Adaptive Teaching with Impact

This course is suitable for:  

• classroom teachers;  

• primary and secondary teachers;  

• middle leaders;  

• heads of department;  

• teaching and learning leads;  

• inclusion, SEND and EAL staff;  

• senior leaders responsible for professional development, curriculum, teaching quality or inspection readiness.  

The course can be adapted for primary, secondary, subject-specific, EAL, SEND or leadership-focused groups. 

Variants are available to cater for bespoke schools interested: including versions of primary and secondary specific teachers etc. All content include a wealth video and practical application tips. 

The course aims to help participants: 

• understand what adaptive teaching means in practice;  

• distinguish adaptive teaching from traditional differentiation;  

• identify common barriers to learning, including gaps in prior knowledge, vocabulary, fluency, attention, confidence and cognitive overload;  

• use a practical decision framework to guide responsive teaching;  

• select evidence-informed strategies that match pupils’ needs;  

• use strategy summary cards to support planning, teaching, coaching and reflection;  

• apply adaptive approaches to questioning, modelling, scaffolding, feedback, retrieval practice and checking for understanding;  

• develop practical next steps for implementation in their own classrooms or school. 

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:  

• explain the principles of effective adaptive teaching;  

• use the framework to make better teaching decisions;  

• identify barriers to learning and select appropriate responses;  

• use adaptive teaching strategy cards to support planning and classroom practice;  

• design more effective questions, scaffolds, explanations and checks for understanding;  

• apply adaptive teaching approaches to their own subject, phase or classroom context;  

• create a practical implementation plan for using adaptive teaching strategies after the course.