This session will build on participants’ understanding of adaptive teaching and how it is supported by formative assessment strategies. ECTs will also reflect on which aspects of their current practice support adaptive teaching, and through engaging with examples of teaching practice as well as discussion, further develop their understanding of how to be an adaptive teacher. It is advised that participants bring a lesson plan / resource that they have already planned to support with implementation.

Please ensure that you have a working camera and microphone and are signed into your own device in a suitable environment for a meeting.

This session will build on participants’ understanding of adaptive teaching and how it is supported by formative assessment strategies. ECTs will also reflect on which aspects of their current practice support adaptive teaching, and through engaging with examples of teaching practice as well as discussion, further develop their understanding of how to be an adaptive teacher. It is advised that participants bring a lesson plan / resource that they have already planned to support with implementation.

Please ensure that you have a working camera and microphone and are signed into your own device in a suitable environment for a meeting.

In this clinic we will explore how teachers can hold effective conversations with a range of people to support pupil wellbeing, motivation and progress. ECTs will understand the components of an effective professional conversation and know how effective conversations look in a range of contexts during the session. Participants will have the opportunity to reflect on current practice when holding conversations with others.

Please ensure that you have a working camera and microphone and are signed into your own device in a suitable environment for a meeting.

This clinic explores the ways in which teachers can give timely and effective feedback that supports pupils progress and is considerate of workload. The session supports teachers to understand the underlying features of effective feedback and the place it has in supporting adaptive teaching. We will also explore different forms of feedback with the classroom context.

Please ensure that you have a working camera and microphone and are signed into your own device in a suitable environment for a meeting.

Please book the date most suitable for you.

Arrival time is from 9:00am. 

Mentor conference 2 supports mentors to develop your instructional coaching skills further to adapt the coaching model to meet the increasing expertise of an ECT. The session covers the importance of the second year of the Early Career Teacher Programme as well as the similarities and differences between the first and second years. Participants will explore the role of the mentor within the programme in year 2 and how to adapt instructional coaching as early career teachers develop expertise 

If your ECT starts year 2 in September 2025, or is already in their second year, you may prefer to attend our year 2 guidance session on Thursday 25 September, 15:45-16:30, online. Please book on our website or contact us to request a recording.

Please ensure that you have a working camera and microphone and are signed into your own device in a suitable environment for a meeting.

Participants will deepen their understanding of providing challenge for their ECTs as they continue to develop expertise.   

We will focus on how mentors can support ECTs within their own context when setting a step and planning a model. It is important that models are both rooted in the success criteria and consider the factors impacting the way a step will be enacted in an ECT’s specific context.