Cumbria's training events for school based staff and governors
Cumbria's training events for school based staff and governors 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 Cumbria.
Some of the courses featured in the programme can 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 arrange this for you.
Booking arrangements
Places for all events can be booked in three ways.
Registered users can book through our the Cumberland Education Service
By emailing the School Development Team at school.development@cumbria.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
- through our Facebook page
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@cumbria.gov.uk
School Development Team Facebook page
Business and Finance Officer
Alison Dodd (Monday to Wednesday)
Email: Alison.Dodd@cumbria.gov.uk
Mobile: 07721 114132
Business Support Officers
Angela Nixon (Monday to Wednesday lunch time)
Email: angela.nixon@cumberland.gov.uk
Telephone: 01228 221316
Mobile: 07884 014381
Wendy Underwood (Tuesday to Thursday)
Email: wendy.underwood@cumberland.gov.uk
Telephone: 01228 221315
Mobile: 07881 848327