Live webinars
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A brief introduction to the features and the benefits of Connect Interactive. These sessions are a fantastic way to get to grips with how Alps analysis works at each level.
| Title | Date | Start Time | Duration | Register |
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| Why Use Alps A brief introduction to the features and benefits of using the online Alps platform Connect Interactive. | 3/12/2020 | 8:00am GMT | 15 minutes | Register |
If you are starting off with Alps and using Connect Interactive for the first time, this will be a useful session to get your bearings and see how the system works. After the session, you should feel able to use the core features of the platform and start to make the best use of the analysis available.
| Title | Date | Start Time | Duration | Register |
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| Connect Interactive - Introduction If you are just starting off with Alps and using Connect Interactive for the first time, this will be a useful session to get your bearings and see how the system works. It will benefit those new to Alps, or if you think a Connect Interactive refresher session might help you to navigate through your analysis. | 26/11/2020 | 4:00pm GMT | 40 minutes | Register |
In partnership with High Performance Learning and Simon O’Connor, Director of Deira International School, Alps is pleased to present this webinar on what makes a successful sixth form in our current environment.
Presented over 30 minutes, and including a Q&A session, we’ll cover the following discussion points:
- The transition from GCSE to A-level has always been a learning curve
- Focus on return to school has largely been around student well-being, safety and catch-up but is this the best approach?
- Students (in Sixth Form particularly) must become agents of their own learning
- Supporting students who are struggling to re-integrate
- Supporting staff who are struggling to re-integrate
| Title | Date | Start Time | Duration | Register |
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| What does a successful sixth form look like now? In partnership with High Performance Learning and Simon O'Connor, Director of Deira International School, Alps is pleased to present this webinar on what makes a successful sixth form in our current environment. In a 30-minute session, with 10 minutes for questions to our panel, we will cover the following discussion points: 1. The transition from GCSE to A-level has always been a learning curve 2. Focus on return to school has largely been around student well-being, safety and catch-up but is this the best approach? 3. Students (in 6th form particularly) must become agents of their own learning 4. Supporting students who are struggling to re-integrate 5. Supporting staff who are struggling to re-integrate | 25/11/2020 | 1:00pm GMT | 40 minutes | Register |
On-demand webinars
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Year 13 Monitoring
In this on-demand webinar Senior Educational Consultant, Ian Yems, runs through Key Stage 5 monitoring in Connect Interactive.
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Target Setting and MEGs at KS5
In this video, we look at various issues around target setting for current year 12 taking into account the context of centre assessment grades as they complete year 11.
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Using Connect Interactive for KS4 results analysis in 2020 – England
This webinar will give practical tips on how you might use Connect Interactive for KS4 results analysis in 2020 (England)
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Pan Wales Post 16 Training in conjunction with EAS, CSC, ERW and GwE
In this session, we will go over how to use Alps Connect at KS5 through 20/21 to the best effect for following recent changes in priorities for students in Wales.
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Getting started with Connect Data
Part of our special series of live webinars to help you with your data upload. Watch again here or register for a live session above.
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Using Connect Interactive to analyse your mocks
This webinar will give practical tips on how you might use Connect Interactive to analyse your January mock results.
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Setting Aspirational targets with Alps – 2019/20
An overview of the methodology used to generate Alps Minimum Expected Grades using national data at the 75th percentile. We will then look at how these MEGs relate to how subject staff might target set.
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Demo of Connect Interactive
This video will show you the main features and functionality of Connect Interactive at both KS4 and KS5. It is suitable for those colleagues who are interested in subscribing to Connect Interactive.
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Connect Interactive for Effective Monitoring at KS4 and KS5
See all the analysis features of Connect Interactive from a monitoring perspective, how to compare progress of groups of students, perform ‘What Ifs’ and ‘How do I?’ as well as look at how the monitoring accuracy area can be used to identify trends in predicting accuracy.
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Connect Interactive at KS4 (England)
A quick overview of KS4 in Connect Interactive. Includes a brief description of benchmark data. Suitable for schools who use Alps at KS5 and who are considering subscribing to Connect Interactive at KS4.
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Introduction to Alps at Key Stage 5
This webinar is designed to take you through the basics of the Alps methodology at Key Stage 5. It will explain how Minimum Expected Grades are generated and how all of the main indicators are calculated, showing how these can help to bring about sustained improvements.
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Getting the most from Connect Interactive – The last few weeks before examinations
Are you getting the most from your Connect Interactive analysis? This webinar takes you through how you might use your teacher predictions or PPE data to make sure that your efforts are focused in the right places.
