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Who are the courses aimed at?
Bullet point Primary Teachers, Primary D&T Coordinators who wish to develop their Design and Technology skills
Bullet points Secondary Design and Technology, Science or Mathematics Teachers who wish to rollout a proven
primary liaison project with their family of primary schools.

Are the courses accredited?
Primary Engineer acknowledges the importance of accredited continued professional development. As part of the course attendees are offered the opportunity to engage with the Teacher Learning Academy to professionally recognise their work.
Primary Engineer is a support partner of the TLA and courses are compatible with the TLA framework for professional recognition. Teachers enrolling through Primary Engineer will have access to the largest teacher learning community in England, including its knowledge base, support groups and forums. The TLA framework captures the work of participants in a way that encourages reflection and collaboration and it has built in impact evaluation.
As part of this commitment Primary Engineer will be available to help the mentoring process through on-line forums and direct emails.

What do you get on a course?

Primary Engineer courses have two aspects firstly a highly productive hands-on day and the resources that teachers are provided with to support the programme in the classroom. The objectives of the course are listed below however the best advice would be to bring a bag - as you will be leaving with an armful of models that you have made as part of the skills based design and make activity. You will also have a course booklet taking you through the day. There will also be examples of models that you can apply the techniques to later should you wish! sample pages

Schools that are registered on the project also recieve three printed books, Teachers Curriculum Guide, Structures, Mechanisms, a courseware CD which contains the entire course, fpt's for the course, certificates for children taking part in the challenge, mark sheets, childrens work books (aligned to CREST*Investigators), guidance on writing submissions to the TLA, link to STEM Ambassadors and Young Engineers, the 12 page teachers workbook....and 12 interactive whiteboard lessons with software to run on any interactive white board.

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The objects of the courses are to:

Bullet point Raise awareness of the primary curriculum

Bullet Point Opportunities to apply mathematics and science to design Training event
and make projects

Bullet point Skills based activities resulting in models being created and a range
of techniques used (models are taken by teachers at the end of the
course as exemplar materials)

Bullet point Opportunities to engage with the interactive resources provided
for schools to use in the classroom

Bullet Point Understanding the structure and operation of the
National Challenge activities

Bullet Points Opportunities to engage with organisations to bring additional
dimensions to the programme

Testimonials and Case Studies:

"Thank you for an excellent two days. I hope to be part of your training again in the future"
Teacher - Parrs Wood High School

"Excellent course, well delivered material alongside fantastic resources with friendly, knowledgeable and coorporative course providers. Recommended." training Event
Portsmouth City Boys School

"One of the best courses I have attended. Thanks very much."
Ash Manor School

"This was a very interesting and worthwhile introduction to a great opportunity of involving our family of feeder schools in Design and Technology projects. Very enjoyable and productive -thank you very much."
Hitchin Boys School

"A great course, well delivered, very useful, very enjoyable. A bonus is we now have lots of examples to take back. Many thanks!."
Church Stretton

"Loads of information given. Loads of time to make resources. Good access to equipment etc. Great fun." Training event
St Edmund Arrowsmith RC High School