Teaching and Learning: principles not straitjackets

Description

Replacing the straitjacket

Critically examine restrictive teaching, learning and assessment policies

Respond to the relaxation in inspection demands

Ease the pressure to:

• meet performance targets

• retain staff motivation and employment

A guide to applying a school-wide principles-led model

Outline the key principles that underpin Outstanding lessons

Discuss what these principles look like in practice

Develop a menu of strategies that meet the principles

Successfully balance the conflict between:

• ‘head’ (data, progress, attainment, inspection)

• ‘heart’ (autonomy, creativity, variety of practice, passion)

Staff development that visionary leaders can employ

A partnership to combine rigour, creativity and professional autonomy

Trust professional teachers to make decisions based on the principles

Develop handbooks to:

• reduce workload

• spread best practice

• monitor progress across a school or partnership

Suitable for primary, middle and secondary schools