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30-Minute Masterclasses

 

Welcome to our 30-Minute Masterclasses. Below you’ll find our Autumn 2021 schedule.

Each 30-Minute Masterclass is led by Scomis experts in their fields. They’re all free of charge. And each 30-Minute masterclass will run for can you guess? a manageable 30 minutes. We’ve gone for this short and sweet approach to help you fit them into your day.

Places are limited, so please make sure you book the courses that interest you right away. We’ll send you a calendar invite and a reminder nearer the time.

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Closing the Gap and Catch-up Funding 

30-Minute Masterclass – finished

Children from disadvantaged backgrounds are likely to have been affected particularly severely by school closures and online learning, and may need more support to return to school and settle back into school life. This 30-Minute Masterclass illustrates how we can support you to address these challenges and take advantage of the funding available.

Headteachers, Senior Leadership

Getting the most from your MyScomis self-service portal

30-Minute Masterclass – finished

Essential viewing! Our 30-Minute Masterclass on the brand new self-service portal. We’ll look at the FAQs from MyScomis’s first ten days. You will learn how to get the very best from Scomis by blending calls to our Service Desk with your mastery of the integrated knowledge articles in the portal.

Business Managers, Data Managers, School Administrators

Assessing Relationships and Sex Education in SIMS

30-Minute Masterclass – finished

By the end of this academic year, all schools are required to have taught some of the new compulsory curriculum, published a policy, and consulted parents.

In this 30-Minute Masterclass we show you around the SIMS tools that help you monitor and record assessment and progress in this area.

Relationships and Sex Education Leads (Primary or Secondary)

Ofsted: When an Inspector Calls! Behaviour and Attitudes

30-Minute Masterclass – finished

One of the four main areas on which Ofsted has been passing judgement from September 2019 is ‘Behaviour and Attitudes.’ Moving away from academic judgements, this section focuses on students’ approach to life at school and their learning, and the importance of this to their wellbeing. In this webinar we look at how schools can use their MIS to monitor and track these criteria.

Headteachers, Senior Leadership

Ofsted: when an inspector calls! Personal Development

30-Minute Masterclass – finished

Ofsted’s Personal Development judgement evaluates schools’ intent to provide for the personal development of all pupils, and the quality with which this work is implemented.

Spiritual, moral, social and cultural (SMSC) is evaluated as part of the Personal Development judgement as is Relationships and Sex Education (RSE).

In this 30-Minute Masterclass we show you how you can best use your MIS to monitor and track these criteria and improvements.

Staff with responsibility for Personal Development

Review and improve your remote education provision via Microsoft 365 for Education in line with DfE guidance

30-Minute Masterclass – finished

In September 2021, DfE issued new guidance on remote education provision. So in this 30-Minute Masterclass we’ll help you:

1. Identify and brush up on best practice in Microsoft 365 for Education
2. Plan efficient use of Class Teams and Communications collaboration areas
3. Use Microsoft to solve problems for teaching and learning
4. Streamline communications to improve collaboration and engagement with stakeholders on a trust or school level.

Directors Of Learning, Heads of Faculty, School Improvement Leads, Senior Leadership

Review and improve your remote education provision via Google Workspace for Education in line with DfE guidance

30-Minute Masterclass – finished

In September 2021, DfE issued new guidance on remote education provision. So in this 30-Minute Masterclass we’ll help you

1. Identify and brush up on best practice in Google Workspace for Education
2. Plan efficient use of Google Classrooms and Google collaboration areas
3. Use Google to solve problems for teaching and learning
4. Streamline communications to improve collaboration and engagement with stakeholders on a trust or school level

Directors Of Learning, Heads of Faculty, School Improvement Leads, Senior Leadership

Have You Done Your SIMS Housekeeping?

30-Minute Masterclass – finished

Did you know that SIMS Housekeeping routines will help to improve data accuracy and aid GDPR compliance? This 30-Minute Masterclass will run through SIMS Housekeeping routines you can do now and on a regular basis. Including:

• Permissions required
• Deletion of Unlinked Persons/Contacts
• Bulk updates
• Merging Agents and Agencies
• Archiving Attendance

Data Managers, School Administrators

Cybersecurity for all leaders in education

30-Minute Masterclass – finished

Keeping the school systems safe from cyber crime is everyone’s job, but how can you do this? In this Masterclass on cybersecurity, we:

1. Share insights into why the education sector is targeted by criminals
2. Present steps to follow that mitigate your risk
3. Show you the ways school leadership, parents and governors can improve their resilience to phishing and other plausible threats
4. Finally, if the worst happens, we’ll share some best practice guidance for your cybersecurity recovery plan

There’s a 10-minute Q&A at the end of the 20-minute presentation.

Compliance Managers, Data Protection Officers, Governors in Schools/MATs, Senior Leadership

Top 10 tips to save 10 minutes

30-Minute Masterclass – finished

The latest of our ever-popular Tips & Tricks Masterclasses that help you save time when using SIMS. Come and see the new entries in the Top 10 and maybe share your own top tip!

Users Of SIMS