Schools often prepare children for tests, but not always for life. Whilst we cannot choose our learners' starting points, but we can equip them for the next legs of their journey and help them reach their destinations. In this EDUK full day masterclass, education expert Matt Bromley will explore ways of embedding an effective Personal Development programme in schools which:
Prepares learners for their next steps in life including by raising aspirations and offering choice
Helps learners to become increasingly independent as learners and thinkers
Develops learners’ metacognition and self-regulation skills, as well as their emotional intelligence
Develops learners’ intrinsic motivation and resilience, and confidence and self-efficacy
Builds learners’ cultural capital and expands their frames of reference
By the end of this masterclass, you will be able to:
Design and embed a coherent Personal Development programme that goes beyond PSHE and assemblies
Apply evidence-based strategies for cultivating independent thinking and intellectual autonomy
Support learners to develop emotional literacy, metacognition, and self-regulation
Build learners' intrinsic motivation, resilience, confidence, and self-efficacy
Expand pupils' cultural capital and broaden their frames of reference
Prepare learners effectively for post-16 study, employment, and adult life
Map out a practical, whole-school Personal Development curriculum ready to implement
FACILITATOR
Matt Bromley is CEO of bee and Chair of the Building Equity in Education Campaign. He is an education journalist, author, and advisor with twenty five years’ experience in teaching and leadership including as a secondary school headteacher and academy principal, further education college vice principal, and multi-academy trust director.
Matt is a public speaker, trainer, initial teacher training lecturer, and school improvement advisor. He remains a practising teacher, currently working in secondary, FE and HE settings.
Matt writes for various education magazines including SecEd and Headteacher Update, and he is a columnist on The Yorkshire Post. He is the author of numerous best-selling books on education and he co-hosts an award winning podcast.
