{"id":780,"date":"2019-12-19T11:11:16","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T11:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/?page_id=780"},"modified":"2019-12-19T16:05:49","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T16:05:49","slug":"inset-cpd-for-secondary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/?page_id=780","title":{"rendered":"INSET \/ CPD for Secondary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2><strong>Professional Development for Secondary School <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Secondary \/senior school teachers are subject to an ever increasing pressure relating to their individual broad range of knowledge and topic skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main aim of this one-day course is to further instil and <em>enhance <\/em>a <em>confidence <\/em>in the teachers ability to professionally deliver the classroom knowledge concerning &#8216;<em>all things astronomical&#8217;&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Typical formal structure:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Course commences at 10:30 a.m<\/li><li>Night Sky Tutorial.  This centres around a Tour of the Night Sky in our housed <em>Planetarium <\/em>&#8211; always a favourite &#8211; a genuine visual treat&#8230;<\/li><li>Full lunch in our large dining hall<\/li><li>Star charts and <em>level relevant <\/em>worksheet summaries<\/li><li>Slide show lecture: &#8220;<em>The Grand Tour of the Universe<\/em>&#8220;<\/li><li>Course <em>formally <\/em>closes at 2:30 p.m &#8211; there will <em>always <\/em>be opportunity for candidates to stay behind and further discuss any issues with Nick&#8230;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-medium-gray-color\"><em>Alongside and throughout the formal course structure there is an important opportunity for the attendee to<\/em> <em><strong>ask as many questions as they wish<\/strong><\/em>&#8230; experience suggests that this is a vital and much used function of the day course &#8230;                                                       This is <strong>YOUR <\/strong>chance to ask <strong>ANY <\/strong>questions about Space; about the Universe; about all curriculum (or <em>non<\/em>-curriculum!) related topics.                                                                          This is <strong>YOUR <\/strong>day, and as such it&#8217;s important that any candidate gets the most from their time at the centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fee per candidate: \u00a3180, including lunch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next course date: TBC.  In the meantime, any questions \/ queries, please do contact Nick:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>01253 772974           <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Email: <a href=\"mailto:nick@astronomyforall.co.uk\">nick@astronomyforall.co.uk<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professional Development for Secondary School Secondary \/senior school teachers are subject to an ever increasing pressure relating to their individual broad range of knowledge and topic skills. The main aim of this one-day course is to further instil and enhance &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/?page_id=780\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/780"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=780"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":794,"href":"https:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/780\/revisions\/794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}