Improving student outcomes
Berkshire Sensory Consortium Service
in partnership with
School Staff Training and Coaching Programme
Providing school staff with an impactful, enjoyable and sustainable training and coaching programme to achieve the best outcomes for Deaf, MSI or VI children and young people in your school.
Impactful
for Children
- Having the knowledge, tools and confidence to develop and implement individual plans of support to improve outcomes for CYP
- Ensuring all legal requirements and best practices are in place for CYP
- Enabling inclusivity and the quality of educational provision to foster an aspirational learning community
Enjoyable and Rewarding
for School Staff
- Access to the valuable knowledge, skills and expertise they need to create a nurturing and inclusive environment where the children they work with can thrive
- Empowering staff to become confident advocates, equipped with the specialist strategies skills to grow and embed best practice within school
Sustainable
for your School
- Maximising staff professional development opportunities
- Enriching your team's skill set
- Making the most effective use of staffing and resources across school
Staff member/s working with Deaf, MSI or VI?
Register to join a Training and Coaching Programme
We didn't expect the training to benefit so many children. While we have a small number identified with as VI or deaf, this highlighted the barriers to learning for so many of our children.
Deaf, MSI and VI
Training and Coaching Programme
Training and Resources
- Flexible online training which can work around your staff’s timetables
- Enjoyable and engaging format with a variety of media to build practical knowledge and support implementation of strategies
- A comprehensive, modular format which moves through three core sections: Understanding, Assessment and Intervention followed by case studies
- A catalogue of practical and accessible resources that are tailored to the supporting diverse needs of deaf students
- Tools for staff to quickly and easily develop SMART action plans and targeted interventions
Providing all the tools and resources staff need to start making a difference in the classroom for CYP
Coaching (Group Supervision and Coaching)
- Access to psychological supervision and solution-focused coaching
- Drawing on the experiences and expertise of Specialist Teachers
- Collaboratively problem-solve personalised barriers to optimal practice
- Enhances personalised knowledge and skills to identify individualised strategies and further improve outcomes for CYP
Empowering, motivating and building staff confidence to embed effective strategies and maximise outcomes for CYP
Staff member/s working with Deaf, MSI or VI?
Register to join a Training and Coaching Programme
Outcomes
in your School
Providing a flexible, adaptable, and a child-centred approach that prioritises each child’s unique potential and development.
Impact on confidence to support pupils with sensory needs
Pre-training
Post-training
- Very confident
- Fairly confident
- Somewhat confident
- Not confident
Source: LMS 2024
Ensuring that every Deaf, MSI or VI student:
- feels valued and included
- receives effective, specialised support
- overcomes potential barriers to their learning
- is equipped academically, socially and emotionally to prepare them for the challenges and opportunities ahead
A relatively small investment in time to achieve such positive outcomes, not just for children with VI but the ripples across school with practical whole-class adaptations which benefitted all children.
Staff member/s working with Deaf, MSI or VI?
Register to join a Training and Coaching Programme
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