Overview: I have coached teachers for twenty years, but only avoided being rubbish in the last three. We dive deep into my coaching process. I share my specially designed lesson observation template, illustrating each section with examples from the teachers I have coached. We then look at how the evidence we collected during the lesson observation informs the structured coaching session that follows, supporting the teacher to develop new habits and routines.

Relevance: This workshop is suitable for teachers from any subject or phase involved in lesson observations, feedback, or coaching, or aspire to be so. It is also suitable for any school leaders looking to introduce or develop coaching programmes in their schools.

Options:
Low cost: Online workshop
High-cost: Face-to-face CPD

Overview: We may want to change what we do in the classroom, but we will be fighting a losing battle without our students on board. We examine a framework for helping students build positive, sustainable habits and routines in our classrooms. The framework is grounded in research, and each stage is illustrated by concrete examples from teachers and students I have worked with over the last ten years.

Relevance: This workshop is suitable for classroom teachers from any subject or phase.

Options:
Low-cost: Online workshop
High-cost: Face-to-face CPD

Overview: Cold Call is one of the most common ways of asking students questions in the classroom. But, as we shall see, it is not quite as simple as choosing a child and asking them a question. We look at tips and strategies to ensure Cold Calling maximises the number of students actively thinking hard in our classroom while also increasing the reliability of our checks for understanding.

Relevance: This workshop is relevant for classroom teachers from any subject or phase.

Options:
Low-cost: Online workshop
High-cost: Face-to-face CPD

Overview: Mini-whiteboards are my favourite way of checking students’ understanding. But to fully reap the benefits of using mini-whiteboards, we must first reduce the costs associated with them: faff, time, and potential behaviour issues. This workshop examines practical strategies to make our mini-whiteboard routines slick and effective.

Relevance: All my mini-whiteboard examples are from the secondary maths classroom. I am confident the strategies transfer to upper primary, but I cannot promise they also transfer to other subjects.

Options:
Low-cost: Online workshop
High-cost: Face-to-face CPD

Overview: Once we have reduced the costs associated with using mini-whiteboards, our next job is to ensure we maximise our ability to collect valuable data from our students to increase the reliability of our checks for understanding. In this workshop, we look at innovative, practical strategies to do exactly that.

Relevance: All my mini-whiteboard examples are from the secondary maths classroom. I am confident the strategies transfer to upper primary, but I cannot promise they also transfer to other subjects.

Options:
Low-cost: Online workshop
High-cost: Face-to-face CPD

Overview: Asking students to discuss something with their apartment seems straightforward enough. But with students, things rarely are. We examine how to maximise the effectiveness of paired discussions in our lessons. When should we use them, how do we ensure both parties have their say, and what should we do following a Turn and Talk? All will be revealed!

Relevance: This workshop is relevant for classroom teachers from any subject or phase.

Options:
Low-cost: Online workshop
High-cost: Face-to-face CPD

Overview: Call and Respond may seem like a weird way to ask students to participate: the teacher says one half of a statement, and then all students respond in unison. In this workshop, I will share several use cases for Call and Respond, as well as practical tips and strategies to maximise the chance of it being effective.

Relevance: This workshop is relevant for classroom teachers from any subject or phase.

Options:
Low-cost: Online workshop
High-cost: Face-to-face CPD

Overview: If students are not listening, they will not understand. It’s as simple as that. Unfortunately, many students do not listen to our instructions, explanations, or their classmates. We examine why and what practical steps we can take to improve our students’ attention.

Relevance: This workshop is relevant for classroom teachers from any subject or phase.

Options:
Low-cost: Online workshop
High-cost: Face-to-face CPD

Overview: A teacher not checking for understanding is like a painter painting with their eyes closed. However, not all checks for understanding are created equally. In this workshop, we examine some guiding principles – and associated strategies – to ensure our checks for understanding are as effective and reliable as possible.

Relevance: Although all of the examples are from the world of secondary maths, I am confident this workshop is suitable for classroom teachers from any subject or phase.

Options:
Low-cost: Online workshop 
High-cost: Face-to-face CPD

Overview: Checking for understanding is only one-half of the story. Once we have the in-class data from our students, what do we do with it? In this workshop, we examine my model for responsive teaching, focusing on high-value teacher actions in three common scenarios: most students get it, some students get it, and very few students get it.

Relevance: All the examples I use are from the world of maths. I am confident the strategies transfer to upper primary. I have delivered this CPD many times whole-school, but teachers of other subjects will need to think hard about how to adapt the strategies.

Options:
Low-cost: Online workshop
High-cost: Face-to-face CPD

Overview: Multiple-choice diagnostic questions are among my favourite tools for checking student understanding. In this workshop, we will examine strategies for gathering accurate data from our students, responding accordingly, and innovative ways of using the questions beyond simply challenging students to find the correct answer.

Relevance: Although I use questions from secondary maths, I am confident the strategies transfer to other phases and subject areas.

Options:
Low-cost: Online workshop
High-cost: Face-to-face CPD

Overview: Challenging learners to create examples amidst certain constraints can reveal unique insights into the depth of their understanding and facilitate positive classroom discussions. In this workshop, we look at models to help learners generate their own examples for any mathematical concept.

Relevance: This workshop is relevant for maths teachers from Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 5.

