DURATION
5 Weeks
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Part time
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STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
Key Summary
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Introduction
Find out how to develop and improve your teaching abilities as you start your career as a teacher.
Improve your teaching practice and learn to manage your workload
The early stages of a career in teaching can be daunting. You’re regularly faced with new responsibilities and challenges. In this course, you will get advice and support on improving your teaching skills as well as juggling your workload so you’re able to handle these challenges.
Through the course, you will reflect on and identify your professional development needs. You will explore behaviour management strategies, pedagogical approaches to teaching and learning, ways to prioritise your workload and more.
When would you like to start?
Start straight away and learn at your own pace. If the course hasn’t started yet you’ll see the future date listed below.
- Available now
Who will you learn with?
| Miriam Jones I qualified to teach in 1997, and have taught all year groups, in addition to leading two primary schools. I am now a Lecturer in Primary Education. I specialise in science and professional studies. | Dave Jones I'm a lecturer in Primary Education at UEA. I have taught across several year groups and held senior leadership roles in different primary schools. Before teaching, I was an analytical chemist. | Martin Smith Lecturer in Primary Education (Mathematics) at UEA. Father of 2, living in North Norfolk. Experienced classroom practitioner enjoying the opportunity to make a difference. |
Who developed the course?
UEA (University of East Anglia)
The University of East Anglia is an internationally renowned university providing top quality academic, social and cultural facilities to over 15,000 students from over 100 countries around the globe.
Curriculum
What topics will you cover?
- Reflective practice and how this can be used to review and develop teaching and learning.
- Strategies for managing workload.
- Approaches to effective behaviour management in order to promote behaviours for learning.
- The use of assessment for learning (AFL) strategies to effectively assess the progress and learning needs of children.
- Approaches for providing appropriate challenge and differentiation.
Program Outcome
What will you achieve
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to:
- Develop your understanding and use of the reflective practice to review and identify your own professional development needs.
- Reflect on, develop and extend your understanding and application of a range of behaviour management strategies.
- Reflect on and develop your assessment for learning (AFL) approaches to identify the learning needs of your students.
- Reflect on and develop your pedagogical approach to teaching and learning, including providing appropriate challenges and support for your students.
- Develop effective strategies for managing and prioritising workload.
Ideal Students
Who is the course for?
This course is primarily for teachers starting out in their careers but will be of use to teachers at any stage of their career.