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Improve universal provision for all pupils
When pupils are in school, their experience should be inclusive, positive and supportive of their long-term academic attainment and personal development. It may be that an aspect of universal provision could be improved for all pupils, which might support the attendance of those with more barriers to learning.
There are many areas within our guidance reports that will be useful in different contexts, but it may be worth attending to two areas in particular when considering teacher professional development:
- Explicit teaching of learning behaviours, academic and behaviour routines, social and emotional skills and metacognitive strategies.
- High quality teaching based on the principles of scaffolding, modelling, adaptive teaching, flexible grouping, cognitive and metacognitive strategies, explicit instruction and using technology to support pupils with SEN.
Podcast
- Title: Effective Professional Development
Featuring: Alex Quigley, Kirstin Mulholland, Harry Fletcher-Wood, Helen Bellinger, Tom Martell - Summary
With key insights from the EEF’s guidance report, the hosts and practitioners explore schools designing and delivering effective professional development practices. The discussion highlights recommendations for school leaders to improve their professional development whilst balancing multiple commitments.
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Further reading and sharing practice
EEF blog: Moving from ‘differentiation’ to ‘adaptive teaching’
Guest Blog: Jon Eaton, Director of Kingsbridge Research School and Research Lead at Kingsbridge Community College, reflects on what adaptive teaching has meant for their Trust, Education Southwest.
Adaptive Teaching
How the Core Content Framework for ITTs can help us understand the shift from differentiation to adaptive teaching
Improving Attendance: our approaches
Why attendance is a priority right now and important for the achievement, wellbeing and wider development of a student.
EEF blog: ‘Five-a-day’ to improve SEND outcomes
The EEF's SEND Specialist Gary Aubin explores how teachers can support pupils with SEND in their daily practice.
EEF blog: The power of people: Uniting a team for effective implementation
Freya Morrissey, one of our content specialist alumnae for learning behaviours and secondary school leader of English and literacy, explores the power of uniting people to support effective implementation.
‘Think it through Thursdays’: Supporting pupil attendance through staff communications
Helping staff to understand the important role they play in supporting children’s attendance.