Cumberland's training events for school-based staff and early years brings together high impact, evidence informed professional development and conferences, designed to address key areas of school and setting improvement, based on our best intelligence of current needs in Cumberland.
Some of the courses featured in the programme may be offered as a bespoke training event or as part of an 'INSET day' for your school. Please contact the School Development Team who will be happy to discuss this with you.
Booking arrangements
Places for all events can be booked in 2 ways:
- registered users can book through The Cumberland Education Service
- emailing school.development@cumberland.gov.uk
New events
As new events are arranged, we will advertise these directly to schools:
- on the SLA website
- by email to the school office
- through the Schools Portal
SLA Online
SLA online is a business to business e-commerce platform, primarily used in the UK by local authorities to trade with educational settings.
We use SLA Online to advertise and manage bookings for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) training events for teams within the council along with events from our partners in:
- Cumbria Alliance of System Leaders (CASL)
- Local Alliance of System Leaders (LASL)
- Primary Heads Association (PHA)
- Association of Secondary Heads (CASH)
- teaching schools
Key features:
- easy service setup and school and client management
- shopping basket ordering system
- programmed and ad-hoc training
- service booking and appointments
- documents, news and interactive messaging
- groups, forum style communication
- simplified billing, income tracking
- numerous, simple to use reports
- automated alerts and notifications
- unlimited schools or clients, services and users
How to access SLA Online
If you are registered, events can be viewed and booked online on the SLA online website.
If you are not a registered user of the system, contact the School Development Team who can set you up.
School Development Team contact details
Address:
The Parkhouse Building
Barron Way
Kingmoor Business Park
Carlisle
Cumbria
CA6 4SJ
Email: school.development@cumberland.gov.uk
Business and Finance Officer
Alison Dodd
Email: alison.dodd@cumberland.gov.uk
Mobile: 07721 114 132
Business Support Officers
Angela Nixon (Monday to Wednesday lunch time)
Email: angela.nixon@cumberland.gov.uk
Mobile: 07884 014 381
Wendy Underwood (Tuesday to Thursday)
Email: wendy.underwood@cumberland.gov.uk
Mobile: 07881 848 327
Tara Robertson
Email: tara.robertson@cumberland.gov.uk
Mobile: 07442 656 737