Teaching and Inclusion
- 60 min
- On your own, then with your Innovator
- Bring a lesson you are about to teach
One simple shape for every lesson, so every learner knows where they are and how far they have come.
In this stage
Stage 3 · Teaching and Inclusion
60 minOn your own, then with your InnovatorWhat this is for: One simple shape for every lesson, so every learner knows where they are and how far they have come.
By the end, you can
- Plan a lesson in .
- Check every learner's learning, and decide what to do next.
- Plan support in for every learner from the start.
What to do
- Step 1: Walk through a real lesson.
- Step 2: Build a full plan on the college template.
- Step 3: Plan your next lesson in Lesson Weaver.
- You'll need:
- A lesson you are about to teach.
- How you'll know you're done:
- The "I can" check at the end.
One lesson, four steps
Level 2 Carpentry and Joinery. Marking out and cutting a halving joint. 90 minutes.
Tap each step on the thread to see what happens.0 of 4 seen
Launch finds where they start. Demonstrate shows how far they have come.
Check and act in your session
Check everyone
No tech
- Stop at a checkpoint: show me your first cut before you carry on.
- A two-minute walk round with a tick list of names.
With tech
Big 4 Edpuzzle. A demonstration video with questions in it. You see who got each step.
Act on it
No tech
- A two-minute huddle at one bench for those stuck, while others carry on.
- Step cards on every bench.
With tech
Lesson Weaver Digital Companion. Learners scan a QR code for the steps and the help they choose.
Follow one learner
Level 2 IT. Building a spreadsheet budget. Choose a learner. Follow them across two lessons.
This is : Assess, Plan, Do, Review.
What is ?
A short building with .
is support that helps a learner do something they can't do alone yet.
The task stays the same. The support comes away as they get better.
Lower the language, not the thinking.
Scaffolds you already use
- A worked example on the board
- Step cards on the bench
- A word bank
- Sentence starters
- A partner who has it
Digital Companion
Find it in Lesson Weaver. You choose the support, and every learner gets it, every lesson.
Configure your Companion
Pick up to 3 for each activity.
Activity 2 of 4 · Section hair for a blow-dryApply0 of 3 chosen
Companion settings
Full sentences and subject words, explained.
In this practice nothing is generated. Do it for real in Lesson Weaver.
- Create
- Evaluate
- Analyse
- Apply
- Understand
- Remember
There are no right answers here. Honest answers help most.
You've just shown your group a new skill or idea. You ask for hands up, and four go up. When everyone answers on a board, 7 of 24 haven't got it.
STOP: What might those 7 have in common?
Dig deeper: What else could explain it?
Don't write learners' names or any safeguarding details here. Use the Cause for Concern form (opens in a new tab) for those.
Your toolkit for this stage
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WalkThrusLive modelling
Show each step and say what you check, out loud.
Next lesson: Model one task step by step, thinking out loud. Stop after each step and ask what comes next.
Show-me boards
See every learner's answer at once, not just volunteers.
Next lesson: Before anyone starts the main task, everyone answers one question on a board. Count who has it.
Lesson WeaverLesson Weaver
Builds a lesson with you, using the college lesson plan.
Next lesson: Plan your next lesson in Lesson Weaver. Add the support notes you found in .
Digital Companion
Support every learner can choose, without asking in front of the group.
Next lesson: Pick up to 3 for one activity. Learners see them and choose the one that suits them.
Before you move on
By the end, you can
- I can plan a lesson in .
- I can check every learner's learning, and decide what to do next.
- I can plan support in for every learner from the start.
Finish the stage, including the I can check, to complete it.