NPQLT Leading teaching Practice Activities Select three of the following nine activities to submit to your leadership mentor. Choose an activity based on your areas of interest and the results of the initial needs analysis undertaken at the start of the course.
Classroom practice Activity 1: Selecting examples of the components of effective lessons Leaders of teaching need a rich bank of examples of the components of effective lessons (e.g. explanations, modelling, practice and questioning). Read section 2 of dimension 4 of The Great Teaching Toolkit (Activating hard thinking) and Rosenshine's, Principles of instruction, paying attention to the guidance on the use of explanations, modelling, practice and questioning. Meet with one or more colleagues to collect and evaluate three examples of the effective use of one of the following components of effective lessons: o
explanations
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modelling
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practice
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questioning
The examples may be in a variety of formats, for example; session or sequence plans, lesson resources, video recordings of classroom practice, observation forms, photos, teacher reflections or case studies.
Why have you chosen each of the examples?
How do they exemplify effective practice? You may find it useful to refer to Rosenshine's and Coe et al.'s guidance on the components of effective teaching. How could the examples be used in your context?
Draft guidance, questions and discussion prompts to accompany your examples. Submission Write a 250 words (maximum) summary of your actions and learning from this task and submit to your leadership mentor. Resources