcard activity.




The conference was an opportunity to celebrate and enjoy the success of the SWitch projects.