geography- teaching and learning strategies to achieve excellence at every level
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Geography- Teaching and Learning Strategies to
achieve excellence at every level
Louisa BenziesHead of Geography St John the Baptist School
An overview of SJB
• Catholic comprehensive in Woking, Surrey• 94% A*-C in 2009 at GCSE level• Ofsted 2007- Outstanding• Geography GCSE 91% A*-C• Geography A/S 60%• Geography A2 82%
Aims of the session
• To know 10 strategies which help to make Geography at SJB successful
• To be able to adapt and apply these to your departments
1. Get the right people in your team
2. Outstanding learning and teaching
• Do your department know what outstanding teaching and learning looks like?
• Do you make this the focus for your meetings and time together?
• Competition within department to be outstanding
3. Sharing
Within department:- The vision- Resources- Lesson plans- Ideas- Problems- Student care- Jobs to do
4. Achievement
5. Innovation
Up top date resources- Haiti, Eyjafjallajokull; South Africa 2010
Have the belief and the courage to try new things
6. Accessibility
Accessible resources and accessible staff
7. Learning Environment
8. Effective Communication
• Meeting with a purpose• Positive communication• Regular emailing• Informal • We all get on and make an effort to help each
other
9.Professional Development
• Peer coaching• Peer mentoring• Observations• Learning new skills
10. A passion for what we do• Being a geek is cool!• Making the students passionate
Aims of the session
• To know 10 strategies which help to make Geography at SJB successful
• To be able to adapt and apply these to your departments
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