About this course

Like any journey, it is important to have a map, a visual tool to help summarise and visualise the journey from where you are at this moment in time to your destination. Learning, the inner educational journey that takes place in schools, is made explicit and mapped out through lesson plans, schemes of work, long-term plans or programmes of study and curriculum maps. These documents are the very foundation of learning in the classroom and as such are the bedrock of progress.

 

Drawing on current research and two decades of experience leading the curriculum in schools, author of “Progress Plain and Simple”, Michael Harpham takes you through the construction of an outstanding curriculum map, scheme of work and long term plan, so that your pupils’ progress over time is not just a wishful hope, but a concrete reality. Using wide-ranging examples to inform this session, it provides both a thought-provoking and practical session for school leaders and teachers on leading progress over time. 

Course Outcomes:

• Practical strategies to effectively support teaching and learning over time
• Practical strategies to effectively assess and evaluate progress over time
• Practical strategies to evidence and monitor progress over time
• Easy-to-use templates for course delegates to take away and use in their own schools

Course Outline:

Concepts and theories underpinning progress over time

The purpose and importance of leading and securing progress over time

Developing skills and knowledge

Developing independent learning

Formative & summative assessment

Constructing progress over time

Curriculum maps

Programmes of study / Long-term plans

Schemes of work

Leading progress over time

Monitoring and tracking progress over time

Evidencing progress over time

Evaluating progress over time