CPD APRIL 2023
Independent School Senior Leadership – CPD Event
Come to our CPD on 21 April to collaborate with like-minded educationalists to
turn thoughts into actions using your environment as a driver for change.
CPD April 2023 Agenda
Curriculum evolution or revolution?
Come to our CPD on 21 April to collaborate with like-minded educationalists to turn your thoughts into actions using your environment as your driver for change.
Time | Session Title | Session details | Session Lead |
10:00 | Welcome & arrival refreshments | Meet and greet, handing out of materials for the day, refreshments and an introduction to Edgbaston High School for Girls and Noble and Eaton (to include the engagement activity) | Clare Macro Dr Adam England |
10:15 | What does the data say? | Our consultancy approach is based on collaboration – starting with data collection. In this session we will share data from previous CPD events | Dr Joanne Ladds |
10:30 | Flexible spaces | The impact of the Octagon at Edgbaston Girls High School | Nathan Southall |
10:45 | People: Design Thinking | How to apply a design thinking approach | Joyce Sarpong |
11:00 | Tour Q&A/Refreshments | A tour of the Edgbaston High School Sixth Form Q&A about the designs for the Sixth Form in the Octagon | Clare Macro Roberto Palmer |
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12:10 | Place: Case studies and testimonies from our catalogue of projects | An opportunity to see other design projects from start to finish with a more detailed look at their impact | Dr Adam England |
12:30 | LUNCH |
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Time | Session Title | Session details | Session Lead |
13:30 | Pedagogy: Curriculum evolution or revolution | Panel discussion Dr Adam England, Richard Nicholson, Phil Garner, Jake Richings, Adam Whittaker | Dr Joanne Ladds |
14:00 | Project Process | How the Envoplan project process takes you from initial ideas to a purposefully designed, built space | Bruce Evershed |
14:30 | Design process | How the design process takes a concept from initial ideas to a purposeful design | Roberto Palmer |
15:00 | What the research says about the impact of acoustics and furniture | How the features of a design impact on its function | Trudie Lawrence Mark Bailey |
15:30 | Data capture: empathy mapping | Capturing the knowledge of the end users to understand their attitudes and behaviours and how these can be brought into the design process | Dr Joanne Ladds |
16:00 | Place: Panel Q&A – the impact of purposeful design | An opportunity to ask questions to those who have experience of designing spaces | Chris Staley Dr Adam England Bruce Evershed Glyn Evershed |

Speakers

Joyce Sarpong
Diversity & Inclusion Consultant

Phil Garner
Director at H4HConsultancy

Jake Richings
Director at Authentic Engagement

David Harrow
Headmaster at AKS Lytham Independent School

Chris Staley
Principal and CEO
Coventry School Foundation

Richard Nicholson
Foundation Principal at Warwick Schools Foundation

Kirsty Von Malaise
School Principal at King Edward VI High School for Girls

Clare Macro
Head at Edgbaston High School for Girls

Trudie Lawrence
Senior Associate – Client Relations

Roberto Palmer
Lead Learning Space Designer

Mark Bailey
Senior Client Associate

Adam England
Lead Educational Consultant

Glyn Evershed
Project Director

Bruce Evershed
Project Director

Joanne Ladds
Associate Educational Consultant

Marcel Remmington
Sales Manager
Roberto Palmer – Design Workshop