1. RQT training program Day 1JB
Introduction and Risk-taking
"Go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is." -- Jimmy Carter

2. Risk Taking MR
People are awesome

3. Who we are…
Julie Bray
Headteacher at St. John the Baptist Catholic Primary School
This project came about as part of my NPQH
I have four children who keep me very busy and a husband who luckily likes cooking and housework! JB

4. Maths co-ordinator and running an LSA / SD training program at Anton
Mark Rist
Teaching at Anton for 6 years. 2 years in year 4 and 4 years in year 3.
Maths co-ordinator and running an LSA / SD training program at Anton
I have a little girl called Florence who teaches me something new everyday; predominantly about the teletubbies! MR

5. People Bingo JB

6. Overview of the course
Day 2: Risk Taking and the characteristics of outstanding teachers
Day 3: Questioning and mastery and observing effective practice
Day 4: Observing Specialist leaders of education (SLEs)
Day 5: Assessment and use of pupil performance data and formative assessment strategies
Day 6: Observation by a SLE
Day 7: The future – Leadership roles and evaluation and celebration of course completion MR

7. Primary teacher vs. College LecturerJB

8. Risk taking – What do we mean by taking a risk?
Julie’s example: Children running their own businesses
MR / JB

9. Risk taking
What were the common themes between our lessons? Discuss on your tables. MR

10. Let’s see how you got on – these are the themes we felt were common in the lessons…
Flexible and fluid;
Children were responsible for their own learning;
Teacher was the facilitator of learning rather than the imparter of knowledge;
Busy atmosphere;
Not all children sitting silently at their desks;
Mixed ability groups;
Well planned, but flexible in delivery;
Took a while to plan and prepare;
Required the support of good LSAs and SDs to help the children (again as facilitators);
Developing children’s confidence and independence – the attitude to ‘have a go!’;
Real-life learning
Children were engaged and inspired!
JB first 6. MR rest

11. Reflection time
In your journals reflect on a lesson where you have taken a risk and how it went.
Now you have 10 minutes to create a colourful ‘poster’ on sugar paper about a risk-taking lesson you have taught; ready to present to the others.
Think about…
What the lesson was and how you took a ‘risk’ (details of your lesson),
What went well and…
What would you change if you were to do the lesson again. MR

12. Speed share
You have 3 minutes to explain your poster and answer questions to someone you haven’t spoken to today and then they will explain theirs for 3 minutes. JB

13. Final thoughts on risk taking
How confident are you at taking risks?
What sort of risks are you happy to take at the moment?
Share your thoughts in your journal… JB

14. Inter-sessional task and our RQT blog!
Contribute an overview of a risk taking lesson to the blog that others can learn from. This might be a lesson(s) you have taught or a really useful strategy you use in your class; maybe both!
Write about it on the blog and be as detailed as possible; hopefully others will want to magpie it! MR

15. Caine's Arcade JB

16. "Do one thing every day that scares you." -- Eleanor Roosevelt
On board