The QLS geography team offer a high standard of professional development which will help you. We welcome suggestions for future events and offers of expertise and experience.   Professional development can take many different forms appropriate for school improvement. We hope you can find your needs here:

1. Courses and Conferences
2. Curriculum Development Projects  
3. School Consultancy Visits
4. School Initiated Training

Courses and Conferences

You are welcome to join us for any courses - they are NOT Staffordshire specific.

If you would like to see what course are available then Click here for primary courses

Click here for middle and secondary courses

For further details contact lynda.sims@staffordshire.gov.uk

Curriculum Development Projects

Updates coming shortly!

Raising Achievement - GCSE - The Burton Network

Geography and Literacy - a project for primary schools

Geography outside the classroom

Geography Teachers on the Staffordshire Learning Net   -This is it!

School Consultancy Visits

We are available for:

Primary, Middle and Special schools

• New co-ordinators support
• Review of schemes of work
• ICT review
• Fieldwork development
• Interviews
• Pre and post OFSTED advice

Secondary

• Reviews of Geography department
• Review of schemes of work
• ICT review
• Fieldwork development
• Interviews
• Pre and post OFSTED advice

School Initiated Training

The above courses and conferences are made up of modules that could be brought to your school and customised for your specific needs.

Examples

• Creating an Intranet for Geography
• Enquiry geography and citizenship
• National Curriculum updates
• Literacy, Language and Learning through geography

To reduce the cost, consider running courses in clusters or pyramids where needs are similar.

Questions or problems regarding this web site should be directed to kate.russell@staffordshire.gov.uk
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This page last updated 06 December 2001