Steward, Richard, 1961-
A Curriculum Guide for Middle Leaders Intent, Implementation and Impact in Practice /
Richard Steward.
- 1st edition.
- 1 online resource
Introduction
PART 1 INTENT
1 What is meant by 'intent'?
2 Do I have a vision for my subject?
3 How do I work within the context of the whole school and address whole school priorities?
4 What do I want pupils to be able to do by the end
of the year?
5 How do I identify areas for improvement?
6 How do I write a curriculum statement?
7 How do I create a curriculum plan?
8 How do I make my curriculum plans visible?
9 How do I choose what to teach?
10 What is meant by sequencing?
11 What is interleaving?
12 How do I plan for progression?
13 How important is transition to my planning?
14 How do I meet the needs of SEND and disadvantaged pupils?
15 What about differentiation?
16 From intent to implementation.
PART 2 IMPLEMENTATION
17 What is meant by implementation?
18 How important is subject knowledge?
19 Are knowledge organisers the answer?
20 How should pupils be assessed?
21 How do I fill gaps in pupils' learning?
22 How do I close the gap?
23 What is really meant by 'challenge'?
24 What does good teaching look like in a lesson?
25 How do I monitor the quality of teaching?
26 What do I do if my department is underperforming?
27 Why is consistency so important?
28 Should I insist on detailed lesson plans, and what about objectives?
29 How important are seating plans?
30 How important is questioning?
31 What should I look for in pupils' books?
32 What does good feedback look like?
33 How important is pupil voice?
34 I am not the head of English, so how important is literacy to me?
35 I am a subject leader; should I be responsible for behaviour?
36 How do I plan effective CPD?
37 Are visits to other schools an appropriate use of my time?
38 What do I do when I am not happy with changes to the curriculum?
39 Do I need timetabling skills to understand curriculum implementation?
40 Am I a leader or a manager?
41 How do I plan for public examinations?
42 How important is cross-curricular work?
43 What about pastoral leadership?
44 How do I lead in uncertain times?
PART 3 IMPACT
45 What is meant by impact?
46 How do I measure pupil performance?
47 How do I analyse data and pupil outcomes?
48 How do I ensure accurate predictions and assessments?
49 How do I measure impact in the classroom?
50 How do I evaluate impact on pupil groups -- especially SEND and disadvantaged pupils?
51 How do I provide evidence of impact for inspectors?
52 How do I handle the annual review with SLT and/or governors?
53 Finally, how do I know if I am doing a good job?
APPENDICES
A. Example curriculum statement: primary reading
B. Example curriculum statement: secondary English
C. Example curriculum plan: Y6 Maths
D. Example curriculum plan: Y7 Maths
E. Guidance: marking and feedback
F. Guidance: knowledge organisers
G. Guidance: department self-evaluation
H. Guidance: line management
I. Guidance: how to prepare for a deep dive
J. Guidance: deep dive questions
K. Guidance: work scrutiny