Trafford Council is launching a free conference and webinars to highlight the high quality services available for education suppliers in the borough. The services, provided by the council’s Trafford Services for Education (TsE) include HR, legal and payroll.
The free conference and exhibition will be held at Sale West Conference Centre, Manor Avenue, Sale, on Tuesday, 31 January 2017, between 1.30pm and 3.30pm. This will be followed by a series of free webinars running from February to May.
The conference and exhibition will help headteachers, governors, business managers and leaders from educational establishments understand the types of services available and how the organisations can save time and be more efficient in the services they need to operate
It will cover such topics as best use of ICT, behaviour matters, performance management, health and safety compliance, legal services, careers support, occupational health and wellbeing, procurement, governor services support, data protection, HR, payroll and using the Evolve system to ensure safe management and monitoring of off-site and educational visits. It will also provide clear information and an insight into the wide ranging services available TsE’s experienced and professional staff.
Booking a place at the conference or on one of the webinars is easy, by emailingtraffordeducation@trafford.
Trafford Council’s Executive Member for Transformation and Resources, Cllr Laura Evans said: “Trafford is proud of the outstanding educational achievements of its schools and the high quality support across many key service areas.
We are committed to ensuring we provide opportunities for our skills, knowledge and experience to benefit other educational establishments within Trafford and the wider North West region. These events will provide business managers and other key educational personnel a chance to find out more about how much they can benefit from our expertise. There will be opportunities to ask questions directly to the staff that deliver these high quality services on a daily basis; something we know professionals appreciate.
I would urge anyone who wants to see how their establishment could benefit from understanding more about how we operate, the latest initiatives we are involved in or how we can support them keep abreast of new legislation across services, to sign up to these free events..”
The topics and dates for the free webinars are as follows:
Best use of ICT in your school (including broadband, technical support, SIMS support, back up and e-mail encryption) – hosted by John Donnellan, Curriculum Services Manager, Thursday, 2 February 2017, 2pm
Behaviour Matters – hosted by Alistair Black, Behaviour and Attendance consultant, Thursday, 9 February 2017, 2pm
Managing the performance of school staff – hosted by Mark Creighton, HR Business Partners Manager,Thursday, 23 February, 2017, 2pm
How legal services can provide quality and value for you, hosted by Dominique Adcock, Interim Senior Solicitor – Wednesday 1 March 2017, 2pm
Health and Safety compliance made simple – hosted by Richard Fontana, Health and Safety Manager,Thursday, 2 March 2017, 2pm
Careers Support for Secondary Age pupils – hosted by Andy Zilkha, Service Manager, Early Help Hub 11-18, Thursday, 9 March 2017, 2pm
Occupational Health and Wellbeing support – hosted by Cath Hay, Workforce and Core Strategy Officer,Wednesday, 15 March 2017, 2pm
Procurement – Your get out of jail free card – hosted by James Hunter, Procurement Officer (People),Thursday, 16 March 2017, 2pm
Improving School Attendance – hosted by Martina Mould, Senior Education Welfare Officer, Wednesday, 19 April 2017, 2pm
Experienced Governor Services support – hosted by Julie Lawson, Governor Services Manager, Thursday, 20 April 2017, 2pm
Efficient Cleaning Services – hosted by Margaret Greenwood, Cleaning Services Manager, Wednesday, 26th April 2017, 2pm
Your responsibilities under the Data Protection Act 1998 and Freedom of Information Act 2000, hosted by Paul Fox, Information Governance Manager, Wednesday, 3 May 2017, 2pm
Improving your payroll – hosted by Carole McBurnie, Greater Manchester Shared Services Manager,Thursday, 4 May 2017, 2pm
Safe management and monitoring of off-site and educational visits including the use of the Evolve system – hosted by Steve Berry, Outdoor Education Adviser and Outdoor Activity Instructor, Thursday, 18 May, 2017, 2pm
For more information about the opportunities offered by Trafford Services for Education, you can either email traffordeducation@trafford.
