Food Teacher Professional Portfolio Food teaching for the less experienced Saturday 13 May 2017 Add a poll to the screen: Role in school Key stages taught Subjects taught Have you got a food background? If not, please tell us what your previous specialism was.

Managing Practical Lessons

Previously in this programme Webinar – ‘Teaching food when you are not a specialist’ (15th Nov) Webinar – ‘Managing a food department’ (10th Jan) Webinar ‘Teaching strategies during a practical lesson’ (25th April) Webinar recordings can be found here:http://bit.ly/1SMxH0d Teach Food Technology – videos

Group activity 1 – Common scenarios Getting started quickly Making demonstrations memorable Breaking down the recipe into steps and managing skills learning at pace Clearing up and managing the end of the lesson positively Integrating theory and practice

Practical! Top tips Choose recipes that are proven Practice the recipe beforehand Develop independence (use images and step by step, set homework) Think ahead – the organisation of the lesson

Group activity 2 – Cooking What are the key success points (skills and techniques)? How will you teach this? – stop and explain, reminder on board, demo/spot demo, break it down, overemphasise, set to music, mnemonic, make someone responsible for monitoring (Technician, teacher, pupil). How do you break the lesson into bite size pieces, but with flow? What can you set up in advance of the lesson to make it more successful? – Setting out the room, grouping the pupils…

Suggested resources Food Teachers Centre Resource Bank of shared resources developed by current teachers, and using websites such as Food a Fact of Life (particularly their scheme of work) and Licence to Cook. Teach Food Technology Videos

Break-time pledge and help In your table group, pick one area that you really would like some help with and write it clearly on a large sheet of paper. At break time, visit another group’s sheet and add some ideas to help them.