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Welcome to the Cambridgeshire Advisory Service (CAS) news page. We aim to keep you informed and updated about what is happening within CAS, so that we can better support your work in school. This page will inform you about CAS staffing changes and signpost you to new CAS resources and courses.
Nigel Battey
Senior Adviser
u CAS Staffing Update - Spring Term 2010
A warm CAS welcome this term to Carys Wiltshire who has joined the Primary National Strategy Consultant team as a Numeracy Consultant. Carys was previously Assistant Headteacher at an Essex Primary School.
We say farewell to Janet Haswell, Primary National Strategy Numeracy Consultant. Janet has returned to the classroom to pursue her interest in Early Years.
u Cambridgeshire Teaching Assistant Conferences - 22 January and 1 March 2010
The inaugural Cambridgeshire Teaching Assistant Conferences are being held at theHuntingdon Marriott Hotel on 22 January and 1 March 2010. These one-day events aim to:
o Provide a networking opportunity for TAs
o Further develop skills and knowledge through a range of workshops
o Enable TAs to identify CPD opportunities
Due to popular demand the conference on 22nd January is now full, and limited places only remain on the 1st March. For further information contact dawn.wyers@cambridgeshire.gov.uk.
u Recently Qualified Teacher (RQT) Conference - Friday 18 June 2010
A conference, for those in their 2nd and 3rd year of teaching is planned for Friday 18 June 2010 at the Huntingdon Marriott Hotel 9.15 - 4.00pm. The aims of the conference, supporting early professional development are:
o to support individual needs, improve the quality of teaching and confidence as a practitioner
o to broaden pedagogical skills and increasing reflection on classroom practice
o to increase individual focus and understanding of career development
o to increase the contributions of early career teachers to the work of school and colleagues
The day will begin with a keynote address by Alistair Smith; participants will then have a choice of attending 2 out of 8 workshops, with the day ending with a Tai Chi session. There will also be a ‘market place’ with a range of stalls run by publishers etc.
Further information will be sent out to schools in early-mid February.
u CAS Course Programme for Schools 2009-10
Don’t forget that the latest searchable course information can be found on the ‘Courses’ section of this website. This information is regularly updated and is also available on Cambridgeshire Online Training Search (COTSonline) at www.ccc-cots.co.uk.
You can also access all CAS Course Booklets as downloadable documents. Follow the ‘Quick Link’ on the homepage to ‘Courses’, then ‘Programme Booklets’. You may wish to download relevant booklets to your school network or even email directly to relevant staff.
u CAS Adviser/Consultant Contact Details
In an effort to simplify the arrangements for schools to contact a CAS Adviser or Consultant, many of the team will shortly be operating with just one telephone number and an email address. This means that all Advisers and Consultants will be contactable via their BlackBerry mobile device (telephone or email). This process will involve the disconnection of some of the current CAS Adviser/Consultant landline numbers. Once all is sorted an updated CAS Adviser/Consultant contact list will made available to all schools.
This does not affect the CAS office landline telephone numbers used for course bookings. These will remain the same.
u CAS Websites
Don't forget to use the 'subjects' and 'aspects' tabs to search for individual CAS subject, phase and aspect websites. These sites are constantly being refreshed and contain a wealth of supporting advice, guidance and resources to support your work in school.
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