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Planning for teaching and learning

Teachers need to plan coherent and inclusive learning programmes that meet learners’ needs and curriculum requirements and lead to further education or training and employment. It is frequently the case that learners’ programmes involve several professionals including:

  • a team of subject teachers
  • employers and work placement supervisors
  • specialist teachers for literacy, language and numeracy (LLN)
  • teachers from more than one provider working together in collaborative partnerships.

At the same time, teachers may work in relatively isolated conditions, in community education settings or prisons, for example.

Additional challenges for teachers planning learning programmes include:

  • meeting and supporting learners’ individual needs
  • meeting the requirements of awarding bodies
  • planning for relevance
  • planning to embed cross-curricular themes and LLN
  • planning effective work placement programmes
  • including learners in the planning of their programmes
  • planning for variety and learning in multiple environments.

Use the resources in this section to plan and implement creative professional development programmes to meet particular needs.

For more in-depth information and ideas look at:

Learning in the learning and skills sector

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Planning to embed cross-curricular themes

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Planning to embed Mathematics

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Planning teaching sessions

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  • The planning toolkit - Info 
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      Interactive resource - Web 
  • Planning to embed LLN - Info 
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      Planning to embed LLN - PDF 
  • Where are the skills? - Info 
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      Activity - PDF 
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      Card set - PDF 
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      Session plan - Word 
  • Planning the learning - Info 
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      Guidance notes - Word 
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      Summary sheet - Word 
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      Interactive tool - Web 
  • Planning the learner experience for induction - Info 
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      Card set - PDF 
  • Work placement learning plan - Info 
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      Work placement learning plan - PDF 
  • Defining differentiation - Info 
  • Evaluating teaching methods - Info 
  • Adapting teaching methods - Info 
  • Planning an inspirational learning session - Info 
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      Guidance notes for facilitators - PDF 
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      Guidance notes for participants - PDF 
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      Planning template - PDF 
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    What is active learning? - Info and Web 
  • Active learning: Some underlying principles - Info 
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      Active learning: Some underlying principles - PDF 
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    Improving teaching and learning in adult learning: CPD - Info and Web 
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    Improving teaching and learning in adult learning: Course planning and design - Info and Web 
  • Storyboard learning points - Info 
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      Health, safety and well-being - PDF 

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