Policy insight events
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Overview
Since 2020, we have been running ‘Policy Insight Events’ to keep stakeholders up to date with professional learning developments.
The interactive 1 hour sessions are delivered by school practitioners seconded to Welsh Government. They are held virtually and are also made available asynchronously as a video or Hwb playlist. Recent events can be accessed offline in the recent resources section, with previous events hosted in the archive.
Upcoming events
29 March 2023
Community focused schools: family engagement
This event will focus on family engagement policy and practice in the context of community focused schools. The event will provide an overview of the Welsh Government guidance 'developing family engagement in community focused schools', with input from Professor Janet Goodall on the ‘engaging parent’s toolkit’.
25 April 2023
New Curriculum for Wales professional learning resources
This event will showcase new Curriculum for Wales professional learning resources. Key partners and practitioners will provide a flavour of:
- practical religion, values and ethics (RVE) modules designed by practitioners
- interactive Children’s Rights UNCRC/PD resources developed with education consortia
- easily accessible, bitesize resources for diversity and anti-racist professional learning (DARPL)
Registration form
To access the ‘Policy Insight Events’ live, please complete the online registration form
To access these events offline, please access the recent resources and archive sections.
Feedback
"Informative events that enable school staff across Wales to be involved."
"So helpful and inspiring, particularly valued during Covid."
"Very useful programme, giving insight into how schools across Wales are engaging with Curriculum 2022."
Recent resources
Here are the recordings from the events held during the summer term 2021. All are in Hwb playlist format and include separate video recordings from each section of the events, together with a full recording of the event.
29 April 2021: policy insight: talk pedagogy
27 May 2021: policy insight: Digital Professional Learning Journey (DPLJ)
1 July 2021: schools as learning organisations (SLO) and strategic leadership of pedagogy
13 July 2021: policy insight: National Professional Enquiry Project (NPEP)
12 October 2021: policy insight: National Resource: Evaluation and Improvement (NR:EI)
11 November 2021: policy insight Professional Learning update
11 November 2021: policy insight: National Professional Enquiry Project (NPEP)
9 December 2021: policy insight: Digital Professional Learning Journey (DPLJ) update
3 March 2022: policy insight: diversity and anti-racism professional learning (DARPL)
31 March 2022: policy insight: professional learning update
26 April 2022: policy insight: Religion, Values and Ethics (RVE) professional learning resources for the Curriculum for Wales
14 June 2022: policy insight: Digital Professional Learning Journey (DPLJ) official launch
7 July 2022: policy insight: collaborative enquiry
12 October 2022: National Professional Learning Entitlement (NPLE)
27 October 2022: policy insight: Talk Pedagogy: big ticket themes this term
24 November 2022: policy insight: Community focused schools
Archive
Resources from earlier events.
17 November 2020: policy insight: Professional Learning Journey (PLJ)
- Presentation: What is the Professional Learning Journey (PLJ)? pptx 15.28 Mb This file may not be accessible. If you need a more accessible version of this document please email digital@gov.wales. Please tell us the format you need. If you use assistive technology please tell us what this is
26 November 2020: policy insight: Schools as Learning Organisations (SLO)
- Presentation: Schools as Learning Organisations pptx 13.28 Mb This file may not be accessible. If you need a more accessible version of this document please email digital@gov.wales. Please tell us the format you need. If you use assistive technology please tell us what this is
- Presentation: Transformative model (Rhonwen Morris: Ysgol y Preseli) pptx 13.20 Mb This file may not be accessible. If you need a more accessible version of this document please email digital@gov.wales. Please tell us the format you need. If you use assistive technology please tell us what this is
- Presentation: Schools as Learning Organisations: Based on the practice of Ysgol Bro Carmel and the Holywell Cluster (Jo Garbutt) pptx 62 Kb This file may not be accessible. If you need a more accessible version of this document please email digital@gov.wales. Please tell us the format you need. If you use assistive technology please tell us what this is
08 December 2020: policy insight: pedagogy
- Presentation: National exploration of pedagogy pptx 3.19 Mb This file may not be accessible. If you need a more accessible version of this document please email digital@gov.wales. Please tell us the format you need. If you use assistive technology please tell us what this is