Stage 2 contains three key elements: our Oracy Curriculum and Culture Course, consultancy support and online learning modules. These will equip you and your teachers with the expertise, tools and resources to embed a whole school approach to oracy education.
Explore these three elements in further detail below.
This course will enable your team to design and implement an oracy curriculum and plan opportunities for oracy to ensure it is embedded into all aspects of school life.
Your Oracy Champions will explore how to weave oracy into your school’s routines and events, celebrating talk and creating a comprehensive curriculum for oracy as students move through your school.
Time: this course includes two development days, as well as online learning and curriculum design tasks.
Course attendees: spaces for two teachers – the Oracy Champions for your school.
Throughout the year you will work with a dedicated Voice 21 consultant who will provide one-to-one, ongoing support, tools and guidance, building on the classroom practice developed in Stage 1 to write your school’s implementation plan.
Your Voice 21 Oracy Consultant will provide developmental support such as curriculum design support, learning walks and observations, and guided feedback to establish next steps for your school.
Time: our consultancy support includes frequent one-to-one meetings, information sharing and progress reviews conducted remotely. You will also benefit from an Oracy Consultancy Day at your school, focused on your school’s priorities.
Your school’s progress and plans will be defined and shared in bespoke documents throughout the year, such as your Oracy Benchmarks Report.
Overall, approximately 3 days’ time commitment from your appointed Voice 21 Oracy School Lead.
The modules you have access to at Stage 2 will deepen areas of practice within your school, including our Impact Project module which uses practitioner-led research to design and implement an approach with a target group of students. You will also have access to a module designed to support new staff induction to oracy alongside modules focused on specific oracy contexts such as debate.
Time: our range of self-led online modules vary in length and can be completed at a time which works for your team. The Voice 21 Exchange is open to anyone in your school who wants to develop their oracy expertise. Overall, approximately six hours of learning for all staff.
Each stage costs £2500 (primary schools) or £3000 (secondary schools) for the year. If you sign up for all three stages now, your total cost over three years will be reduced to £7000 (primary schools) or £8500 (secondary schools).
On registering, please select the most convenient course location to attend across England and Wales, or you can choose to attend the course online only.
We are full to capacity for schools starting their membership as a Voice 21 Oracy School this school year. We are now taking registrations for schools wishing to start as Voice 21 Oracy Schools in September 2021. You can register one school or multiple schools via the links below.
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