Continuing our commitment to excellent teaching, last week we held our first ever Stafford House Teacher Conference.
More than 50 delegates from our schools in London, Brighton and Canterbury attended the event, held in the brand new teaching block of Stafford House’s sister college CATS College Canterbury.
The conference was organised by Vicky McWilliam, Director of Studies in Canterbury, and different talks were given by a variety of teachers from all three schools.
Vicky said “It was a very inspiring day. It was really rewarding to see so many of our colleagues volunteer to give talks.”
“We wanted the conference to be an opportunity for our teachers to get together, share ideas and be inspired. Everybody, including the visiting speakers, felt it was a very worthwhile way to spend a Saturday!”
Two well-known guest speakers from the world of English Language teaching gave plenary talks. Pete Sharma, author of ‘Blended Learning’, gave an insightful presentation into the use of technology in the classroom.
Jim Scrivener, author of Learning Teaching, gave the closing Plenary which was a provocative questioning of how teachers might review their teaching to see whether they could be even more demanding of their students.
The conference was enjoyed by all who attended and it was unanimously agreed this should become an annual event.
