Practice Space

Short, private tools for the parts of teaching that are not a lesson plan. Pick one. Each takes a few minutes.

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What is going on?

Pick the one that sounds like this week.

The college's own systems: a referral guide.

- Mark a register
- Add a pastoral note
Try it in EBS firstA made-up register and made-up learners, so nothing you press counts.Hover over a tag to see what it is. Press it to open.
- The college lesson plan
- Digital Companion
Planning the college wayThe college lesson plan, and the support every learner can choose.Hover over a tag to see what it is. Press it to open.

Getting every learner to think, and finding out what they know.

- Socratic questioning
- Wait time
Asking better questionsThe question itself, and the quiet after it.Hover over a tag to see what it is. Press it to open.
- No hands up
- Check everyone
Hearing from everyoneWho answers, and how you find out what the rest know.Hover over a tag to see what it is. Press it to open.

How a lesson is built, and what helps learners keep it.

Building the lessonThe shape of it, how long each part takes, and what to do when a step goes wrong.Hover over a tag to see what it is. Press it to open.
Setting the taskSaid once, with less on the board, and something ready for the fastest and the slowest.Hover over a tag to see what it is. Press it to open.
- Retrieval practice
- Vocabulary in Context
Helping it stickRemembering it next week, and the words that come back with it.Hover over a tag to see what it is. Press it to open.
- Feedback that moves them on
- Plan, monitor, evaluate
Feedback and thinking for themselvesComments learners act on, and learners who can judge their own work.Hover over a tag to see what it is. Press it to open.

Short texts, read with a purpose, in every subject.

Start hereChoosing the text, planning the reading, and the moves for when it lands.Hover over a tag to see what it is. Press it to open.
Getting into the textThe hard document, the words that will not stick, and a five-minute start.Hover over a tag to see what it is. Press it to open.
Doing something with itWeighing it up, sharing it out, and using it.Hover over a tag to see what it is. Press it to open.

Getting every learner to talk the learning through, in pairs and groups.

Talking in pairs and groupsPair questions, explaining, and group talk that every learner joins.Hover over a tag to see what it is. Press it to open.

Routines, seating and the conversations around them.

The room and the people in itSettling a class, where they sit, and the conversations that are hard to start.Hover over a tag to see what it is. Press it to open.

For the week around your teaching.

- Sunday night reset
- Email and Teams, set up once
Your weekThe evening before, and the inbox that never stops.Hover over a tag to see what it is. Press it to open.

Ways to look back at a lesson, a problem or a year, and leave with one thing to do. Just for you.

When something stuckA lesson, a moment or a problem that keeps coming back.Hover over a tag to see what it is. Press it to open.
- Keep, Stop, Start
- Johari Window
Where am I now?A look at the half term, on your own or with your learners.Hover over a tag to see what it is. Press it to open.
- GROW: coach yourself
- A small test in your own room
What next?One goal, and one small test in your own room.Hover over a tag to see what it is. Press it to open.
- A second look
- What the AI assumes
Fair to every learnerSnap judgements, yours and the AI's.Hover over a tag to see what it is. Press it to open.