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Reflective Practice Secondary course

Reflective Practice | Secondary

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

CPD logo.           Reflective Practice Course Summary

Target Audience Delivery Mode Time to complete
Beginning teachers (Secondary 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 During this module, new teachers will learn to not take things personally and strategies to put students at ease. Expert teachers discuss ways to deal with bullying and knowing how and when to intervene with aggressive behaviour. This module focuses on safeguarding in schools and how new teachers should deal with homophobic behaviour and language.
Module Two: Adaptive Teaching This module helps new teachers understand difference in students and how they can maximise student engagement and participation. Expert teachers talk about the importance of giving students a voice and how they use praise effectively. Finally, the module takes a deeper look at how to teach students with additional needs.
Module Three: Assessment and Reporting This module takes a close look at assessment and reporting. It begins by considering the value of observations of learning and goes on to explore what good marking looks like. It highlights the value of feedback as an influencer of learning and achievement. Finally, expert teachers share how they manage deadlines.
Module Four: Working with Parents and Colleagues This final module looks at how to communicate effectively with colleagues and parents. Expert teachers share ways they work with parents’ to support learning, and how they approach parents’ evenings. Finally, the module looks at school policies for staff absences.