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Adaptive teaching – What it looks like & why it’s important
What is adaptive teaching? The Teachers’ Standards, which set out the expectation for teachers to ‘adapt teaching to respond to the strengths and needs of all pupils’, were introduced in 2011, but the use of adaptive teaching as a discrete term is more recent.. The Early Career Framework defines it as ‘Provid[ing] opportunity for all pupils to experience success, by adapting lessons ...
Tier 2 words – What they are and how to teach them - Teachwire
What are Tier 2 words? The tiered vocabulary framework was created by education researchers Isabel Beck and Margaret McKeown. Tier 1 – everyday, familiar words for those children who speak English as their primary language. These are often ‘caught’ rather than learned through direct instruction.; Tier 2 – high-frequency, impactful language encountered more often when reading than used ...
Questioning – 20+ strategies to encourage deep thinking
Teachers are professional question askers. Using questioning in our classrooms is a common strategy for getting our students to engage in critical thinking and self-reflection, and to become active participants in their own learning.. Indeed, questions are the tool in our toolkits that arguably do most to help activate the vital transfer of knowledge to support the teaching and learning process.
CPD for teachers – How to successfully unlock its power
Share your CPD with an inter-school partnership. Thomas Forbes looks at what we can gain when teachers and leaders start thinking more creatively about their inter-school partnerships…. Whether united by being in the same MAT or not, different schools in the same area can stand to learn a lot from how their counterparts operate.
Free Secondary CPD for teachers - Teachwire
Free assessment CPD. Expand your secondary assessment knowledge and methods in just ten minutes with these bite-sized CPD articles from assessment experts including David Didau and Daisy Christodoulou.
Explanation texts KS2 – How to teach its features – Teachwire
Explanation texts are a versatile and widely adaptable text type to teach in KS2. There are relatively few key features that you need to focus on in order for children to be able to write a good one.
Free CPD for primary and secondary teachers - Teachwire
Find free CPD for teachers here and supercharge your professional development with advice from experts, whether you teach primary or secondary
Free Primary CPD for teachers - Teachwire
Free assessment CPD. Expand your primary assessment knowledge and methods in just ten minutes with these bite-sized CPD articles from assessment experts including Daisy Christodoulou and the Oxford assessment team.
Drama lessons KS2 – Free six-week scripts and performance plan
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