How to get the best out of Working-class Learners

Description

Understanding their context

• Assumptions we should/shouldn’t make about PP learners

• White/black? Boys/girls? What does the research tell us?

• Diagnostic tools for triage: putting students on the right path

• No excuses or no one left behind?

• Pastoral systems to improve attendance/parental engagement

• Closing the empathy gap – from staff awareness to empathy

Curriculum design

• Reverse engineer for an optimised curriculum

• Create excessive clarity around your school’s ‘big picture’ for excellence and equity

• Use curriculum to close gaps in knowledge/cultural capital

• How ‘opt outs’ can enhance provision

• Case studies in alternative and supplementary provision

Effective pedagogy

• What are you Teaching Backwards from?

• Understanding the starting points of all learners

• Demystify success through ‘Blue Peter’ teaching

• CATERing for learners who need more support

• Using ‘Desirable Difficulties’ to deepen thinking

Enhancing to close gaps

• In-school programmes for different PP cohorts

• How to design a Scholars’ Programme for more able learners

• How to create a ‘Motivation Intervention’

• Out of school experiences

• Where to seek funding the ‘extra’