Becta
Becta is the government agency leading the national drive to ensure the effective and innovative use of technology throughout learning.
It is our ambition to utilise the benefits of technology to create a more exciting, rewarding and successful experience for learners of all ages and abilities, enabling them to achieve their potential. We do this in many ways. We make sure the right technology is available, we influence the development of policy, and we set standards and provide tools that help establish and promote best practice. We know that technology has the potential to transform learning. We are committed to inspiring education providers to realise that potential, and equip learners for Britain’s future success.
Becta's Chief Executive Stephen Crowne welcomed The Becta Award for Next Generation Learning as a key component of the Next Generation Learning campaign which encourages parents, schools and employers to get the most out of technology in education. He said: "Technology has the potential to improve standards and to engage all learners, even those facing the biggest challenges. But it is not an end in itself because computers don't teach pupils; teachers do, and when they use technology to support learning and to address particular needs they can enrich the learning experience like never before. As well as making lessons more relevant to youngsters for whom these technologies are second nature, these outstanding teachers will also ensure their pupils are the best equipped to be the workforce of tomorrow. Anyone can nominate a teacher for this award and we hope that pupils and parents, as well as education colleagues, will be conscious of adults in schools making a difference in this way. No one should miss out on the potential for technology to change their life."For more information on Becta, visit the website at www.becta.org.uk
For more information on the Next Generation Learning campaign, visit the website at www.nextgenerationlearning.org.uk
National College for Leadership of Schools and Children’s Services
About the National College for Leadership of Schools and Children’s Services
National College for Leadership of Schools and Children’s Services (National College) offers opportunities to develop the potential of school leaders at every level and to enable schools to work collaboratively with other schools. We support the Teaching Awards because it underlines and celebrates the importance of excellent school leadership.
Our four goals are:
to transform children's achievement and well-being through excellent school leadership
to develop leadership within and beyond the school
to identify and grow tomorrow's leaders
to create a "fit for purpose" national college that offers school leaders the best possible service and support
National College programmes can be accessed across the country through a network of regional providers. School leaders can also access learning online and communicate with each other via the College's popular online community, talk2learn, which now has over 120,000 members and is open to all school leaders including headteachers, deputy heads and middle leaders, as well as teachers, teaching assistants and school bursars. The National College website offers a rich source of information about school leadership, with an extensive range of publications, many of them free, and the College's unique Leadership Library, a free online resource offering busy school leaders quick and easy access to practical resources on a range of leadership and management themes, including materials from Ashridge and Harvard Business Schools, and 50 Lessons.
For more information visit our website at www.nationalcollege.org.uk or phone 0845 609 0009.
Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force recognises the importance of education and is committed to providing initiatives which are in harmony with the national curriculum. We educate young people regarding such topics as leadership, citizenship, including self-discipline, social skills and integrity primarily through our Motivation Outreach Teams. Our education work also extends to providing schools with GCSE maths and science resources and touring the country with our RAF Maths and Science Workshop; both of which have proven successful and popular amongst schools.
Within today's RAF we also recognise the power of education for our employees. We provide comprehensive training and the opportunity to acquire new skills and qualifications that are of value throughout life. Emphasis is placed on professional teamwork, without which it would be impossible for the RAF to contribute to the security of the United Kingdon or fulfill the vital life-saving and peacekeeping tasks placed upon it. Achievement of these tasks requires teamwork; successful teams acknowledge and value the contribution of each individual.
Many of the qualities we value - leadership, determination, commitment, sense of purpose, self-discipline and teamwork - are evident in both nominees and Teaching Award winners. We applaud the achievements of all those nominated and are proud to be a sponsor of the Teaching Awards.
For more information please visit www.raf.mod.uk or www.rafcareers.com.
The Specialist Schools and Academies Trust
The Specialist Schools and Academies Trust
The Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT) is an independent, not-for-profit, membership organisation dedicated to raising achievement in secondary education. We have a membership of over 5,700 schools and organisations. The SSAT is a registered charity.
