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Do your students need assistance to be able to present their ideas and thoughts in a
coherent and precise fashion on assessments?
Do your students find it difficult to differentiate between writing for social and for aca-
demic reasons?
Are you not quite sure how to help your students improve their writing?
Your curriculum tells you what to teach, Tactical Teaching shows you how!
Dedicated to great teaching
Tactical Teaching Writing: Enhancing success in the learning areas by improving students’ writing for
both academic and social purposes, helping them to learn and demonstrate what they have learned.
FOR TEACHERS OF LATE
PRIMARY OR ADOLESCENTS
Tactical Steps Education Ltd, PO Box 522, Witney, OX28 9LE, UK. Telephone: +44 (0) 7947 997118.
Website: www.tacticalsteps.com. Email: [email protected]
Powerful PD based on a world-class resource. Writing is an essential
component of learning and demonstrating learning for all school-
based and real-world literacies. Tactical Teaching Writing addresses
the challenges of supporting students to effectively create texts for
purpose and audience in all learning areas.
Created by an international team of educators with recognised experience in the
design and delivery of professional learning for teachers.
Based on up-to-date research of the thinking demands of young
people.
Three highly practical workshops teachers can take straight back
to their classes.
Activities are short, focussed, and easy to integrate into your
lessons!
Dedicated to great teaching
PO Box 522, Witney, OX28 9LE, UK
Website: www.tacticalsteps.com
Email: [email protected]
Tactical Steps Education Ltd
+44 (0) 7947 997118
Tactical Teaching
Writing
FOR TEACHERS OF LATE
PRIMARY OR ADOLESCENTS
Tactical Steps Education Consultants and certified Facilitators deliver :
Teacher Course: 1 Day
Workshop 1: How to Write Matters: Help Students Master the Writing Processes: 2-2.5
hours
Writing is often an indicator of a student’s understandings at a particular time and is an
important way for students to learn content and generate ideas. This workshop explores
the research on adolescent writing and easy-to-use activities to support students in
applying the writing process in a variety of settings and purposes, building transferable
competence and precision to serve them in school and later in life.
Workshop 2: What to Write Matters: How to Embed Text Form Knowledge: 2-2.5 hours
Building on Workshop 3 of Tactical Teaching Reading this workshop provides teachers
with the tools to help students create effective texts for the purposes of the content area.
Activities support the development of student creation of texts around a clear purpose,
effectively organised and structured, and with precise and creative language features.
Workshop 3: When to Write Matters: Understanding Real World and Academic Writing:
2-2.5 hours
Students are engaged more than ever in writing for social purposes and it can be difficult
to adapt this writing for academic reasons . This workshop shows teachers how to help
students embed effective practices for school-world writing, improving
writing for learning and writing to demonstrate learning. Specific
activities address assessment questions, supporting students to maximise
opportunities to demonstrate what they know.
Dedicated to great teaching
Box 522, Witney, OX28 9LE, UK
Website: www.tacticalsteps.com
Email: [email protected]
Tactical Steps Education Ltd
+44 (0) 7947 997118
Facilitator Course: 3 Days
This very popular course is the most cost-effective and sustainable way of bringing
training to an entire school. Under a license agreement qualified Facilitators are in-house
experts who train your staff, support implementation and provide school wide support.
Schools benefit from contextualised training, spaced learning and discounts on
workbooks to train as many teachers as they wish!
Over three days Facilitators learn how to deliver the Teacher Course, delve into all the
activities in the three workbooks including those not included in the Teacher Course, and
learn how to implement real change. Facilitators receive a certificate and a licence to
train teachers along with:
Comprehensive Facilitator Notes, files and PowerPoint slides to conduct the official
6-7.5 hours of CPD.
A complete set of the three Tactical Teaching Reading course books containing
research on adolescent literacy and thinking demands, effective teaching practices
and almost 50 easy-to-use teaching and learning activities.
On-going support and updates from Tactical Steps Education.
Join a scheduled course or contact Tactical Steps Education to enquire about
hosting one for your region.
Prices are based on the length of the course and location. Group
discounts are available.
Please contact Tactical Steps Education for exact prices and to
discuss your needs.
Dedicated to great teaching
Tactical Steps Education Ltd, PO Box 522, Witney, OX28 9LE, UK. Telephone: +44 (0) 7947 997118.
Website: www.tacticalsteps.com. Email: [email protected]
FOR TEACHERS OF LATE
PRIMARY OR ADOLESCENTS
Tactical Teaching Reading
Tactical Teaching Thinking
Tactical Teaching Speaking & Listening
Tactical Teaching Writing (coming soon)
REALsteps to Teaching Grammar