Home Learning for Now Festival Learning for now: Teacher as Storyteller Organizer Discovery Education Email uk@discoveryed.com Speakers Andrew Hammond Pathway Lead Editor Andrew Hammond Pathway Lead Editor Andrew Hammond, Head of Hall School Wimbledon and Education Adviser for Discovery Education, has worked in schools for over twenty years in both independent and maintained sector schools. Previously Senior Director of Learning & Community at Discovery Education, where he was the Lead Author and Series Editor of Discovery Education Pathway, an online CPD programme, developed in partnership with the NAHT. Chris Nash Head of Community, Discovery Education Chris Nash Head of Community, Discovery Education As Head of Community at Discovery Education UK, Chris has been involved in education for 30 years as a teacher, lecturer, LA advisor and consultant. Chris has pioneered teaching and learning through the use of technology, has a passion for innovating and understands how technology can have a profound impact on the way we live our lives. He works closely with educators, focussing on best practice in digital learning. Hywel Roberts Author, speaker and highly experienced teacher Hywel Roberts Author, speaker and highly experienced teacher Hywel has been a teacher for over twenty-five years. His reputation has grown hugely since he stepped out of the full-time classroom. He has found an incredible and innovative niche in the world of model teaching contributing to and advising curriculum designers and innovators from Barnsley to Brussels, from Cairo to Cleethorpes. Hywel is as at home in front of hundreds of Headteachers on the conference circuit as he is when working with EAL children on the carpets of their classrooms. It is the latter that places him in a position to contribute confidently on this theme. Hywel contributes to the national conversation around education at school and university level. He is an experienced teacher in Special, Primary and Secondary settings, nationally and internationally. He is also a well- respected author and contributes regularly to a variety of publications. Hywel is a visiting lecturer at Leeds Beckett University teaching at Masters Level, and the University of Huddersfield delivering PGCE Secondary Drama. His work now reaches beyond the world of education focusing on how stories can promote compassionate cultures and humane leadership. His award-winning book ‘Oops! Helping Children Learn Accidentally’ is published by Crown House Publishing and has proved very popular with educators around the world and now is a feature on the reading list of many university teacher training courses. His book ‘Uncharted Territories’ is written with Dr Debra Kidd and was published in 2018. He writes a regular column for the Times Educational Supplement about his encounters as a ‘travelling teacher’. His next book is ‘Botheredness’, due in 2020. He has also contributed fiction to a prison-based literacy reading programme developed by The Shannon Trust. He was recently described as ‘..a world leader in enthusiasm’. Zoe Verrall Curriculum Content Specialist, Discovery Education Zoe Verrall Curriculum Content Specialist, Discovery Education Date 27 May 2021 Expired! Time 3:15 PM - 5:00 PM Learning for now: Teacher as Storyteller Effective and inspiring teachers are storytellers, it’s in their DNA. Weaving knowledge into engaging stories is what teachers do, provided they have adequate time and quality resources available to them. In this virtual conference, we consider how we can best equip educators to sit in the ‘film director’s chair’ and create memorable learning experiences for their pupils. Recommended for all primary and secondary school staff. Share this event Hourly Schedule Sessions 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM Keynote (45 mins) Author, speaker and highly experienced teacher, <strong>Hywel Roberts</strong> is known for his storytelling. A ‘travelling teacher’, he works in schools across the UK, helping teachers to tell the story of learning in engaging and memorable ways. Andrew Hammond sits down with Hywel to hear about his passion for encouraging pupils to move from engagement to ‘botheredness’. Speakers: Andrew Hammond, Hywel Roberts 4:00 - 4:30 PM Classroom practice (30 mins) In this session, we hear from a panel of teachers in this roundtable discussion about the art of storytelling in the classroom and how we can best engage an audience of learners. Speakers: Andrew Hammond, Haneen Al Jaaf, Hiten Mistry 4:30 - 5:00 PM Discovery Education in action (30 mins) Zoe Verrall is a Curriculum Content Specialist at Discovery Education. A former teacher, Zoe is passionate about providing fellow teachers with high-quality resources to support them as storytellers. In this fireside chat, Zoe shares her passion for ‘Studio’, a new feature in our Espresso platform that places the teacher in the ‘Director’s Chair’, able to blend films, images, sounds and music into engaging learning experiences for pupils. Speakers: Chris Nash, Zoe Verrall Andrew Hammond Pathway Lead Editor Andrew Hammond, Head of Hall School Wimbledon and Education Adviser for Discovery Education, has worked in schools for over twenty years in both independent and maintained sector schools. Previously Senior Director of Learning & Community at Discovery Education, where he was the Lead Author and Series Editor of Discovery Education Pathway, an online CPD programme, developed in partnership with the NAHT. Hywel Roberts Author, speaker and highly experienced teacher Hywel has been a teacher for over twenty-five years. His reputation has grown hugely since he stepped out of the full-time classroom. He has found an incredible and innovative niche in the world of model teaching contributing to and advising curriculum designers and innovators from Barnsley to Brussels, from Cairo to Cleethorpes. Hywel is as at home in front of hundreds of Headteachers on the conference circuit as he is when working with EAL children on the carpets of their classrooms. It is the latter that places him in a position to contribute confidently on this theme. Hywel contributes to the national conversation around education at school and university level. He is an experienced teacher in Special, Primary and Secondary settings, nationally and internationally. He is also a well- respected author and contributes regularly to a variety of publications. Hywel is a visiting lecturer at Leeds Beckett University teaching at Masters Level, and the University of Huddersfield delivering PGCE Secondary Drama. His work now reaches beyond the world of education focusing on how stories can promote compassionate cultures and humane leadership. His award-winning book ‘Oops! Helping Children Learn Accidentally’ is published by Crown House Publishing and has proved very popular with educators around the world and now is a feature on the reading list of many university teacher training courses. His book ‘Uncharted Territories’ is written with Dr Debra Kidd and was published in 2018. He writes a regular column for the Times Educational Supplement about his encounters as a ‘travelling teacher’. His next book is ‘Botheredness’, due in 2020. He has also contributed fiction to a prison-based literacy reading programme developed by The Shannon Trust. He was recently described as ‘..a world leader in enthusiasm’. Haneen Al Jaaf Literacy and Reading Coordinator, King Fahad Academy Hiten Mistry Director of Digital Learning and Innovation, Putney High School (GDST) Chris Nash Head of Community, Discovery Education As Head of Community at Discovery Education UK, Chris has been involved in education for 30 years as a teacher, lecturer, LA advisor and consultant. Chris has pioneered teaching and learning through the use of technology, has a passion for innovating and understands how technology can have a profound impact on the way we live our lives. He works closely with educators, focussing on best practice in digital learning. Zoe Verrall Curriculum Content Specialist, Discovery Education