The SSAT works with headteachers, teachers and students to encourage the development and sharing of effective and innovative teaching and learning practice, driving improvement in schools to raise standards and achievement. In practice, headteachers and teachers design, lead and deliver our programmes and activities as far as possible and headteachers steer our work.
Through our networks, eight key areas of work are at the heart of everything we do: Achievement; Community; Continuing professional development; Innovation; Leadership; New technologies; Specialism and 14-19 education.
The SSAT is delighted to sponsor the Teaching Award for Outstanding New Teacher of the Year for the third year.
The SSAT is sponsoring the award to acknowledge how important excellent teachers are in helping every child to succeed. It is a great privilege for the SSAT to work with teachers at all stages of their career, from newly qualified teacher to executive headteacher. We warmly congratulate this year’s winners.
Chief Executive Elizabeth Reid said: "All of the winners are talented teachers whose hard work, enthusiasm and commitment are an inspiration to their students and colleagues. These awards highlight the excellent practice that is taking place across the UK and show us that through nurturing the talent of new teachers we are developing the great school leaders of tomorrow.’
For more information please visit www.ssatrust.org.uk
The Training and Development Agency for Schools
The Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA) is an executive non-departmental public body of the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF). It also has a close working relationship with the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS).
The TDA has a critical role in developing the government's committment to creating a world class education system in which every school is a good school and every child acheives their potential. Our principal aim is to secure an effective school workforce that improves children's life chances. In order to achieve this, our guiding vision is; developing people, improving young lives. We benefit schools in three key areas: securing the supply of the school workforce, supporting the development of the school workforce and supporting the modernisation of the school workforce.
The TDA is delighted to sponsor the Award for Teaching Assistant of the Year at a time when the number and quality of the wider school workforce is at an all time high. We recognise that well-trained and committed support staff is key to raising standards and giving children a better start in life. We ensure schools are equipped to fill their vacancies with the right people and that there is a continuous flow of fresh talent in schools. The TDA continues to develop innovative ways to bring quality graduates and career changers into schools, particularly to support teaching and learning in mathemathics, science and modern languages.
More information about the TDA is available at www.tda.gov.uk.
People seeking information about the rewards of a career in teaching and the various training routes should visit www.teach.gov.uk or call the Teaching Information Line on 0845 60000 991 (922 for Welsh speakers, Mincom 01245 454343|).
Support staff enquiries: People interested in finding out more about the roles and further training for support staff should visit www.tda.gov.uk/support.aspx or www.skills4schools.org.uk or contact the Support Staff Enquiry Line (0845 600 2944).
Anshen+Allen
Anshen + Allen is an Anglo-American practice with offices in London, San Francisco, Boston, Columbus and Seattle, offering specialist architectural, planning and interiors services within the education, research and healthcare sectors. We are committed to the belief that good design can enrich and transform lives.
Educational buildings can perform with great precision, reflect their unique location, possess great beauty and uplift the spirit. We select beautiful, robust and sustainable materials to create appealing and stimulating teaching and learning environments. We understand that people want educational buildings with a confident identity, a strong civic presence, good community facilities, flexible and adaptable accommodation, legible and generous circulation spaces, clear departmental identity, and innovative learning environments.
Creating such places is our goal. Our focus on educational buildings enables us to be creative in the design of places that contribute to community, culture and social progress. We employ a highly collaborative and inclusive design approach to capture the aspirations, vision and requirements of all stakeholders. Our breadth of experience in designing schools has given us a clear understanding of the best methods of achieving educational transformation.
Boomerang Ed
Boomerang Ed believe in the importance of recognising the work teachers do and is proud to be a committed supporter of the Teaching Awards. As the UK’s leading educational publisher of academic diaries, we are dedicated to playing a supportive role within the education industry and to providing schools with an essential, innovative planning tool that provides teachers and students with relevant and compelling information for school life.
