As well as all new topics and speakers, this year LawFest has introduced working sessions for practical and interactive discussions with
specific focus areas for each role in the legal profession.
Structure is also important, with specialist committees formed to make decisions
on specific focus areas — human resources, finances and so on — so that you have people with specialist knowledge making decisions in these crucial areas If trustees are too closely connected to their school, there can be a tendency towards emotional attachment to «sacred cows» sometimes hindering progress.
District and school leaders can also select specific videos or playlists of content to help their staff
in specific focus areas.
Specific focus areas include: behavioral response studies, laboratory research on hearing and noise impacts; field research on pinniped vocal communication; noise exposure criteria and research recommendations; work with both conventional and alternative energy industries to understand and minimize environmental impacts of resource acquisition.
Will there be
any specific focus areas for you in this new job?
For example, while an individual session may be a briefing on «improving feedback», the whole programme might be focused on «improving vocabulary of pupil - premium ‑ eligible students in Key Stage 3» and involve plenty of opportunity for teachers to work together both in and out of their classrooms to apply the feedback ideas to
this specific focus area.
Once
your specific focus area is selected, it's time to collaborate on an action plan that specifically addresses your chosen area for improvement.
School - based teams may consist of teachers with students in the same grade - level across content areas, teachers with students in different grades but in the same content area, or teachers with principals and district administrators supporting them around
a specific focus area.
The LEAP Pilot Network Program The Pilot Network is an 18 month program that provides an opportunity for school teams to build and pilot a personalized learning approach in their school for
specific focus areas and grade levels.
The agreement of a further two - year phase of the Nairobi Work Programme, including
specific focus areas on ecosystem - based approaches and on water, is a welcome development.