Disadvantage Seminars

Disadvantage Seminars

Following on from the Addressing Educational Disadvantage conference, Marc Rowland and Tor Flynn have led short seminars for all schools and academies. Two more virtual seminars have been planned as follows. To allow easy access, the links have been provided below. All schools and academies are welcome.

• 27 March 4pm – 5pm

The session will: 

• Explore research evidence linked to the importance of developing pupils’ oral language and vocabulary
• Share practical approaches to support the explicit teaching of generically useful vocabulary
• Consider next steps in your schools

To join this briefing, please use this Teams link.

• 29 April 4pm – 5pm

During this session, we will:

• Reflect and build on the input from part one (27 March) focused on explicit teaching of generically useful vocabulary
• Share practical approaches to support the development of oral language and vocabulary through scaffolded opportunities for purposeful talk
• Action plan next steps in your individual contexts

To join this briefing, please use this Teams link.