Planning Learning

Schemes of Work

Programmes of Study

Training Packages

Getting the Paperwork Right (and the thinking behind the paperwork)

We need to know where we are going to teach most effectively.

We need to know what we have done in order to evaluate its worth and to make it better next time.

Spiral of Self-development

A

B

What do you know about your students’ needs?

And how do you know it?

Interviews

Initial Assessment

Screening reports

Tutorials

Discussions in class

Assignments

Other students

Student evaluations

In a college In the Fire and Rescue Service

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What do you know about the people you are training?

Action - carry out the plan

Decide on what you want to achieve

Plan the action - how can you achieve your aims?

Evaluate the action

The Teaching CycleTeaching Adults

Action - carry out the plan

Decide on what you want to achieve

Plan the action - how can you achieve your aims?

Evaluate the action

The Teaching CycleTeaching Adults

Analyse course and students’ needs Think of

teaching methods, resources and activities

Watch look and listen for feedback on progress

Check students’ understanding

Make changes

The Teaching Cycle

Learning Outcomes

What do you want to achieve with your students?

•At course level

•At session level

Writing Learning OutcomesSTUDENT-CENTRED

SHORT-TERM

MEASURABLE

SMART Targets

Specific

Measurable

Attainable

Relevant

Trackable (timed)

Little picture

-fine detail

From big picture………….

To the fine detail which makes up the big picture

Big Picture questions•What do I want them to understand, be able to do, know by the end of the course?

•How long have I got?

•How many students?

•What sort of students?

•Is there a fit between students and course and the time you have and the course?

•What do I have to do to ensure they get their qualification?

Skills

Knowledge

Understanding

What do I want them to be able to do?

What do I want them to know?

What do I want them to be able to understand?

Developing your programme of study

•Identify needs

•Think about the aims of the course

•Select the content for the course

•Design teaching and learning strategies

•Structure the programme

•Assessment

•Resources

•Evaluation

Key parts of your lesson plan

•Who, where, when, what

•Learning outcomes

•Resources

•What the teacher will do

•What the students will do

•When

•Any assessment going on?

•Who needs something different, more, less?

•Evaluation

Good planning is not just WHAT ? (shall I teach)

It should look at WHO? (are my students)

And match this to the HOW? (can I get this over to them?)