Do Now Individually, answer the questions honestly (don’t turn over yet). Please sit in subject areas.

Mastery Learning Wednesday 16th September

Session Objectives To gain an understanding of what mastery learning looks like To know key priorities to move our school towards mastery

Globe rationale Cultural and social capital Knowledge gap Practice gap Knowledge leads to creativity

Mastery How do you teach a year 11 class who have an exam in a week’s time? Is it the same or different to your day to day teaching?

Changing the paradigm 1. Exciting starter or hook 2. Varied activities to engage 3. Reflection on the learning

Changing the paradigm 1. Exciting starter or hook 2. Varied activities to engage 3. Reflection on the learning 1. Recap of prior learning 2. Instruction 3. Deliberate practice

Closing the gap By age 5, more advantaged children have heard 30 million more words 2014: 5 A*-CEM: 63% NFSM vs. 36% FSM Journey – so far behind when start; and still when leave; can’t do anything re when start but what can we do in 5 yrs? Practice gap – opportunity cost. We need students to learn a lot, and to learn it fast. Need to work out the most effective and efficient way to get students to learn

…………………….. is the horse And …………………. is the cart. Self esteem Achievement ‘The poor motivation of low attainers is a logical response to repeated failure. Start getting them to succeed and their motivation and confidence should increase.’ Sutton Trust: What makes good teaching?

How to plan for mastery Select the content Sequence the content Teach Quiz for memory

1. Select the content For each unit For each lesson

Content of English Mastery Age 11 Age 11 Age 10 Age 11 With a teacher, students should try to read texts at least a year older than their actual age.

Vocabulary gap Reading rigorous, subject-specific texts is the only way to bridge the vocabulary gap. What could your students read every lesson in your subject? How much should they read every lesson?

2. Sequence the content Lesson Content Instruction Practice 1 Context Comprehension 2 Letters 1-4 Discussion 3 Chapters 1-3 4 Chapters 4-6 Summary 5 Chapters 7-8 Paragraph

3. Teach Where is the biggest practice gap in your subject? What are the actions you can take as a teacher which have the highest leverage?

4. Quiz for memory Re-use knowledge maps Mix the recap Pre-use MCQs Mix across units

Looking at our lessons With your subject teams, look at a lesson considering: Practice gap: what are students practising? Knowledge gap: what is the content? Recap: how are you revisiting prior learning? Mix across units 1. Recap of prior learning 2. Instruction 3. Deliberate practice

When we push them, we see just how much they are capable of achieving.

Next steps 5 mins.

Plenary Turn over the sheet and respond the the questions individually. You do not need to include your name or your faculty, but you can if you choose. Please hand these to me before you leave. 5 mins.