Sa, Feb 24, 2007

Supporting Excellence in Schools

CCG in Partnership with the 360 Group offers a range of low cost and high impact school development instruments. To arrange a free, no-obligation consultation, call: 08700 661947 or email. ccg@creativeconsulting.fsnet.co.uk Our Acclaimed Leadership Skills Development Programme for Heads and Senior Managers The ‘critical’ Tool for the Identification and Alignment of School Culture and Sub-cultures Our Unique Programme for Best Practice in Gifted and Talented Education Our Unique Pupil Attitudes’ Survey for Key Stage 2 and Above Leading the Way in Whole-School Improvement Through Best Practice in SEN Inclusion Our ‘stunning’ Modified P-Scale Pupil Tracker and Target Setting System Posted by Robin Brooke-Smith on 24/2/07; 11:42:39 AM from the Education dept.   #  Discuss     Trackback [0]

Fr, Jan 5, 2007

Recent & Forthcoming CCG Assignments

Thomas Adams School, Salop LA, Leadership 360 Development Programme (2007-2008) European Commission, Brussels, Edulink Programme, Higher Education Project Proposal Evaluation (Feb-April 2007) Bacon’s College, London. Keynote of Gifted and Talented (Jan 2006) COBISEC Conference, London Keynote on Gifted and Talented (May 2007 forthcoming) Hampshire LA. Evaluation of Gifted and Talented Pilot Project (June 2007 forthcoming) Bacon's College, London, Keynote on Gifted and Talented (Jan 2007) Isle of Man. Scoping review on Gifted and Talented  (Nov 2006) Penryn College, Cornwall , Keynote and Workshops on Gifted and talented (Nov 2006) South Korea Keynote on Gifted and Talented Education (Oct 2006) Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Keynote on Gifted Education (Aug 2006) China Henan Province. Capacity building and school linking (June 2006) Hampshire Excellence Cluster. Workshops for 18 schools, Gifted and Talented (June 2006) Girls’ Schools Association. G&T Workshop for 22 schools (March 2006) Posted by Robin Brooke-Smith on 5/1/07; 8:49:19 PM from the Education dept.   #  Discuss  Comment [0]   Trackback [0]

Commonwealth Education Ministers' Conference, Cape Town Dec 2006

SA Education Minister Mrs Pandor with conference delegates Robin attended the LCD - Commonwealth Education Conference in Cape Town as well as the LCD end of year training and Board Meeting in Johannesburg from 3 to 12 December. Posted by Robin Brooke-Smith on 5/1/07; 8:11:48 PM from the Worldwide dept.   #  Discuss  Comment [0]   Trackback [0]

Fr, Jul 28, 2006

Re-visioning of Education

"Ok, so I wasn't planning on spending a good chunk of my morning reading what for me at least is a pretty heady argument for edcuational change, but I happened upon this one sentence that REALLY resonated, and off I went: Today, however, intense pressures for change now come directly from technology and the economy and not ideology or educational reformist ideas, with an expanding global economy and novel technologies demanding innovative skills, competencies, literacies, and practices. That's what I've been thinking about too, the idea that these technologies will in and of themselves demand a rethinking of the current educational system, which, if left unchanged, will simply become obviously irrelevant to the ways of learning and working in the connected, "authorship society" we're entering. If that turns out to be true, I suggest we fasten our seatbelts immediately... I highly suggest you carve out an hour or so to read Douglas Kellner's most interesting ideas." Posted by Robin Brooke-Smith on 28/7/06; 8:07:05 PM from the Asia dept.   #  Discuss  Comment [0]   Trackback [0]

Fr, Jun 30, 2006

Shropshire Independent Schools

CCG is working with a group of Indepndent Schools in Shropshire to help develop teams and best practice in teaching and learning. It is planned for the CCG business manager to carry this work forward with school teams in the autumn of 2006. Posted by Robin Brooke-Smith on 30/6/06; 11:07:46 AM from the Education dept.   #  Discuss  Comment [0]   Trackback [0]

Fr, Jun 9, 2006

Posted by Robin Brooke-Smith on 9/6/06; 9:06:52 PM from the Education dept.   #  Discuss  Comment [0]   Trackback [0]

Mo, May 29, 2006

SIAS International University, Zhengzhou, China

Robin was the guest of SIAS International University, in Zhengzhou City, China from 19 to 23 May. The visit was coordinated by Jean Wang. In addition to delivering a speech at the SIAS Homecoming Ceremony and a lecture, meetings were held to discuss possible future avenues for collaboration. SIAS is an astonishingly dymanic and impressive new private university, with extensive international links and currently 11,000 students. More on this in due course. Posted by Robin Brooke-Smith on 29/5/06; 10:49:01 AM from the Asia dept.   #  Discuss  Comment [0]   Trackback [0]

Sa, Apr 8, 2006

Posted by Robin Brooke-Smith on 8/4/06; 7:29:56 PM from the Education dept.   #  Discuss  Comment [0]   Trackback [0]

Sa, Dec 3, 2005

Visit to South Africa for Link Community Development

Robin visited South Africa from 22 to 28 November as part of a familiarisation tour for Link Community Development. Pictures below are of visit to Ngcaka School in Eastern Cape. Ngcaka School has hosted a Global Teacher in July and August. More details follow later. Posted by Robin Brooke-Smith on 3/12/05; 5:17:19 PM from the Worldwide dept.   #  Discuss  Comment [0]   Trackback [0]

CCG Works with Thomas Adams School

Between September and November 2005 Creative Consulting Group has led three workshops at Thomas Adams School, Shropshire to develop a whole school plan for Gifted and Talented Education. The end result is a plan to implement systemic change in G&T over the next two to three terms. GGC will be continuing to give light touch support and will contribute to the PD Day on Feb 20 2006. Posted by Robin Brooke-Smith on 3/12/05; 4:54:48 PM from the Education dept.   #  Discuss  Comment [0]   Trackback [0]