Leading CPD for Enterprise and

Entrepreneurship

The focus on enterprise and entrepreneurship

across the Aldridge schools has created a need to

develop a comprehensive CPD offer for staff that

supports the aspirations of Aldridge Education in

equipping all pupils with enterprise skills and

entrepreneurial experiences.

The focus of the training is two-fold:

• To support Aldridge teaching staff in developing

the comprehensive knowledge and skills to

integrate enterprise skills into teaching and

learning

• To support professional staff within the Aldridge

schools and Aldridge Education (MAT) to build

and lead entrepreneurial schools

Core modules – are mandatory for all members of

staff at the school to complete. They underpin the

running of the school and inform teaching and

learning activities. They also ensure a level of

consistency across the MAT in how the six Aldridge

attributes are embedded

Running across every Aldridge school the training

could consist of ‘core’ and ‘optional’ modules:

Core modules:

• Mandatory for ALL staff;

• Underpin the running of the school;

• Inform teaching and learning activities;

• Result in a level of consistency across the MAT in

regard to how the six Aldridge attributes are

embedded in everything that we do.

Optional modules:

• Designed to further a learners’ understanding of:

enterprise, entrepreneurship and the six Aldridge

attributes;

• Used to guide learners through a pathway as either

a teaching or professional services member of

staff.

Within the Optional modules there

are three possible routes which

could lead to accreditation:

• Teaching Staff

• Team Academy

• Leading an Enterprise and

Entrepreneurial school

The CPD pilot will launch with a cross-

academy cohort of colleagues who will

work in clusters from January 2019.

Recruited at the discretion of the principal.

This initial cohort will work with the

Aldridge Institute to co-construct and

shape the programme of learning.

The CPD programme will be

collaboratively designed with staff in a

developmental way of working which

reflects the Aldridge attributes.

Team Academy will run as a

pilot in PACA and will be

developed further in DACA

in 2019.

The Delivery Team: The design, delivery and evaluation of the training will be led by the Aldridge Institute (based at UWE, Bristol) under the leadership of Professor Gurpreet Jagpal. An executive education/CPD steering group has recently been created, chaired by Professor Gurpreet Jagpal and consisting of: • Lauren Davies, Lecturer in Enterprise and

Entrepreneurship (UWE) • Alison Fletcher, Director (Team Akatemia) • Beki Martin, Director of Enterprise and

Entrepreneurship • Rachel O’Halleron, Deputy Director of Education

Task:

On tables discuss where you have

experienced effective training (CPD)

programmes and identify the areas of

commonality.

TAMLA: A model

Consistency:

The variability between schools in

most Western countries is far

smaller than the variability within

schools, or, more simply, that it

matters much more which

classroom you go to than which

school.

Given the focus on enterprise and

entrepreneurship across the Aldridge schools there

is a need to develop a comprehensive executive

The focus of the training is two-fold:

To support Aldridge teaching staff in developing the

comprehensive knowledge and skills to lead on the

delivery of enterprise and entrepreneurial learning,

and

To support professional staff within the Aldridge

schools and Aldridge Education (MAT) to build and

lead entrepreneurial schools

Core Modules:

• Enterprise Education Landscape

• Embedding the Aldridge Attributes

• Delivering effective enterprise education

Task:

What are the essential elements we need to

include in the Core Programme in order that

we have a consistent approach to teaching

and learning across the Aldridge MAT?

Leadership Training:

• The Entrepreneurial School

Concept

• Building an Entrepreneurial

School

• Leading a Entrepreneurial School

What components would a training

programme for Aldridge Leaders

contain and how can we learn from

one another?

Next steps:

• In schools SE w/c 3.12.18

• Recruit pilot cohort group in

consultation with principals

• Proposal for the Core module

CPD programme to be shared

with principals

• Optional modules developed

• Forums – opportunity for input

and feedback