Sarah Hand

Head of System Leadership, Inspiring Futures Through Learning

Sarah is an experienced school and system leader. As Head of System Leadership at IFtL, she leads the Learning and Development (CPD) offer, designing system leadership approaches to build sustainable capacity and expertise. Sarah champions evidence-led, research based, professional learning and creates opportunities for colleagues to collaborate and inspire each other to think creatively. Sarah is highly respected for the thoughtful way in which she combines her extensive educational expertise with positive challenge and a nurturing style. Her work leading Digital Learning at IFtL has taken a pathfinding approach, placing the interaction of pedagogy and digital at its heart and vitally, pivoting around the needs and aspirations of children and young people.

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1 Breakout sessions: Series three

Beyond device deployment: Embedding connected learning across a trust

What is the impact of a pedagogy-first approach to thinking about digital tools to support learning and teaching, and why is it so different from the historical EdTech approach? This session explores how Inspiring Futures through Learning has approached their device provision with a very clear vision – using digital tools to support, extend, enhance, and stay away from specific aspects of pedagogy and practice. Sarah Hand and Dr Fiona Aubrey-Smith will reflect on their year-long impact research, sharing insights about pedagogical drivers, implementation, accessibility, staff development, and the practical realities of classrooms across the 21 school all-through trust. Ideal for directors of education, school improvement leaders, digital strategy leads, and inclusion leaders.