Interactive Teaching and Learning

A CPD/staff development course for teachers in UK Schools,
International Schools, Independent Schools, post-16 institutions and FE Colleges

Target Audience

Teachers in primary, secondary and post-16 schools and FE colleges

This course will examine a range of strategies for making whole class teaching more interactive.  Practical techniques will be presented for encouraging participation, improving motivation and developing thinking skills.

The day will include strategies for raising achievement by encouraging students to interact with assessment information.

The course will cover:

  • A range of interactive techniques for starting lessons
  • Strategies for encouraging the participation of all students
  • Ways of developing differentiated tasks and activities that will develop deeper understanding
  • A range of questioning techniques
  • Practical approaches for actively involving students in testing and revision
  • Proven techniques to improve memory
  • Strategies for developing assessment for learning

An extensive high quality course booklet will contain a wide range of support material activities and resources for use with colleagues as well as a summary of the key points from the day.

Programme

10.00 Session 1 Interaction in Learning

  • Planning tasks to take account of what we know about whole brain learning
  • Structuring lessons for interaction and learning outcomes

11.00 Session 2 Interaction with Activities

  • Active learning techniques
  • Incorporating differentiation into the planning of tasks

12.00 Session 3 Interactive Whole Class Teaching Techniques

  • Using memory techniques to improve learning
  • Questioning skills as a tool for interaction
  • Making plenaries interactive
  • Explaining and modelling
  • Using key structures with students


1.00 Lunch

2.00 Session 4  Interaction with Assessment

  • Involving students in the learning process
  • Developing assessment for learning
  • Self reflection, peer assessment, oral feedback and marking

3.00 Session 5 Sharing Best Practice and Developing
                          Support Networks

  • Pooling successful strategies that work
  • Building internal networks to support teaching and learning

3.30 Plenary

Course Dates:
Please contact us regarding in-house delivery of this course.

Price: £600

Course Leader

The course will be led by Chris Haines who is a full time trainer . He has a background in school improvement and leading on learning. He works closely with many schools on improving teaching and learning in the classroom and the leadership of learning across the school. He is an expert on learning, assessment, leadership and school improvement and has recently been coaching teachers on structuring lessons that are more interactive with students. His work in schools is highly valued as he continually provides solutions which meet the needs of both schools and students.

The Effective Teaching and Learning Network
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