GCSE Rescue – Textiles Technology programme 2011-12
Would you like to improve your GCSE Textiles results?

In 2012 with the help from funding from The All Saints Educational Trust , The Design and Technology Association developed a very special GCSE Textiles Technology programme. It was offered to those schools who wanted to improve their Textiles Technology GCSE results to an average score of 60% or above grades A-C. It prioritised those schools with below 30% A-C. The programme was a mix of face to face national workshop and regional workshops and on line support meetings.

If you feel you missed out or feel you could have benefitted from these courses you can download supporting Power Points and listen to recordings of these events below.

 6 GCSE Rescue Textiles On-line Seminars

Top tips for planning your GCSE scheme of work – Julie Messenger
The recording from this event can now be downloaded here along with the supporting PowerPoint presentation here.

Improving your class grades in controlled assessment – Julie Boyd
The recording from this event can now be downloaded here along with the supporting PowerPoint presentation here.

Improving your class grades in the final examination – Julie Boyd
PowerPoint available here.

Making GCSE learning active and engaging – Heidi Ambrose Brown
PowerPoint available here.

Using new technologies to improve GCSE grades – Heidi Ambrose Brown
PowerPoint available here. Along with the recording from this event here.

Reviewing the best resources to use in teaching GCSE – Julie Messenger
Pdf available here. Along with the recording from the event here.

GCSE RESCUE Textiles One day national workshop

Programme
1. GCSE requirements explained and compared
2. Turning a syllabus into a course
3. Understanding controlled assessment
4. Getting better exam results
5. Making the most of your resources
6. Three practical sessions

For the event PowerPoint click here.

Course Presenters

The Association staff on this programme include:

Louise T Davies joined the Association as Deputy Chief Executive in 2005 after six years at QCA (Qualifications and Curriculum Authority), advising DfE on D&T national curriculum and examinations and offering advice nationally and internationally on curriculum and assessment issues. She manages all the food and textiles technology national programmes at the Association. She has published over 40 D&T textbooks and speaks at national and international conferences and runs numerous courses for teachers.

Heidi Ambrose Brown works as a Textile consultant within Design and Technology and her primary aim is to raise the profile of Textiles within schools. She works with teachers and students to deliver projects that use modern technology, together with textile techniques and processes, to produce colourful products that students find relevant and achievable. 
She has taught in schools across all the D&T specialisms at KS3 and delivered Textiles at GCSE and A Level.
Heidi acts as part of the West Midlands Regional Support Centre for Digital Design and Technology, where she delivers courses on SpeedStep, STEM into Textiles, alongside the integration of Electronics into Textile products. 
As a regular contributor to a variety of textile resources, Heidi has most recently written the D&T Associations 'Get Organised', 'Engineering Elegance' and two of the 'D&T STEM Careers Resources' for Textiles.

Julie Boyd works as an Education Consultant specialising in Design and Technology, teaching and learning and coaching. She has 25 years teaching experience including roles as a Head of Department, AST and Assistant Principal. She has been awarded a Guardian Teacher of the Year Award for her innovative teaching practices as well as a DATA Leadership award. Under Julies leadership GCSE exam results in textiles were raised from 58% to 92% in 4 years with option numbers doubling (and A level numbers going from 7 to 50). Julie has worked as a moderator and examiner for AQA and is the author of Flexible D&T for AQA:Textiles Technology & co-author of D&T Foundations: KS3 Textiles Technology, as well as a range of free resources provided via her website. Julie has a particular interest in addressing gender stereotypes in textiles as well as in supporting others to create a relevant and contemporary curriculum with high quality, innovative teaching and learning.

Julie Messenger has been a Learning Advisor for Design and Technology, and has managed the STEMNET STEMPOINT contract for Northamptonshire for 7 years. Prior to this she was a Head of Department and an Advanced Skills Textiles Teacher in a leading edge Technology College. Here she was recognised by the DfE for greatly improving GCSE grades across her department.
She has delivered Textile Technology training locally, regionally and nationally, working in partnership with The Design and Technology Association and other independent national training organisations.
In her role as an Advanced Skills Textile teacher, she co-authored books which focused on Textile Technology, e.g. the CREATE materials. More recently Julie has worked on the Folens Specials series where she co-authored two Textiles focused publications. 
In March 2011, Julie received the Design and Technology Associations award for teacher training.

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For more information on any of these courses please contact Yvonne Davies:

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