Craig Barton's online courses/Free workshop: 25 Tips for Teachers

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Free workshop: 25 Tips for Teachers

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  • 52 Lessons

What is this workshop about?

In this free workshop, I share a tip from each of my twenty-five 90-minute CPD workshops.

If you find this free workshop useful, please consider:

  1. Booking some face-to-face CPD

  2. Purchasing one of my 90-minute CPD workshops. With a one-off payment, you are free to share the entire workshop, or clips, with all colleagues in your school or all members of your department as many times as you like for a year, for no extra cost.

Please see the bottom of this page for some FAQs about the 90-minute CPD workshops.

Thanks for giving me your time, and I really hope you enjoy this free workshop!

Contents

Introduction

Introduction to this workshop

1. Supporting teacher change: How I observe a lesson and give feedback

Workshop #1 overview
How to form hypotheses when observing a lesson

2. Supporting student change: Embedding habits and routines

Workshop #2 overview
How to make things easy

3. Cold Call

Workshop #3 overview
Give adequate thinking time after hearing the response

4. Mini-whiteboards: Developing routines

Workshop #4 overview
Consider having a departmental mini-whiteboard policy

5. Mini-whiteboards: Checking for understanding

Workshop #5 overview
Make use of both sides of the mini-whiteboard

6. Turn and Talk

Workshop #6 overview
Ensure students have something to discuss

7. Call and Respond

Workshop #7 overview
Use Explain, Frame, Reframe

8. Checking for listening

Workshop #8 overview
Introduction to high-frequency checks for listening

9. Checking for understanding

Workshop #9 overview
Don't give hints before a check for understanding

10. A model for responsive teaching

Workshop #10 overview
Ask a follow-up question

11. Diagnostic questions

Workshop #11 overview
Create your own diagnostic question

12. Learner-generated examples

Workshop #12 overview
Try "Give an Example of..."

13. Planning a Learning Episode

Workshop #13 overview
The building blocks of a Learning Episode

14. Do Now

Workshop #14 overview
Use Book to Board One question at a time

15. Atomisation – Part 1: The basics

Workshop #15 overview
Assess any Atoms students have encountered before

16. Atomisation – Part 2: Teaching different types of Atoms

Workshop #16 overview
What is a polygon?

17. I Do

Workshop #17 overview
Avoid vagueness

18. We Do

Workshop #18 overview
Use Step-by-Step

19. Maximising the participation ratio during independent practice

Workshop #19 overview
Use the 4-2 approach

20. Purposeful Practice

Workshop #20 overview
Completion tables top tips

21. Problem-solving

Workshop #21 overview
No Number Problem top tips

22. Desirable difficulties and four key retrieval opportunities

Workshop #22 overview
Tracking the content of retrieval opportunities

23. Low-Stakes Quiz

Workshop #23 overview
Ask students to assign confidence scores before going through the answers

24. Homework

Workshop #24 overview
Establish the norm that everyone does their homework

25. Whole-class feedback

Workshop #25 overview
Don’t give the work back yet

Wrap-up

Sign-off

Frequently asked questions

Who are the 90-minute CPD workshops for?

Some are just for secondary maths teachers, others are for maths teachers across the primary and secondary phase, others are suitable for teachers of all subjects. I state the workshop's intended audience in the FAQs on each workshop page. Of course, even if a worhop is intended for maths teachers, you may find a section that transfers across to other subjects, in which case you are free to share that clip with all staff at a twilight or CPD session.

Can I share the videos from the 90-minute CPD workshops with my colleagues

Yes! After you purchase this course, you can show the videos to colleagues as part of a whole school CPD session or a departmental meeting.

You are not allowed to share the videos to colleagues outside of your school.

Do the 90-minute CPD workshops come with any supporting materials?

Yes! At the end of each workshop, I will share a link where colleagues can access all the research and resources mentioned in the workshop.

How long can I access the 90-minute CPD workshops for?

After purchasing a 90-minute CPD workshop, you can access the videos for 1 year.

Can I pay for the 90-minute CPD workshops via invoice?

The easiest way to pay is online. The service accepts all major cards as well as PayPal. Paying this way gives you immediate access to the course, and you can access a VAT receipt by clicking on your account profile.

But if you need to pay via invoice, then no problem!  Just send an email to mrbartonmaths@gmail.com with details of:

1. The email addresses of the person(s) taking the course

2. Your school name and address

3. Who to email to invoice to

Then I will send you an invoice and register your colleagues for the course.

Are there discounts avaiable for bulk purchases?

If you want to purchase 3 or more of the online workshops, email me at mrbartonmaths@gmail.com for a discount.

Do you deliver these workshops in person?

Purchasing the online versions is much cheaper. However, I do have limited availability to deliver in-person CPD. Please visit here for more information.