A new publication from CP Durham Sunderland.
For over four years, Shelby Wolf from the University of Colorado has been conducting research on the partnership between Bexhill Primary School, Sunderland and County Durham’s Theatre Cap-a-Pie.

Throughout the year we organise and run weekend residential training courses in mantle of the expert at Ringsfield Hall in Suffolk. These course are ideal for both newcomers and experienced users. Running from Friday night until Sunday lunchtime, they contain a series of practical workshops that explore all the fundamental skills of drama, planning and teaching needed to teach MoE successfully in the classroom.

The following evaluations came from teachers, school leaders and educators attending the June 19th, 2009 conference in Malvern, Worcestershire…

From the Autumn Term, 2009 we will be holding termly Study Days for Mantle of the Expert. These days will give visitors the opportunity to observe practice, work with our practitioners, see our approach to planning and assessment, and discuss the challenge of leadership.

Friday 19th June, 2009 - the National Mantle of the Expert conference hosted at the Abbey Hotel, Malvern, Worcestershire.
The documents on this page include Luke Abbot’s keynote address and resources from the planning workshop.

Kevin Holland describes a Creative Partnerships funded project he developed to creating contextualized opportunities to study, apply and develop maths using mantle of the expert.

For more information on these training opportunities and for arranging bespoke training please contact us through our online contact page.

Autumn/Spring 2009/2010
Building on the success of the Cambridgeshire LA The Mantle of the Expert curriculum development project, CAS is now able to offer a CPD package that will support the development of the approach in your school.

In this report Cambridgeshire LA Project Manager Chris Hiscock (General Adviser – Music, Cambridgeshire Advisory Service) describes a major mantle of the expert project involving sixteen schools from the county, thirteen primary and three secondary. The project was fully funded by the local authority and conducted over two terms, Autumn 2008 and Spring 2009. The report will be of interest to school and LA managers who are exploring innovative ways to develop creative learning experiences in line with the Rose Review and the 2008 Secondary National Curriculum.

6.00 pm Friday 2nd October - 3.00 pm Sunday 4th October 2009 at Oriel College in Oxford.
This year’s conference deals directly with the belief that the teacher has the power to mould and change minds and that this responsibility must be taken seriously.
We are delighted to include amongst our keynote speakers Dorothy Heathcote (President of natd) and Paul Howard-Jones from the University of Bristol’s Graduate School of Education.