Boomerang diaries are produced in partnership with students and teachers to keep up with the constantly changing world of education. Your Amazing Brain is the latest initiative within the Boomerang Ed diaries: a free content section created in partnership with Tony Buzan, a leading mental-literacy expert. Your Amazing Brain examines how understanding the way we learn can help students to work smarter and study more effectively and to assist teachers with planning and managing information in the classroom. Your Amazing Brain contains techniques to increase memory power, as well as a guide on how to Mind Map®, the ultimate study and creativity tool.
Boomerang Ed also provides all our schools with free teacher diaries that are packed with content examining Professional and Personal Development; an important subject for teachers, but one that can be difficult to negotiate through due to the immense volume of information available.
To learn more about Boomerang Ed and Your Amazing Brain visit us at www.boomerang-ed.com.
CABE
CABE is the government’s advisor on architecture, urban design and public space. As part of our work, through Engaging Places, we offer lesson plans, teaching activities and ideas for using the largest free teaching resource we have – the buildings and places around us. As well as providing great opportunities for creative teachers, knowing more about the buildings and places around them can help young people become informed decision-makers about the places where they will live and work. www.engagingplaces.org.uk
Frog
The Frog Secondary Learning Platform changes the way schools work. It enables ordinary people to do extraordinary things. With the exceptional creative control possible in Frog, users develop areas of the platform with passion. Their ownership creates greater engagement and greater engagement by all creates results.
The option for a fully bespoke design, to match the personality and ethos of the school
- Engaging, dynamic and intuitive to use
- Locally hosted server, providing fast and reliable performance
- All the latest Web 2.0 technologies, enhancing curriculum and pastoral support
- Parental Reporting facility
- Ready-made tools such as lesson assignment, network control tools, resource booking and curriculum & admin search functions
- Full seamless MIS Integration
Futurelab
Futurelab is passionate about transforming the way people learn. Tapping into the huge potential offered by digital and other technologies, we are developing innovative learning resources and practices that support new approaches to education for the 21st century.
Working in partnership with industry, policy and practice, Futurelab:
- incubates new ideas, taking them from the lab to the classroom
- offers hard evidence and practical advice to support the design and use of innovative learning tools
- communicates the latest thinking and practice in educational ICT
- provides the space for experimentation and the exchange of ideas between the creative, technology and education sectors.
A not-for-profit organisation, Futurelab is committed to sharing the lessons learnt from our research and development in order to inform positive change to educational policy and practice.
For more information please visit www.futurelab.org.uk
Hays Education
Hays Education is the UK’s fastest growing recruitment consultancy, specialising in education and teaching jobs. We work in partnership with schools, playgroups, LAs and Associations, providing a comprehensive education recruitment service.
Through Hays national network of offices and large database of vacancies, our expert consultants provide high quality temporary and permanent match-making – connecting the right people with the right jobs.
Our permanent division exclusively manages MPS and TLR positions for many schools around the country as well as the advertising of these roles, handling responses and interviewing candidates. While you search for a new job, you will be given a single point of contact who will be on hand to answer any of your queries.
Hays Education has a genuine concern for you and the development of your professional skills. Whichever working arrangement you choose, whether it’s temporary, permanent, full-time or part-time, you can be confident that we will always find positions throughout the UK and overseas where you and your career can flourish.
Beatbullying
Beatbullying is the UK’s leading bullying prevention charity. Founded in 1999, Beatbullying empowers young people to lead anti-bullying campaigns in their schools and local communities, and builds the capacity of local communities to sustain the work. Beatbullying has directly and indirectly worked with 700,000+ young people over the last 5 years, assisting and supporting young people that are being bullied, re-educating and changing the behaviour of young people that bully, and preventing bullying in schools and communities across the UK.
Beatbullying works with young people to devise anti-bullying strategies focusing on ‘peer to peer’ education, empowering young people to take action against incidents of bullying and help others combat the problem. We strongly believe that young people have the ability to shape society - a society in which bullying is unacceptable.
Beatbullying delivers a range of bullying prevention programmes into primary and secondary schools, using Sport, Music and drama to engage with pupils, tailored to the needs of the school. Beatbullying is also training young people in schools to become Cybermentors so that they can provide online peer to peer support to bullied young people.
