Developing Outstanding Teaching and Learning: Creating a Culture of Professional Development to Improve Outcomes

McGrane, Julie; Lofthouse, Rachel

ISBN 10 : 1905538871 ISBN 13 : 9781905538874

Editeur : Optimus Education, 1999

Synopsis

Benefits Developing Outstanding Teaching and Learning will: *Provide you with relevant, up-to-date CPD based on Ofsted's Outstanding Teaching Grade Descriptors. *Encourage self-assessment and evaluation. *Save you money by providing essential in-house professional development that will inspire your staff and engage your students. *Increase achievement in your classrooms by instilling best practice in your teaching staff. Summary of contents Developing Outstanding Teaching and Learning will help you to: *Improve day-to-day classroom practice and attainment *Provide ongoing CPD, reflection and analysis for your staff *Ensure pupil engagement while stimulating teacher learning *Recognise the importance of time to evaluate and reflect *Emphasise the importance of peer support in personal development *Acknowledge students' learning needs as well as the obstructions to meeting those needs *Use evidence to inform pedagogy and curriculum. Developing Outstanding Teaching and Learning has been developed around four guiding principles: *Teachers Matter - the importance of teaching *Teachers' Learning Matters - the importance of staff reflection and analysis *Evidence Matters - gathering and analysing evidence *Curriculum Matters - the impact of teacher learning and the relationship between curriculum and pedagogy

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Julie McGrane is Director of Leading Learning (Education) Ltd, a development and research consultancy committed to helping individuals and organisations develop and innovate by making learning their core business. Having been a teacher and network consultant for the National College for School Leadership, Julie s clients include individual schools, networks and organisations. Julie observes in schools in a wide variety of capacities and works with them as they innovate in the areas of curriculum, teaching and learning and professional learning. Julie is author of a variety of publications including Engaging Parents Toolkit (Optimus Education, 2008) and is a visiting fellow at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. To find out more visit www.leadinglearning.eu. Rachel Lofthouse is Head of Teacher Learning and Development (Education) in the School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences (ECLS) at Newcastle University, a role which draws on her experiences of, and responsibilities for, both initial teacher education and post-graduate professional development. In her former life she was a secondary school teacher. Her research focuses on teachers professional learning. This allows her to draw together her teaching, research and consultancy. Her main interests are developing models of coaching and mentoring, supporting and understanding teachers practitioner research and the use of video as a professional development tool. In addition, she specialises in developing and understanding pedagogy based on enquiry and teaching thinking.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Maximise student outcomes through outstanding teaching and learning. Developing Outstanding Teaching and Learning focuses on improving the quality and consistency of classroom teaching using the Ofsted grade descriptors as an organising framework. This practical resource will enable you to deliver staff development that helps your teachers become effective facilitators of learning and improve outcomes for students through enhanced classroom teaching practice. This professional development guide will enable you to: Raise standards, progress and achievement for students through more effective teaching and assessment throughout your school. Improve the quality and consistency of classroom teaching with a structured CPD framework and effective development tools. Scaffold teacher learning within an effective up-to-date CPD framework based on Ofsted s Outstanding Teaching Grade Descriptors. Foster a highly skilled, reflective teaching community and emphasise the importance of peer support in personal development Achieve CPD that promotes reflection, self-assessment and analysis by your staff, providing you with thought-provoking accounts and analysis of teaching practice. Support and enable those who lead professional learning for others and recognise the importance of time to evaluate and reflect. Better understand students learning needs and work around the obstructions to meeting them. Produce and use evidence that can inform pedagogy and curriculum and raise attainment.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Optimus Education
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1905538871
• ISBN 13: 9781905538874
• Reliure: Feuillets mobiles
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible