Face to face
A three-day, highly interactive, face to face course for academics in science-related fields, wishing to develop their skills and confidence to deliver successful outreach with children of school age.
What will you gain from this course?
Throughout this course you will receive individually tailored support and guidance to:
Develop detailed plans for an inspirational outreach session with children, specific to your individual field of research:
Gain the confidence and skills to deliver successful outreach with children, both face to face and online:
Become familiar with school practices and procedures:
Gain basic knowledge of the British education system and National Curriculum:
Develop detailed plans for an inspirational outreach session with children, specific to your individual field of research:
- You'll come away with a structured lesson plan; activities; equipment lists; risk assessment, draft emails and more.
- Learn methods to turn your research into engaging activities that will excite children in the short-term and inspire them in the long-term.
- Take away a range of resources you will use again and again to plan and structure successful outreach.
Gain the confidence and skills to deliver successful outreach with children, both face to face and online:
- Receive top tips and strategies to manage behaviour, make your outreach accessible and learn easy ways to level your language for different audiences.
- Enjoy an opportunity to interact with an online panel of students. They'll be keen to ask and answer questions and allow you to practice your new skills!
- Experience a range of methods to keep students engaged and inspired during online outreach.
Become familiar with school practices and procedures:
- From criminal record checks to staff room etiquette, safeguarding to the school calendar... You'll gain familiarity with the school perspective so that you feel more confident to operate in schools and are more likely to be welcomed back.
Gain basic knowledge of the British education system and National Curriculum:
- Learn to link your outreach to the curriculum objectives to give it the best chance of being welcomed by educational organisations.
- Make sense of commonly used educational acronyms and use the curriculum to pitch your outreach effectively.
Meet a panel of real children!
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Meet children and to put your new skills to the test!
The online panels of children will be keen to ask and answer questions. They're always full of surprises and if you're lucky they may even swing from the ceiling, show you their favourite fossil and tell you about the cow spine they once dissected! |
Who will benefit from this course?
The course is suitable for academics working in any science-related field and has been particularly beneficial to those at the early stages of their academic career (PhD students and Post-docs etc).
Researchers from a diverse range of departments have been benefiting from this course since 2019: Ecological sciences, Geographical sciences, Palaeo Oceanography, Biological sciences, Environmental Sciences, Geochemistry, Electrical engineering, Mathematical sciences, Life Sciences, Chemistry, Earth sciences, Psychology and more.
Whether you have previous outreach experience or none, whether you are introvert or extrovert you will find this course supports you to develop your skills and confidence to deliver successful outreach with children.
Researchers from a diverse range of departments have been benefiting from this course since 2019: Ecological sciences, Geographical sciences, Palaeo Oceanography, Biological sciences, Environmental Sciences, Geochemistry, Electrical engineering, Mathematical sciences, Life Sciences, Chemistry, Earth sciences, Psychology and more.
Whether you have previous outreach experience or none, whether you are introvert or extrovert you will find this course supports you to develop your skills and confidence to deliver successful outreach with children.
Testimonials
Mean participant confidence scores before and after the course (5 point scale).
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Facilitation
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The course is facilitated by Amanda Childs; a qualified teacher (QTS, PGCE science / Biology specialism) with postgraduate science qualification (MSc Applied Entomology) and a total of over twelve years experience teaching science to secondary age students; engaging students in STEM subjects (ages 3 to 16); working with primary and secondary schools and collaborating with multiple departments in the University of Sheffield. Prior to this, Amanda has worked in agrochemical research and in animal welfare research, training teams of adult researchers across seven developing countries.
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Registration
If you would like to know more about course dates and pricing, or would like to enquire about setting up a course for your cohort, please complete this form and we'll be in touch.
