Teacher series
Key elements of how to practise Quality First Teaching by renowned experts
Effective Teacher/ta Collaboration
IDENTIFIED NEED
- How to work effectively with your TAs when differentiating for your students
- How do you use TA knowledge to help your planning?
- How do you make best use of TA time in your classroom?
- Reduction of the ‘classroom within classroom’ scenario
- Negation of the TA babysitting/ velcro scenario
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Utilise TA knowledge of students when creating resources and lesson plans
- Use your TAs for ‘on the spot differentiation’
- Promote independent learning by better deployment of TAs in your classroom
- Ensure your TAs feel valued and included
Adapting The Curriculum And Materials
IDENTIFIED NEED
- How to differentiate for students of all levels, at the same time, without spending forever preparing
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- How to stretch all levels of ability by simply adapting your prepared resources
- Methods that can be applied to ensure that your ‘whiteboard’ materials are accessible to all students
Differentiation For SEN
IDENTIFIED NEED
- All teachers are expected to differentiate effectively. This is a skill that requires high level training to get right to maximum effect
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Development of basic differentiation techniques which can easily be applied in your lesson
- Which techniques work best for which students