Options:
Low-cost: Online workshop (coming soon)
High-cost: Face-to-face CPD

Overview: How we start our lessons sets the tone for what follows. In this workshop, we dive deep into the Do Now phase of a lesson, thinknig hard about the structure, content, difficulty, and how we can ensure we get an accurate sense of our students’ levels of effort and understanding.

Relevance: This workshop is relevant for maths teachers from Key Stages 2 upwards. The content may transfer to Key Stage 1, but I cannot promise.

Options:
Low-cost: Online workshop (coming soon)
High-cost: Face-to-face CPD

Overview: How we break down a concept is a key factor in determining if our students will understand it. In this workshop, we look at how to choose the best examples to teach a new concept, how to break that example down into Atoms, and how to deal with those Atoms students have met before. This gets you 80% of the benefits of Atomisation.

Relevance: This workshop is relevant for maths teachers from Key Stages 2 upwards. The content may transfer to Key Stage 1, but I cannot promise.

Options:
Low-cost: Online workshop (coming soon)
High-cost: Face-to-face CPD

Overview: Having chosen a good example, broken it down into Atoms, and assessed the Atoms students have encountered before, we can now teach the new Atoms to students. In this workshop, we examine how to label each new Atom and how that labelling will determine the most effective way to teach it. This helps us reap the final 20% of benefits from Atomisation.

Relevance: This workshop is relevant for maths teachers from Key Stages 2 upwards. The content may transfer to Key Stage 1, but I cannot promise. You will need to have taken Part 1 first.

Options:
Low-cost: Online workshop (coming soon)
High-cost: Face-to-face CPD

Overview: How I model new ideas to students has changed dramatically over the 20 years I have taught. In this workshop, we examine how to deliver a clear, concise, teacher-led I Do and how to maximise the chance of our students following our explanation.

Relevance: This workshop is relevant for maths teachers from Key Stages 2 upwards. The content may transfer to Key Stage 1, but I cannot promise.

Options:
Low-cost: Online workshop (coming soon)
High-cost: Face-to-face CPD

Overview: Following our I Do, we need reliable evidence that our explanation has made sense. That is where the We Do comes in. In this workshop, we look at strategies to ensure the We Do delivers an effective check for understanding that involves every pupil and provides an effective bridge between the I Do and the independent practice that follows.

Relevance: This workshop is relevant for maths teachers from Key Stages 2 upwards. The content may transfer to Key Stage 1, but I cannot promise.

Options:
Low-cost: Online workshop (coming soon)
High-cost: Face-to-face CPD

Overview: Often, students will choose to take a cognitive break the moment they are asked to do some independent practice. In this workshop, we will discuss a range of strategies to prevent this happening, thus enabling your students to keep thinking hard throughout the lesson.

Relevance: This workshop is relevant for classroom teachers from any subject or phase.

Options:
Low-cost: Online workshop (coming soon)
High-cost: Face-to-face CPD

Overview: Purposeful Practice describes a special type of activity that can help bridge the gap between Consolidation and Problem-Solving. In this workshop, we look at three activity structures that can provide such Purposeful Practice to all our students, and discuss strategies to get the most out of them.

Relevance: This workshop is relevant for maths teachers from Key Stages 2 upwards. The content may transfer to Key Stage 1, but I cannot promise.

Options:
Low-cost: Online workshop (coming soon)
High-cost: Face-to-face CPD

Overview: Many students, especially those in the lower sets, go through weeks or months of maths lessons without encountering non-routine problems. In this workshop, we examine strategies to ensure that all students experience—and benefit from—a regular diet of problem-solving in their math lessons.

Relevance: This workshop is relevant for maths teachers from Key Stages 2 upwards. The content may transfer to Key Stage 1, but I cannot promise.

Options:
Low-cost: Online workshop (coming soon)
High-cost: Face-to-face CPD

Overview: The Bjorks and their contemporaries’ work on memory has fundamentally changed how I plan and teach. In this workshop, we will examine the research into desirable difficulties and discuss how to apply it practically in the classroom. This is our best chance to prevent our students from forgetting what they once knew.

Relevance: While the principles of memory apply across subjects and phases, I can only discuss their application in the maths curriculum and classroom. So, I would be wary of choosing this workshop for a non-maths audience.

Options:
Low-cost: Online workshop (coming soon)
High-cost: Face-to-face CPD

Overview: A weekly Low-Stakes Quiz is one of the most powerful ways to give students a regular retrieval opportunity. In this workshop, we examine the features of a Low-Stakes Quiz, including its content, format, marking, and how students use their corrections in the future.

Relevance: The Low-Stakes Quiz is designed for secondary maths students, but the ideas should transfer to upper primary students.

Options:
Low-cost: Online workshop (coming soon)
High-cost: Face-to-face CPD

Overview: Homework is advantageous over any other retrieval opportunity because it does not take up precious lesson time. But what does research tell us about impactful homework design and how to get as many students to complete homework as possible?

Relevance: Whilst my examples come from secondary maths, the principles around effective homework design should transfer to other subjects and upper primary.

Options:
Low-cost: Online workshop (coming soon)
High-cost: Face-to-face CPD

Overview: Workload is one of the drivers of teachers leaving the profession, and the requirement to give individualized written feedback on homework and assessments is a key contributor to workload. What does the research say about written feedback, and how can we shit to a model of effective whole-class feedback?

Relevance: This workshop is relevant to secondary maths teachers and upper primary maths teachers.

Options:
Low-cost: Online workshop (coming soon)
High-cost: Face-to-face CPD