Friday, 30 December 2011

Reducing the variability of teaching

The UK Department for Education's annual 2011 Ofsted Report notes that "achieving consistently outstanding or good quality teaching across year groups and across subjects remains a challenge for schools." They recommend that SLT:

  • "Demonstrate a genuine interest in the work of pupils and teachers and promote professional dialogue that is focused fully on pupils’ learning and progress."
  • "Encourage teaching staff to consider different teaching approaches that extend the repertoire of teaching techniques that can be deployed effectively."
  • Use classroom observation and discussion of practice; in some "successful schools staff observe each other’s lessons, which are planned together and sometimes taught together." 
  • In meetings to "dialogue is focused on pedagogic practice. Peripheral issues are sidelined."
(page 55)

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