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Raising the profile of D&T, building consistency and setting high expectations for both staff and students

Raising the profile of D&T, building consistency and setting high expectations for both staff and students, Session Content: The presentation will discuss my approach to taking over a Design & Technology faculty and how I have created a shared vision. It will explore the journey I have undertook in my first 12 months in post. Highlighted will be my faculty rebrand, the rationale and number of associated resource developments which have been introduced. Learning Outcomes: How to create a united vision and build consistency across different faculty subject areas. ...

Teaching electronics in KS3 D&T

Teaching electronics in KS3 D&T, This course has been created to help all D&T teachers improve their confidence and understanding of electronics within design and technology at secondary schools. Course objectives: A basic understanding of electronic concepts. Basic knowledge of key components. Design methods suitable for KS3 & 4. By participating in this course, you will: Learn how to develop an electronic solution to a problem. Find ways to move forward for curriculum and skill development. Upon successful...

Guide to becoming a Health and Safety Consultant

Guide to becoming a Health and Safety Consultant, Have you got what it takes to become a registered trainer for the D&T Association? The attachment below is a guide to the route that needs to be followed in order to achieve the final step to becoming a Registered Design and Technology Health & Safety Consultant (RDTHSC). Application form and notes of guidance can be found on the main Health and Safety page. RDTHSCs work to a code of practice and must follow quality assurance procedures and practices. To maintain your professional knowledge and competence,...

Curriculum Links

Curriculum Links, These downloadable member-only units cover a range of additional units suitable within D&T. These units will be regularly developed and added to, creating a broad suite of resources to use in the classroom. 6 R's (Sc) - this unit introduces the 6Rs of sustainability: Reduce, Rethink, Refuse, Recycle, Reuse, and Repair. This helps students evaluate environmental impact and make more responsible design choices. Forces and Stress (Sc) - this unit covers how different forces such as tension, compression, shear, bending, and torsion affect materials and structures, to contextualise mechanical properties and material suitability...

Wouldn't it be nice if...

Wouldn't it be nice if..., With a new KS1-3 curriculum in place for September we know that the next challenge appearing over the horizon will be the review of GCSE qualifications. Ofqual have been tasked to do this and it is already underway for some subjects. But the review of D&T GCSEs is imminent and now is the time to do some creative thinking. What proposals and recommendations can we take to the Ofqual table when we get the invitation? What do we want the revised GCSEs for D&T to look like? This started...

Primary Subject Leadership File

Primary Subject Leadership File, This guide (provided as a downloadable PDF) contains useful information on all aspects of subject leadership in Primary D&T, including practical information on: Leading and Managing Design and Technology Curriculum Planning Resources and Health & Safety Subject Knowledge and its Application It provides a comprehensive set of materials addressing all the major aspects which subject leaders would be expected to address in their role. It includes up-to-date information on the requirements of the National Curriculum for Design and Technology and the Statutory Framework...

Developing handmade switches

Developing handmade switches, Age 8-11 yearsFirst published 2011 A set of PowerPoint presentations and an accompanying display poster which show a range of techniques for constructing switches at Key Stage 2. Some of these techniques may also be used with younger children. The presentations come in two versions. One is aimed at teachers and can be used for training purposes or reference. The other is simplified to titles and pictures for the children to follow in class under the teacher’s instruction. You may choose to use just the relevant parts of...

Sustainable power supply

Sustainable power supply, First published 2013 This is to introduce Year 7 to a project which uses a sustainable power supply as an alternative to batteries, which can be harmful to the environment when disposed of. The power supply chosen is a super capacitor charged from a USB port, which represents the use of cutting edge technology to solve the problem of providing sustainable energy for a small scale electronic product. CAD/CAM is used extensively both in simulating and designing the circuit and in producing a professional, modern and commercial standard casing. ...

Quick Step: New Head of Dept Survival Guide

Quick Step: New Head of Dept Survival Guide, This guide is aimed at new HoDs and looks at a number of things that are bound to crop up in your first year. It looks at the role and challenges you are likely to encounter, addressing such things as: leadership and management, communication, department meetings, people management, your team, planning, moving forward, supporting staff and celebrating your department. It is divided into the first term in which you will need to get to grips with budgets, planning and managing departmental meetings, as well as getting to know your team...

Quick Step: Your Dept: Is it Working?

Quick Step: Your Dept: Is it Working?, How to conduct a review of your department and an honest assessment of how it inspires, supports and provides for students and staff; or not! Aimed at Secondary Heads of Department, this handy guide poses questions covering the ethos and values of your department and how you use the rooms and spaces to enhance appreciation of D&T by pupils, parent and colleagues. It asks about the awareness of staff of developments in D&T delivery and technologies. The book challenges whether you are a good department head in your vision

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