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What Makes an Excellent Lesson?

Grace Farquharson – Riverbank School

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Diamond 9 – 15 minutes

  • Individually, write down the top 9 things you think are important for an ‘excellent’ lesson.
  • As a group, choose your top 9 OVERALL and arrange them in a diamond nine, with the most important/valuable at the top and the least at the bottom
  • 1-2-3-2-1 shape

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Quality Assurance Observation Template

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Excellent scenarios/feedback – 20 mins

Take a coloured counter and find the people with the matching token.

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In your groups discuss the scenario and decide if it would have been an excellent lesson, and if not, what improvements could have been made.

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Things to consider

  • We are only human!
  • Some days, just surviving the day is excellent!
  • Use opportunities to observe colleagues in school/ASG schools who can share ideas with you.
  • Ask for feedback from observations and don’t be afraid to ask “What would you do?”
  • Ask to be observed by colleagues other than your mentor (Teachers who have students can be released from class for a short time/feedback from visiting specialists/feedback from SMT are all valuable)

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