SSCO Training Courses Sept 2006 –
July 2007
Listed below are the courses we
will be running next academic year for SSCo’s as part of their professional
development program. The course list provided to us from the Youth Sport Trust splits the
courses up into 3 options depending on how long you have been working as an
SSCO. Given this, we have put on 3 courses for those new into post and 3 courses
for those who have been in post for 12 – 24 months. Obviously if there is an
SSCO who has been in post for 12 – 24 months but feel they would really like to
access a course aimed at those who are new in post we would encourage them to do
so, as it is all about their own professional development.
Courses for those new in post to
the SSCO role
1. Making effective links between
primary/ special and secondary schools
Aim:
To improve SSCos’ ability to
develop effective links between primary/ special and secondary schools
Objectives:
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To develop SSCos’
understanding of primary and special education
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To enable SSCos to negotiate
with Headteachers
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To enable SSCos to develop
action plans to support their work in making effective links
Outcomes:
By the end of this
course delegates should be able to:
-
Review a range of issues that
impact upon the delivery of PE & OSHL in primary/special schools
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Explain the benefits of PE &
school sport to a primary/special school
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Identify a range of strategies
to develop effective links
Target group:
SSCos – new in post
2. Developing and implementing
OSHL programmes in physical education and sport
Aim:
To improve SSCos’
ability to develop effective OSHL programmes
Objectives:
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To raise awareness of what
high quality OSHL looks like
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To introduce the OSHL guides
as support resources to support the development of OSHL programmes
Outcomes:
By the end of this
course delegates should be able to:
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Identify the key factors that
contribute to providing high quality OSHL programmes
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Review current OSHL programmes
and action plan to extend and enhance their OSHL programmes
Target group:
SSCos – new in post
3. Practical ways to monitor your
family’s work
Aim:
To help SSCos recognise
the importance of monitoring the work of their family and partnership
Objectives:
- To raise
SSCos’ awareness of how monitoring and evaluation contributes to the
national agenda by demonstrating the impact of the school sport
partnerships’ work
- To
enable SSCos to understand the intended outcomes of the school sport
partnerships’ work, and the national requirements for reporting, and relate
these to their family plans
- To help
SSCos to monitor their family’s work and contribute to the overall
monitoring of their partnership and the PESSCL strategy
Outcomes:
By the end of this
course delegates should be able to:
- Explain
the purpose of monitoring and evaluation and the national reporting
requirements
-
Identify a range of practical and effective ways for monitoring the work of
their family of schools
-
Recognise the potential roles of the PDM, SSCo, PLT and others (teachers &
AOTTs) in contributing to the process
Target
group: Essential
- SSCos who have completed a PDP and have a family development plan in
place
4. Practical ways to evaluate your
family’s work
Aim:
To help SSCos recognise
the importance of evaluating the work of their family and partnership
Objectives:
- To raise
SSCos’ awareness of how monitoring and evaluation contributes to the
national agenda by demonstrating the impact of the school sport
partnerships’ work
- To help
SSCos to evaluate their family’s work and contribute to the overall
evaluation of their partnership and the PESSCL strategy
- To
support SSCos to build their M&E process into the schools’ self-review
procedures and practice
Outcomes:
By the end of this
course delegates should be able to:
-
Identify how to evaluate the work of their family of schools
- Identify
how the family’s monitoring and evaluating process can be built into other
work including the schools’ standard self-review process
- Identify
an action plan relating to the evaluation work within their family
Target
group: Essential
- SSCos who have
completed a PDP and have a family development plan in place and who have
attended the practical monitoring course
It is our
intention to run courses 3 and 4 together on one day as they complement each
other
Courses for SSCo’s who have been
in post for 12 – 24 months
5. Making
and maintaining effective school-club links
Aim:
To improve SSCos’
ability to develop and maintain effective links between schools and local sports
clubs
Objectives:
- To
recognise what is meant by an effective, high quality school-club link (in
terms of outcomes for young people)
- To
develop an understanding of the SSCos role in creating, developing and
maintaining effective school club links
- To
provide details of support resources
Outcomes:
By the end of this
course delegates should be able to:
- Review
the factors that contribute to an effective, high quality school-club link
- Identify
practical ways of creating, developing and maintaining effective school-club
links
- Review
their role and action plan to improve school-club links within the
family/partnership
Target
group: SSCos – who have
been in post for 12 – 24 months
6. Are you
being an effective SSCo?
Aim:
To enable SSCos to review their own practice in the light of their
experience, the practice of other SSCos and national expectations, so that they
can identify ways of becoming more effective within their own school and across
their family of primary and special schools
Objectives:
- To
support existing SSCos to explore their role and effectiveness against
national expectations as well as against local needs
- To
challenge SSCos to define their role against national expectations
- To
enable SSCos to share practice with their peers
- To help
SSCos focus on the way in which they work, with particular reference
to how they work with the PDM, PLT’s and other staff within the
partnership
- To
enable SSCos to develop ways of working that create more sustainable
development e.g. co-ordinate rather than deliver; maximise the skills &
experience of others; embed the work in wider developments.
Outcomes:
By the end of this
course delegates should be able to:
-
Interpret their role in terms of national expectations as well as local
needs
- Identify
aspects of work that need to be developed to meet national expectations
- Explain
good practice in the development and sustainability of high quality PESS
- Review
their experience and work to date, highlighting personal strengths and areas
for improvement
Target group:
Essential
- SSCos who have been
in the role for more than a year so they have some practice & experience
to draw on
7. Maintaining effective links
between schools and with community sport
Aim:
To
improve SSCos’ ability to develop, extend and maintain effective links to
support high quality PE & school sport (PESS)
Objectives:
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To enable SSCos to recognise
how effective links between schools and with community sport work
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To help SSCos develop an
understanding of their role in developing and maintaining effective links
through other people
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To provide ideas about how
effective links contribute to raising standards in and through PESS
Outcomes:
By the end of this
course delegates should be able to:
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Review key factors that
contribute to effective links between schools and with community sport
-
Solve challenges associated
with developing effective links between schools and with community sport
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Identify the role of other
people in supporting effective links between schools and with community
sport
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Describe how effective links
between schools and with community sport contribute to raising standards
Target group:
Essential
- SSCos who have been
in the role for more than a year so that they have some practice &
experience to draw on and have attended the ‘Making and maintaining effective
school-club links’ courses