3 Planning & differentiation

Objectives

• Understand how the curriculum is planned.
• Examine differentiation in the classroom and the teaching assistant’s role.

Time

Two 1.5 hour sessions

Preparation

Note that Session 1 is less practical than other sessions within this resource, with more trainer input and less input from the group.

Tutor’s guidance

Session 1: Planning the curriculum

Session 2: Differentiation

Resources

Handout 1: Long-, medium- and short-term planning

Handout 2: Literacy: Weekly plan

Handout 3: Numeracy: Weekly plan

Presentation 1: What an effective scheme of work will do

Presentation 2: Contents of an effective scheme of work

Handout 4: Examples of differentiation

Presentation 3: Differentiated lesson planning criteria

Handout 5: Final differentiation checklist