Why You Should Encourage Failure This Term September 2016 Yes I am still trying to cling to the final few days of the holiday as well but the quiet whirring of cogs has begun to turn in the back of my head. What did I have to get done for the first day back? What does […]
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Your chance to shape NAPCE’s Post Grad Pastoral Care Module
You are essential to this months NAPCE newsletter… NAPCE invites you, real world practitioners, to have your say in the development of its new Post-Graduate module in Pastoral Care in education that is set to launch in September 2017. You are the colleagues that are in the classrooms, working with the students and your peers, and so we […]
Read MoreNAPCE’s July Newsletter- Mental Health
MENTAL HEALTH NAPCE looks to promote wellbeing within education. We believe that the environment of your institution should actively host this. We wanted to support you in bettering it, so we went to the Capita Mental Health Conference to try and layout what issues and actions are out there at the moment. Mental health is not just […]
Read MoreBelonging-NAPCE’s June Newsletter
BELONGING Why do we do what we do? Why do we devote our professional careers to aiding others? Why are our choices based on improving the lives of others? Although we ask ourselves these questions as professionals, this month’s newsletter is about stepping back into the shoes of the student and looking at their motives. […]
Read MoreA call for change
Last month’s NAPCE newsletter questioned the motive of the government’s white paper’s and its consequences on all students and in particular those most vulnerable. NAPCE pursued this line of enquiry and had the opportunity to question Education Minister Nicky Morgan at the Academy conference: ‘How does the white paper address pastoral care alongside academic excellence everywhere?’ Morgan answered politically, listing the measurable ‘additional investment in […]
Read More21st Century Pastoral Care – the changing face and relevance of pastoral care in secondary education
Wednesday 11th March 2015 Newman University, Birmingham This important regional conference will provide opportunities to debate the changing face and relevance of pastoral care in secondary education. At a time when secondary school budgets are being squeezed, delegates will be encouraged to explore new developments within pastoral care in terms of its role and practices. […]
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