what makes a great teacher?

Teachers’ repertoires of best practices

• Provide learner with clear tasks, goals, and requirement and inform them of progress made. A key skill in teaching is the ability to explain and describe things clearly

• Encourage pupils to think, to make connections, to practise and reinforce, to learn from other learners and to feel that if they make mistakes they will not be ridiculed or treated negatively

• Promote pupil participation through problem solving, questioning, discussion and “buzz group” activities

• Treat all pupil questions seriously and do not intimidate or ridicule

• Use regular informal assessment strategies including a range of types of questioning, observation and listening in

• Understand that, since individuals learn at different rates and in different ways, we need to provide a variety of activities, tasks and pace of work, and monitor and evaluate children’s progress

• Use breaks and activities to engage pupils’ thinking and interest

• Turn to reading and research for fresh insights and relating these to their classroom and school

• Work in a shared and collegial way with other staff

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