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On-demand CPD: How to plan a scheme of work

Join us to go back to the principles of what a series of lessons should look like for progression and knowledge in Citizenship

School & College: Free • Organisation: £15 • Individual: £15 • E-member: £30

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About this session

In this webinar, we will explore what exactly we should consider when planning a series of lessons. Whether you call them schemes of work, units, or medium-term terms there can be no denying that with workload issues the importance of coherent planning at this level can support all teachers in the department. What then do we need to think about when planning more than one lesson and who makes the choice of what to include and exclude based on what criteria? All of this and more will be discussed with lots of chances to participate and share ideas.

Who is it for?

This session is ideal for any teachers who will need to plan a sequence of lessons during their time in teaching.

Why register?

By the end of this webinar you will:

  • Gain a deeper understanding of the principles of planning
  • Have an awareness of where planning a scheme of work sits into wider curriculum planning
  • Leave with practical ideas to use in department or whole school planning discussions

How do I access the session?

After registering, the video and supporting materials will be available to access in the Booked Events area in your Membership Dashboard

Useful information

This CPD will support the Initial Teacher Education Core Content Framework (CCF) and Early Career Framework (ECF), addressing the following areas:

  • Discussing and analysing with expert colleagues how to identify possible misconceptions and planning how to prevent these forming.
  • Linking what pupils already know to what is being taught (e.g. explaining how new content builds on what is already known). 
  • Discussing and analysing with expert colleagues the rationale for curriculum choices, the process for arriving at current curriculum choices and how the school’s curriculum materials inform lesson preparation.
  • Providing opportunity for all pupils to learn and master essential concepts, knowledge, skills and principles of the subject. 
  • Discussing and analysing with expert colleagues how to revisit the big ideas of the subject over time and teach key concepts through a range of examples

Event team

Meet the team who will be running this event

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Zoe Baker

Head of Education and Professional Development (ACT)

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Zoe Baker

Head of Education and Professional Development (ACT)

Zoe leads on the development and delivery of professional learning, working with a range of agencies and ACT regional Teaching Ambassadors. She works in close partnership with Kirsty, our Head of Resources, to ensure that our teachers have a wealth of material to draw on to support their roles in school. Zoe’s qualifications include a History and Social Science BA hons, PGCE, and Fellowship of Holocaust Education. She also works on the ITT programme at Canterbury Christ Church University, and she has been a teacher in Kent for over 20 years, as well as an ACT teaching advisor. Zoe is also a freelance educator at the Holocaust Educational Trust, working on the Lessons From Auschwitz Project and accompanying survivors into schools to deliver their testimony.

Outside of work Zoe attempts to run, enjoys a ballet class and spoils her cat Dennis who sometimes drops into CPD webinars.

FAQs

These are some of the questions we are most often asked about our training sessions. If you have other questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch and we will be happy to help.

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