Teaching and Learning
QUALITY TEACHING
Good Teaching Principles
Quality Learning
The Positive Learning Environment
Successful Classrooms
QUALITY TEACHING
We believe that the quality of teaching is at the heart of school effectiveness and improvement.Quality teaching occurs when teachers have:
?á Enthusiasm, commitment and a positive approach.
?á High, but realistic expectations.
?á Clear learning targets, objectives and outcomes.
?á Good relationships with pupils and colleagues, parents and the wider community.
?á A repertoire of motivating teaching methods, techniques and styles including:
? exposition
? effective questioning
? instruction
? investigation
? problem solving
? explaining
? facilitating active and open ended learning
? providing feedback / responding to work
? cooperative learning
? modelling
? using supports such as writing frames to aid independent work
? collaborative learning
To ensure quality teaching occurs, teachers should:
?á Be open to learning themselves and improve their practice.
?á Seek to provide quality learning experiences for children by:
? planning and moderating in year teams
? planning for progression and continuity, differentiation and equal opportunities
? planning for assessments
? monitoring and evaluating planning and planned activities
? maintaining effective records and observations
? acknowledging different learning styles
? liaising with teaching assistants
?á Develop strategies to ensure an orderly and purposeful working environment.
?á Organise and maintain classrooms to the standards described in our description of ?successful classrooms?. (See page 8)
?á Be aware of the needs of individual children and differentiate accordingly.
?á Match activities to the development stage of the children so that they are stretched and motivated, self esteem is built, and standards are raised.
?á Review and evaluate on a regular basis the provision and effectiveness of teaching and learning.
?á Be aware of important information about each child and share with teaching assistants and all others who teach the class. This should include:
? previous education (at Honilands or otherwise)
? home language, culture and religious beliefs
? home circumstances
? sensitive or confidential issues
Children learn best when a teacher:
?á Emphasises goals, targets and learning outcomes, makes them explicit and expects pupils to achieve them.
?á Carefully organises and sequences learning experiences.
?á Clearly explains and illustrates what the children are to learn and why, and provides appropriate resources.
?á Frequently asks direct and specific as well as open ended and differentiated questions to check understanding and progress.
?á Provides opportunities to practise, giving prompts and feedback and corrects mistakes.
?á Spends time actively teaching rather than supervising children, working in groups, individually or whole class.
?á Helps children to understand and encourages and expects them to finish their work.
?á Gives children time to think. Back to top
Good Teaching Principles
Quality teaching occurs when teachers have:Enthusiasm, commitment and a positive approach.
High, but realistic expectations.
Clear learning targets, objectives and outcomes.
Good relationships with pupils and colleagues, parents and the wider community.
A repertoire of motivating teaching methods, techniques and styles including:
exposition
effective questioning
¡P instruction
¡P investigation
¡P problem solving
¡P explaining
¡P facilitating active and open ended learning
¡P providing feedback / responding to work
¡P cooperative learning
¡P modelling
¡P using supports such as writing frames to aid independent work
¡P collaborative learning Back to top
Quality Learning
To ensure quality teaching occurs, teachers should:q Be open to learning themselves and improve their practice.
q Seek to provide quality learning experiences for children by:
¡P planning and moderating in year teams
¡P planning for progression and continuity, differentiation and equal opportunities
¡P planning for assessments
¡P monitoring and evaluating planning and planned activities
¡P maintaining effective records and observations
¡P acknowledging different learning styles
¡P liaising with teaching assistants
q Develop strategies to ensure an orderly and purposeful working environment.
q Organise and maintain classrooms to the standards described in our description of ?successful classrooms?. (See page 8)
q Be aware of the needs of individual children and differentiate accordingly.
q Match activities to the development stage of the children so that they are stretched and motivated, self esteem is built, and standards are raised.
q Review and evaluate on a regular basis the provision and effectiveness of teaching and learning.
q Be aware of important information about each child and share with teaching assistants and all others who teach the class. This should include:
¡P previous education (at Honilands or otherwise)
¡P home language, culture and religious beliefs
¡P home circumstances
¡P sensitive or confidential issues Back to top