Effective+Teaching

In the state of Victoria, we have two documents to guide our understanding of effective teaching:

1. The e 5 capabilities
Everyone has the red book which provides background to the e 5 capabilities. Alternatively, you might like to do a self-analysis of where you see yourself in relation to these capabilities:



2. The Principles of Learning and Teaching - PoLT
The PoLT principles can also provide insight into our teaching and the principles that might be underpinning our decisions. The following summary provides a quick self-analysis of those principles that you are enacting regularly in your practice:



3. Research on Teaching for Understanding
We have compiled this short 'self-insight' tool from a synthesis of the research on highly effective teachers conducted by Linda Darling Hammond and published in her book: **//Powerful Learning - What we know about teaching for understanding//**. This might also provide some ideas about areas of practice you might want to strengthen to achig foreve your student learning goals:



4. Teaching for Effective Learning Framework
You might also be interested in some excellent resources produced by the Learning to Learn team in South Australia. Their Teaching for Effective Learning Framework is also based on a synthesis of the research on effective teaching:

[|SA TfEL framework resources]

5. The EdP Learning Sequence Cycle
We developed the following Learning Sequence cycle to support teachers to translate their Unit or Learning designs into a series of effective learning experiences for students. The prompts on the cycle have been identified to guide teachers thinking and decision-making as they work to support and progress a cohort of learners. As you can see, the process is not linear and the various prompts may need revisiting throughout the term:



6. Teacher Effectiveness Program (TEEP framework)
The TEEP program has been evaluated as one of the most effective in the UK - The TEEP model might offer you some different insights into your practice. For those of you investigating the use of technologies as part of your TPL inquiry, you will find an approach that embeds the use of ICT as a pedagogical approach:

[|The TEEP Model]

7. Effective Pedagogy
Alma Harris and Michelle Jones have compiled 9 strong claims from the research about effective pedagogy: