Standout Teaching: Outstanding lesson planning

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Don’t disengage students through ‘vanilla’ teaching!

Standout Teaching Recently I read this fantastic quote from a book on success by Andy Harrington. In it, he suggested that in the world of blogging and presenting, going against the grain with opinions and the topics discussed increased audience retention. He described it as ‘don’t be too vanilla’. This stuck with me...

10 focus points for NQT and trainee teachers

Standout Teaching As teachers careers develop confidence within our ability grows however don’t ever let go of planning in depth. In comparison to training, you may not need to produce in depth planning documents but you do still need to consider all the key aspects for every lesson. The 7 core T&L principals from St...

5 ways to avoid duplicating learning skills for your students

Standout Teaching Learning is what education is all about and as teachers we employ a range of strategies and techniques in order to facilitate this and maximise progress. These strategies, such as differentiation and AfL are all destined to be used by the students within their learning, yet frequently they are pitch...

7 Core T&L principals very lesson should include

Standout Teaching Quality teaching and learning is about maximising progress within the short period allocated for a lesson. To achieve this we need to get our students on board with learning and use a range of skills both during our planning and delivery to facilitate this. Often if we miss an element of planning, t...

How to improve daily lesson planning

Standout Teaching Think about it, when you first trained to be a teacher you spent hours planning and preparing every detail of a lesson to ensure quality. However, when you moved into your full time teaching commitment, the day to day pressures of teaching meant that the amount of time you could allocate to planning...

How to plan and deliver student centred lessons

Standout Teaching Traditional teaching is very much centred on the teacher acting as the focal point, instructing learning and dominating the majority of the lesson activities. This is a tried and trusted method but is it effective? There is plenty of research to support the fact that passive teaching does not suppor...

Micro learning- moving from ‘I do’ to ‘you do’

Standout Teaching One strategy for ensuring success is to get your students involved in active learning. This should also apply to adult learning and teacher training as it’s difficult to sit and focus on someone talking for a length of time, and also even harder to recall what they were talking about. This in effect...

5 steps to high quality, time efficient planning

Standout Teaching Great lessons are a result of well focused planning, however it is difficult to maintain this level of detailed planning on a daily basis. If you look at the detail of planning by trainee teachers or by experienced, successful teachers planning for full lesson observations, there is often a requirem...

5 reasons to use sketch lesson planning

Standout Teaching There are many different lesson plan templates around all with their own benefits and pitfalls. However, a common issue is the fact that there is always a focus on the plan but never a focus on the quality of what is being produced. As such, this can often lead to less experienced teachers producing...