Progress Plain and Simple
Course: Progress Plain and Simple
Summary
This course, based on my book of the same title, is for teachers and school leaders and offers a fresh perspective on teaching, learning and progress in the classroom.
It explores how progress in the classroom can be more effectively delivered, identified, evidenced, measured and assessed.
It offers over thirty situation-driven strategies and activities, focusing on five measures: skills, knowledge, accuracy, resilience and independent learning.
Course modules
Module 1 – Progress Plain and Simple: Introduction
Module 2 – Progress in Skills
Module 3 – Progress in Knowledge
Module 4 – Progress in Accuracy
Module 5 – Progress in Resilience
Module 6 – Progress in Independent Learning
Course: Assessing Progress in a COVID World
Summary
This course, based on my book, Progress Plain and Simple, goes online. It demonstrates for teachers and school leaders how we can see and assess teaching, learning and progress online.
It explores how progress online can be more effectively delivered, identified, evidenced, measured and assessed.
It offers a fresh perspective focussing on five measures: skills, knowledge, accuracy, resilience and independent learning, and their ability to be learnt and developed online.
The modules can be delivered discreetly or together. If taken together, a free copy of the book is given to every participant on the course.
An introduction to this course can be viewed here:
Course modules
Module 2 – Transferring learning in lessons and online
Module 2 – Effective Feedback
Module 3 – Making progress online: Skill
Module 4 – Making progress online: Knowledge
Module 5 – Making progress online: Accuracy
Module 6 – Making progress online: Resilience
Module 7 – Making progress online: Independent Learning
Module 8 – (Mis)Interpreting Assessment
Impact
Applying this course contributed in particular to:
The Deanes School (2019): 8.6 / 10 rating for making a positive difference to their teaching and learning.
Our Lady’s Catholic Primary School, Camden (2019): 8.5 / 10 rating for making a positive difference to their teaching and learning.
King’s College, London (2019): 8.3 / 10 rating for the effectiveness of the course for PGCE students on improving their understanding of progress in relation to teaching and learning.
Kingston University (2020): 8.5 / 10 rating for the effectiveness of the course for PGCE students on improving their understanding of progress in relation to teaching and learning.
Leicester University (2020): 8.7 / 10 rating for the effectiveness of the course for PGCE students on improving their understanding of progress in relation to teaching and learning.
Experience
My experience in this area is as the author of Progress Plain and Simple: What every teacher needs to know about improving pupil progress, published by Routledge in March 2020. This book is based on over 25 years as a successful teacher and school leader and leading staff development in schools for over 15 years.
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