School priorities and how to engage with teachers post-Covid

Understand how best to communicate and engage with schools next year in this informed panel discussion including a Head Teacher, an SEN specialist, an LA representative and an experienced supplier.

We’ll be exploring how schools’ priorities changed since Covid-19 and what teachers are looking for now and in the future. Join this session to gauge a better understanding of the school market place and identify potential future opportunities.

About the speakers

Simon Tanner - Director of SEND, Bohunt Trust

Establishing a consistent and inclusive SEND framework across a MAT is a challenge to which Simon is striving to achieve.' He has established three Support for Learning departments, worked with MAT SEND Leadership Programmes and most recently supported the MAT review framework with Whole School SEND.' As a firm believer that 'All teachers are teachers of SEND', Simon will describe the systems that make up the successful SEND strategy within the Bohunt Education trust and apply that to the everyday pedagogy of the classroom teacher.

Katy Potts - Computing and E-Safety Lead for Children's Services, Islington Council Laycock PDC

Katy has worked for Islington Council since 1999, developing digital education services to schools and families. #IslingtonSchools #IslingtonComp Before this she was a primary school teacher for 7 years. Katy specialises in "Edtech and Digital - Parental Engagement", including Online Safety and sits on the LGFL Safeguarding and Editorial Board, has been an ICT Mark assessor and facilitated the NCSL Strategic Leadership ICT courses. Katy sits on the UK Safer Internet Centre Advisory Board.

Flexible Ticket Options

We have a range of ticket options so you can join the conference in the way to suit your time and budget. Tickets are available per session (£20), 4 sessions for the price of 3 (£60) and all sessions (£75). All sessions will be recorded so if you can't make it don't worry, you can watch them at a time that suits you.

Agenda

For more information about the SME Conference Series, please visit our webpage here. 

Thursday 4 March - 9.30am-11.00am: The Impact of Covid-19 on Industry

Friday 5 March - 11.00am-12.30pm: Re-entering the Market - What Schools Need Now and Upcoming Opportunities

Wednesday 10 March - 10.00am-11.30am: Marketing and Social Media Tips 

Tuesday 16 March - 2.00pm-3.30pm: Sector Support for Start-ups 

Wednesday 17 March - 11.00am-12.30pm: Winning Investment and Scaling Up 

Friday 19 March - 2.00pm-3.00pm:  Policy for Educational Suppliers: Key Factors Affecting Your Business  

Tuesday 23 March - 2.00pm-3.30pm: The Future of Exporting Post-Brexit

Wednesday 24 March - 11.30am-1.00pm: Knowing How and When to Pivot in Order to Grow

Friday 26 March - 2.00pm-3.30pm: Safeguarding and GDPR Compliance

Tuesday 30 March - 10.00am-11.00am: How Can BESA Support You?

We expect this session to be popular, so please reserve your place below.