The Ordinary Classrooms series has been written to support the golden thread of teacher training and development, from considering a training programme, to supporting trainee teachers onwards into their early career, and then to senior leadership and beyond.

Whether you are undertaking a primary training route or secondary and FE, you will need knowledge of the core curriculum and how to develop your curriculum planning

Using your training to illustrate your applications– Example 1 – Subject Knowledge

This example can be used for any subject specialism, or for the core curriculum within primary.

Discuss in your application your knowledge of the following,

• Understanding subject terminology alongside developing an understanding of concrete, pictorial and abstract learning and how these terms apply to a learner developing cognitive understanding.
• Undertaking observations of learners through ‘shadow of the learner’ observations
• Undertaking observations of teaching undertaken by curriculum leaders and subject experts
• Schemes of work and planning and assessment documentation
• Recognising learning a subject as a continuum.
• Developing your own lessons and how you have rehearsed and refined your practice,
• Developing your expertise and the ability to generalise learning across a range of school contexts

Taken from Chapter 2. Beginner Teachers in Ordinary Classrooms – Securing your first post https://www.amazon.co.uk/Beginner-Teachers-Ordinary-Classrooms-Securing-ebook/dp/B0BSCC1JFR

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