elsiegee40 Posted July 11, 2011 Posted July 11, 2011 Direct from the latest CEOP Newsletter: Thinkuknow programme Making Thinkuknow training more accessible To make our resources and training more accessible we are making some important changes to improve the way we deliver Thinkuknow training. Previously, trainers had to attend the half-day Thinkuknow training before they could attend the full Ambassador training. We are now removing this requirement, meaning that users do not have to attend the half-day Thinkuknow event to attend an Ambassador event. You must still attend a half day Thinkuknow course to get access to our resources for 11-16’s. However, if you attend an Ambassadors session you will get access to our resources for 11-16’s and the Ambassadors’ training resources which enable you to train your colleagues. Dates for Thinkuknow and Ambassadors courses Here are the dates and locations of our Thinkuknow and Ambassador training for the next academic year. Remember, the Thinkuknow course is a basic awareness session which takes an afternoon. The Ambassador course is a full day’s course providing an in depth look at children online, the risks and dangers they can face and how you and your organisation can respond to them. For more details about both of these courses visit the Training page on the Teachers/Trainers website – *28/09/2011 - Edinburgh - Thinkuknow training *29/09/2011 - Edinburgh - Ambassador training 12/10/2011 - Belfast - Thinkuknow training 13/10/2011 - Belfast - Ambassador training 16/11/2011 - London - Thinkuknow training 17/11/2011 - London - Ambassador training 18/01/2012 - Newcastle - Thinkuknow training 19/01/2012 - Newcastle - Ambassador training 22/02/2012 - Manchester - Thinkuknow training 23/02/2012 - Manchester - Ambassador training 21/03/2012 - London - Thinkuknow training 22/03/2012 - London - Ambassador training 25/04/2012 - Cardiff - Thinkuknow training 26/04/2012 - Cardiff - Ambassador training *Please note that this Edinburgh date has now changed from the original date published on the website
GrumbleDook Posted July 11, 2011 Posted July 11, 2011 I'll be booking myself on the Ambassador course in London in November.
featured_spectre Posted July 11, 2011 Posted July 11, 2011 Same here provided I am hired in a school and they are willing :-)
GrumbleDook Posted July 11, 2011 Posted July 11, 2011 I'll probably be paying for myself with the way things are right now.
elsiegee40 Posted July 11, 2011 Author Posted July 11, 2011 What's the damage for the courses? £199 for CEOP Ambassador Thinkuknow - training I was astonished that my school paid for mine. It was in half term and told them I was going on it whether or not they paid... and they did!
witch Posted July 11, 2011 Posted July 11, 2011 Woah - a) there is nowhere near here and b) I would never get the money to go It's a real shame as I would love to do the training
featured_spectre Posted July 11, 2011 Posted July 11, 2011 Perhaps an ambassador could do the training at the next Edugeek Conf?
elsiegee40 Posted July 11, 2011 Author Posted July 11, 2011 Woah - a) there is nowhere near here and b) I would never get the money to go It's a real shame as I would love to do the training The current change is at least a step in the right direction. On my Ambassador course there were several people doing their second day in London because they'd done the ThinkUKnow course the day before... it makes it very expensive and CEOP have now removed that barrier. There's no chance of persuading your two schools each to contribute 50% is there?
elsiegee40 Posted July 11, 2011 Author Posted July 11, 2011 Perhaps an ambassador could do the training at the next Edugeek Conf? We can do the ThinkUKnow training, but not the Ambassador training. @russdev was talking about doing something along those lines a few months back
featured_spectre Posted July 11, 2011 Posted July 11, 2011 Thats what I meant, surely just covering the thinkuknow stuff would be a good start for everyone
featured_spectre Posted July 11, 2011 Posted July 11, 2011 Perhaps @ZeroHour or @Dos_Box could give an insight as to whether its possible in the future, whilst it may make the conf last longer, it would be good to those who do not have any CEOP training and can take notes back to their employers and say "This is what I learnt, you should send me on the ambassador course so I can train the staff"?
witch Posted July 11, 2011 Posted July 11, 2011 There's no chance of persuading your two schools each to contribute 50% is there? Would be good but one of them has a Pastoral TA who has the job of esafety so it isnt considered to be my job.
elsiegee40 Posted July 11, 2011 Author Posted July 11, 2011 Would be good but one of them has a Pastoral TA who has the job of esafety so it isnt considered to be my job.Ah, but they could train you for half the cost as an Ambassador and then you could train her in ThinkUKnow!
featured_spectre Posted July 11, 2011 Posted July 11, 2011 you get them to have a whip round...and by that I mean you roundly whip them until they give you the funding to go.
AngryTechnician Posted July 12, 2011 Posted July 12, 2011 Perhaps @ZeroHour or @Dos_Box could give an insight as to whether its possible in the future, whilst it may make the conf last longer, it would be good to those who do not have any CEOP training and can take notes back to their employers and say "This is what I learnt, you should send me on the ambassador course so I can train the staff"? The TUK training is supposed to be a half-day, so it would be a big time increase. I was forced to deliver it in 2x 1 hour sessions to our staff recently due to scheduling problems with SMT, and it felt rushed. Even for a technical audience I don't think I'd be comfortable cutting it down as there's such a huge range of topics to cover. That said, if the time could be found, I'd be more than happy to do it.
Sylv3r Posted July 12, 2011 Posted July 12, 2011 I missed out on the ambassador training in Newcastle last time, so I have booked myself on for next year. The only issue with having something in Newcastle in January is the likelyhood of snow!
elsiegee40 Posted July 12, 2011 Author Posted July 12, 2011 Kent wasn't that great last January either! We had rather a lot of snow too!
russdev Posted July 13, 2011 Posted July 13, 2011 Main issue doing it along side a conference was the fact got non school people there which was an issue.
russdev Posted July 13, 2011 Posted July 13, 2011 Can people that done ambassadors course can they teach the ambassadors course? Russ
elsiegee40 Posted July 13, 2011 Author Posted July 13, 2011 Can people that done ambassadors course can they teach the ambassadors course? Russ Unfotunately not. We can teach people to present ThinkUKnow
russdev Posted July 13, 2011 Posted July 13, 2011 Might be worth asking ceop about running ambassador training that way get ceop training out to more people... Russell
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