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Reflective Practice Primary course

Reflective Practice | Primary

Our Reflective Practice Primary-level course aims to consolidate teaching knowledge and develop reflective practice. Ideal for beginning teachers in Primary schools.

Reflective Practice Course Summary

Target Audience	Delivery Mode	Time to complete
Beginning teachers (Primary level)	Online	4 hrs

Learning Objectives
- Develop your emotion management, communication & empathy, resilience & adaptability, organisation & planning competencies. - Reflect on teaching scenarios you are likely to encounter and consider how you might respond. - Develop effective teaching behaviours in behaviour management, adaptive teaching, communicating effectively with parents and guardians and working with colleagues; - Develop your teaching self-efficacy.

Module	Overview
Module One: Behaviour Management	This module introduces new teachers to sensitive approaches to managing behaviour and effective strategies to promote inclusive practices. Expert teachers share ways to help students regulate their emotions. They also discuss how to be proactive in your approach and discuss what the evidence-base says. Finally, experts talk about why building trust with parents is so important.
Module Two: Adaptive Teaching	This module begins by looking at what student barriers to learning could be. Expert teachers talk about how they develop effective learning behaviours in their students and strategies that work for group work. Experts share the importance of having a ‘Plan B’ and why it’s important to consider progression across subject areas. Finally, the module looks at teaching English as an Additional Language (EAL) students.
Module Three: Communicating with Parents and/or Carers	This module focuses on communicating effectively with parents and guardians. It takes a close look at preparing for parents’ & guardians evenings’, approaches to homework, building honest and transparent relationships with parents, working with classroom helpers, and having difficult conversations with parents.
Module Four: Working with Colleagues	The final module takes a close look at mentor feedback and working with teaching assistants. Expert teachers share their thoughts on dealing with sensitive information and inappropriate comments by students. It explores the code of practice for teachers and why it’s important to set boundaries. Finally, it considers ways to prioritise extra responsibilities.

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