About this webinar

Join us for an engaging session on how to navigate and thrive in hybrid schooling. Discover practical strategies to balance online and in-person teaching, boost student engagement, and manage workloads effectively. Learn from real-world examples and best practices at London Park School Mayfair. This webinar is ideal for educators looking to enhance their hybrid teaching approach.

Who Should Attend?

• Educators who are keen to help reduce school refusal and create a more inclusive approach to learning
• Pastoral and wellbeing teams
• Educators who are keen to understand how to engage and teach remotely
• Parents of children who are struggling with attendance
• Parents of children with high performance interests such as sport or dance
• Students interested in a different approach to education

What You’ll Gain

Understand how a Hybrid approach addresses the barriers to school attendance and can transform lives. Within a national education system where one size doesn’t fit all, see how LPS’s hybrid model has successfully combined live on-line lessons with in-school learning to create an accessible, inclusive and imaginative approach for both students and teachers. Hear why Hybrid can act as a bridge back to full time school, enhance wellbeing and why learning can be enhanced via a Hybrid approach.

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Speaker:

Ambreen Baig has been a Teacher of English for 20 years. After 13 years of teaching in a girls’ grammar school in North London, and consistently achieving outstanding results, she moved to the independent sector and gained experience dealing with students in a mixed-ability setting. She worked as an AQA Examiner for English for over a decade and delivers the borough of Barnet’s GCSE English revision course for all schools. In Portland Place, Ambreen was Head of Year 12 and since the opening of Portland Place Hybrid School, she was in charge of the day-to-day running and supporting the students, families and staff with an impeccable, high-quality service. She is now Director of Hybrid Schools for Dukes Education and is excited to expand this innovative project so more students can benefit from it.

Jamie Whitesideis an experienced senior leader in the independent sector.   He has over 20 years of teaching experience and after 8 years in the GDST in leadership roles, he moved to London to a post of senior academic Deputy Head.  He was instrumental in the creation, smooth running and success of the Hybrid school at Portland Place in 2020.  His professional passions include raising the quality of whole school teaching and learning, along with harnessing technology to positively transform pupil experiences.   His background is in teaching Computer Science and he is passionate advocate for getting kids to code (while also reading widely).   He is now Director of Hybrid Schools for Dukes Education and brings his wealth of knowledge on school management to the hybrid project.

Host:

Fiona Murchie

Managing Editor, Relocate Global, Relocate Magazine and Think Global People