Developing Very Able Students at Post-16 is a source of practical advice and expertise for all those responsible for improving teaching and learning at post-16, including lead professionals for gifted and talented; heads of Sixth Forms; and vice-principals.
Developing Very Able Students at Post-16
£125.00
Phase:
- Post-16
ISBN:
978-1-905538-58-4
:
Apr 2009
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Benefits
This comprehensive handbook will enable you to:
- create and lead a stretch and challenge initiative
- evaluate your provision
- plan improvement
- develop colleagues
- tackle underachievement
- raise standards
- motivate and engage learners.
Summary of contents
Establish, develop or fine-tune your provision for your very able post-16 students.
This exciting handbook is a source of practical advice and expertise for all those responsible for improving teaching and learning at post-16, including lead professionals for gifted and talented; heads of Sixth Forms; and vice-principals. Whether you have just started to think about provision for your very able students or whether you have a well-established programme, this handbook can help.
How it works
The handbook has been structured around the institutional quality standards for gifted and talented education (IQS). The IQS is a self-evaluation toolthat is widely used in England to judge the quality of provision for very ablestudents. Each of the main chapters in the handbook corresponds to one ofthe 14 elements in the IQS. These chapters are then grouped into sections toreflect the five main themes. Together these cover all aspects of personalizingprovisionfor your very able students. The five themes are:
- Section A: Effective teaching and learning strategies
- Section B: Enabling curriculum entitlement and choice
- Section C: Assessment for learning
- Section D: School/college organisation
- Section E: Strong partnerships beyond the school.
Chapter breakdown
Getting started
How to use this handbook
Reflections
Leading a new initiative
Self-evaluation
Section A: Effective teaching and learning strategies
1 Identification
2 Effective provision in the classroom
3 Standards
Section B: Enabling curriculum entitlement and choice
4 Enabling curriculum entitlement and choice
Section C: Assessment for Learning
5 Assessment for Learning
6 Transfer and transition
Section D: School/college organisation
7 Leadership
8 Policy
9 Ethos and pastoral care
10 Staff development
11 Resources
12 Monitoring and evaluation
Section E: Strong partnerships beyond the school
13 Engaging with the community, families and beyond
14 Learning beyond the classroom
Index