For more information on the anti-bullying resources, support and workshops Beatbullying offers to schools, please visit www.beatbullying.org
The Education Show 2009
The Education Show 2009, the UKs major exhibition for educational products and services, returns to the NEC Birmingham from Thursday March 26 until Saturday March 28.
The Show provides an unrivalled opportunity for educationalists of all levels to discover thousands of resources from across the world, and discuss their merits face-to-face with the manufacturers.
More than 50 CPD seminars and workshops will also be integrated into the Show, making it the perfect place to get some of the best training around. Covering every subject area, they will be run by practitioners for the benefit of practitioners, and will provide examples of best practice and thought-provoking ideas.
The Show will include dedicated zones such as The Arts, Early Years & Primary, Special Needs, and Publishing & Software plus exciting new feature areas designed to give visitors an enjoyable as well as informative day out.
Visit www.education-show.com to register for free admission and also discover more about the subsidised coach scheme, sponsored by BESA.
Science Learning Centres
The national network of Science Learning Centres delivers inspirational and innovative subject-specific continuing professional development to teachers, lecturers, technicians and teaching assistants throughout the United Kingdom.
It is essential for the future of our economy and the health of our nation that we ensure the creation of the next generation of scientists, and an engaged and scientifically literate population. At the same time, the rate of scientific progress and change across industry and research means science educators must remain constantly aware of the latest developments in their subject.
All learners deserve an engaging and motivational science education. We are passionate about helping schools and colleges to achieve this and believe that it can be brought about through high quality and relevant subject –specific professional development.
Led by the National Science Learning Centre based at the University of York, the nine regional Science Learning Centres provide exciting and effective CPD. They also provide a focal point for the science education community, a place to exchange ideas with fellow science educators, a venue for events with inspirational scientists, easy access to the latest science resources and a place to discover enrichment activities in every region.
For further information about the location of centres and available courses visit www.sciencelearningcentres.org.uk
Dorling Kindersley
Established in 1974, Dorling Kindersley (DK) publishes bestselling, award-winning and visually stunning reference books for adults and children. DK is owned by media group Pearson PLC and is part of the Penguin Group.DK has established a worldwide reputation for its innovative non-fiction books in which the unrivalled clarity of the words and pictures come together to spectacular effect. When first published in 1988, DK's Eyewitness series transformed the world of children's non-fiction by presenting comprehensive information on a wide range of topics in a clear and accessible way. We publish an extensive children’s catalogue that showcases a fantastic store of knowledge for children. Covering topics from history and the human body to animals and activities, DK children's books combine outstanding information with magical illustration and design.
We work closely with authors who are experts in their field and who can bring subjects to life for children, including Professor Robert Winston, Richard Hammond, Johnny Ball and Carol Vorderman.
As well as creating beautiful books DK is increasingly making content available in a range of digital formats, including for use in the classroom. However, DK content in all its forms is still characterised by quality, expertise and accessibility. DK is a brand that inspires trust and we pride ourselves on creating books with international appeal, working with companies worldwide who share our values and ethos.
DK has offices in New York, London, Munich, New Delhi, Toronto and Australia.
BETT 2010
BETT is the world's leading educational ICT event, taking place on 13-16 January 2010 at Olympia, London. Attracting over 600 educational suppliers and close to 30000 visitors, BETT brings together the global teaching and learning community for four days of innovations and inspirations.
BETT 2010 is the place to see exciting ideas, the latest technology, practical solutions that can have an immediate impact, and new ways to put ICT at the heart of education.
It is the only opportunity in the education calendar where you can see, touch and experience the best ICT products from the broadest range of educational ICT suppliers anywhere.
Campaign for Learning
The Campaign for Learning (CfL) is working for a society where:
The Campaign for Learning is an independent charity promoting learning in the family, schools, prisons and the workplace. For more information about the work that we do go to www.campaignforlearning.com
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