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Effective Teaching and Learning Support

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Introduction
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5
Unit 6
Unit 7
Unit 8
Unit 9
Teacher Q&A
Support staff Q&A
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  • Home
  • Introduction
  • Unit 1
  • Unit 2
  • Unit 3
  • Unit 4
  • Unit 5
  • Unit 6
  • Unit 7
  • Unit 8
  • Unit 9
  • Teacher Q&A
  • Support staff Q&A

Effective Teaching and Learning Support

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  • Home
  • Introduction
  • Unit 1
  • Unit 2
  • Unit 3
  • Unit 4
  • Unit 5
  • Unit 6
  • Unit 7
  • Unit 8
  • Unit 9
  • Teacher Q&A
  • Support staff Q&A

Effective teaching and learning support

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About Effective Teaching and Learning Support

Contents

  • Introduction
  • Ofsted 2025
  • Unit 1: Making effective use of learning support and  What does excellent learning look like?
  • Unit 2: Using the 5 Steps for planning, teaching and assessment, and for learning support.
  • Unit 3: Defining the start and end points of learning in teaching and in learning support.
  • Unit 4: Progress steps in teaching and in learning support.
  • Unit 5: Choosing teaching strategies and using them in learning support.
  • Unit 6: Using feedback to and from pupils in teaching and learning support.
  • Unit 7: Evaluating learning and our own teaching or support role.
  • Unit 8: Creating effective lesson structures and organisation.
  • Unit 9: The problem with learning objectives, and a solution.
  • Questions and answers for teachers.
  • Questions and answers for learning support staff.

Free resources for schools

Each unit is a short (4-8 minutes) slide presentation with audio commentary that you can use individually or in professional development meetings. Supporting documents are provided as downloads wherever helpful.

How can we make classroom partnerships more effective?

Effectiveness and excellence

Teaching and supporting learning are everyday, but very complex functions. Professional development is supportive, but usually just the beginning of ongoing improvement. To embed and sustain highly effective classroom partnerships we need to clarify and align teaching and learning support roles.

About Effective Teaching and Learning Support

The approach

As professionals we spend time looking at how pupils think, respond and apply themselves, but how much time do we spend exploring how we think as teachers and support staff? These resources guide you through a process of refection, offering practical ideas and strategies at each stage, 

In school or distance support

David Herbert works in schools in England and internationally to support ongoing improvement and the achievement of excellence.

if you have any questions or would like more information please email: davidherbert.education@outlook.com 


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