NPQSL Cycle 3 Practice Activities: Leading Teaching Practice Activities Select three of the following nine activities to submit to your leadership coach. Choose activities based on your areas of interest and the results of the initial needs analysis undertaken at the start of the course.
Teaching Activity 1: Curriculum planning with middle leaders Read page 32 of the Great Teaching Toolkit (4.1 Structuring) and Sections 1 (How students understand new ideas) and 2 (How students learn new information) of Deans for Impact’s (2015) The Science of Learning, paying attention to the guidance on structuring learning and the use of scaffolds. Having read the guidance on structuring learning, draft planning guidance or a planning template to support middle leaders with their planning. Meet with middle leaders to support their planning of a sequence of learning. The plan should indicate:
the foundational knowledge required for pupils to learn the new information
how scaffolding will be introduced and removed as pupils achieve success
opportunities for practice
how content will be revisited over time
how the content links with learning in other areas and what comes next
Submission Write a 100-word (maximum) summary of your actions and learning from this task and submit to your leadership coach.
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