Minutes 8th October 2014

MEMBERS:
MEETING: R&D Working Party
DATE:
Wednesday 8th October 2014
TIME:
3:45pm
Mount Carmel RC High School Accrington
VENUE:
Lynne Carruthers (Mount Carmel)
Laura Fielden (Bowland)
Alison Adams (West Craven)
Cheryl Semple (Marsden Heights)
Damian Graham (All Saints)
Daryl Sparks (Accrington Academy)
Sally Finney (Haslingden High)
Emma Gauntlett (BRGS)
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Elaine Hillary (Oswaldtwistle School)
Helen Stead (Fearns)
Hilary Ribchester (Rhyddings)
Sam Haydock (The Hollins)
Karen Edworthy (Fearns)
Lorraine Higham (ACCROSS)
Karen Taylor (Alder Grange)
Julie Turner (The Hollins)
Minute taker:
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Helen Ward
MINUTES
AGENDA ITEM
1
Welcome and Introductions
2
Review of Philosophy & Aims
3
Update PP Maths & English
NOTES
Lynne Carruthers (LCS) welcomed the attendees to the meeting and
introduced Daryl Sparks who is now attending as the Strategic Lead
on behalf of Accrington Academy.
LCS handed out the new updated Philosophy & Aims. All attendees
reviewed and agreed the updated Philosophy & Aims.
LCS to query funding possibilities, criteria and process from the
Teaching School – Tor View.
ACTION
Query funding
possibilities,
criteria and
process at
next board
meeting
NAME
LCS
Maths – Overview given to the attendees. The maths group are doing
discreetly different projects and they will need to provide an
evaluation of how effective the projects have been. LCS has emailed
the feedback/evaluation documents to the relevant teachers so that
there is evidence of what is taking place to feed back at County level.
LCS confirmed that the information about the PP projects must be
forwarded to her. Once this information is received the PP funding
money will be released.
English – Overview given to the attendees. Karen Taylor (KTR)
reminded the Strategic Leads to claim their schools part of the bid
money. KTR has requested an update from the relevant English
teachers and as at 8th October was waiting for all the feedback to be
sent to her. Sally Finney (SFY) provided the information at the
meeting.
Emma Gauntlett (EGT) from BRGS will ask her English teacher to
update KTR on current progress
The final write up on the PP projects will be required in the New Year
(2015). KTR will be attending a meeting at County before the end of
the year and she will feedback the deadline for the project write ups
BRGS to
update KTR
on progress
EGT/JDY
at BRGS
NOTES
AGENDA ITEM
ACTION
NAME
after this meeting.
4
Collated research - update of contacts
5
Sharing current research
6
End of year joint show case and other priorities
Collated Research Document handed out and all contacts updated for
each individual project.
Daryl Sparks (DSS) will check with Haslingden High and collate any
research to add to the existing document and bring this to the next
meeting
Current Research shared – Haslingden High and Alder Grange
KTR has applied to SSAT for funding towards the event.
Suggestions that each school provides 3 representatives to host stalls
(30 in total). Possibly invite schools outside the Alliance Potential for a
guest speaker This will raise the profile of Research.
Cost out venues – Dunkenhalgh and other venues – July 2015. Full
day and half day costs for 1 large room and breakout rooms.
7
Web site
Also Possibility of using alder Grange/Accrington Academy 6th Form
building
LCS – the PP Maths & English projects will be put onto the ELSSA
website.
LCS and KTR are to be involved in altering the structure of the website
to make it more user friendly.
LCS requested that if any school has a CPD programme running then
to put this onto the website so that teachers from all schools can go to
other schools to undertake CPD.
Haslingden
High Research
Raise funding
question at net
board meeting
LCS
Discuss
requirements
and cost
HWD/LCS
PP Maths &
English project
information to
go onto
ELSSA
website
WHO??
At next board
meeting –
discuss KTR
attending
Haslingden
High to
update/alter
website
LCS
Discuss at
board meeting
Coordination of CPD events – matching up of Inset days. A database
to be available on the website so it is easy to search for what’s
available
LCS talked through the Lesson Study process
Template for lesson study to be uploaded onto the website
Lesson Study Booklet to be sent out.
8
AOB
LCS – Are Hollins responsible for inter schools support leadership?
DSS to
collate and
bring to
next
meeting
Lesson study
template - put
on website
Send booklet
electronically
to BRGS &
Alder Grange
Ask at the next
board meeting
LCS
LCS/HWD
LCS
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NOTES
AGENDA ITEM
9
Next Meeting Date
ACTION
NAME
rd
Wednesday 3 December 2014 3:45pm Mount Carmel
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