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The Daily Mile is a free and simple children’s health initiative that involves early years and primary school children running, jogging, wheeling or walking for 15 minutes a minimum of 3 times a week.

CHARACTER

KIPP’s longstanding motto – “Work hard. Be nice.” – isn’t just a tagline. Since KIPP’s beginning in 1994, the development of character has been as important to us as the teaching of rigorous academics.  

ESTABLISH YOUR EXPECTATIONS

SIGNAL, PAUSE, INSIST

POSITIVE FRAMING

REHEARSE ROUTINES

CHOICES & CONSEQUENCES

SEQUENCE CONCEPTS IN SMALL STEPS

COHERENT MAPPING

BLEND KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

PITCH IT UP

PLAN FOR READING

TIERED QUESTIONS & PROBLEMS

DELIVER CORE; SIGNPOST HINTERLAND

Dual Coding

Deliberate vocabulary development

Big picture, Small picture

Abstract model with concrete examples

Live modelling

scaffolding

Metacognitive talk

Set the standards

Head-on misconceptions

THINK, PAIR, SHARE

SHOW-ME BOARDS

CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING

SAY IT AGAIN BETTER

PROBING QUESTIONS

PROCESS QUESTIONS

FEEDBACK THAT MOVES FORWARD

FEEDBACK AS ACTIONS

WHOLE-CLASS FEEDBACK

ELABORATIVE INTERROGATION

USING A KNOWLDEGE ORGANISER

REHEARSAL & PERFORMANCE

PEER-SUPPORTED RETRIEVAL

WEEKLY & MONTHLY REVIEW

CONCRETE EXAMPLES

GUIDED PRACTICE

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE

BUILDING FLUENCY

HOMEWORK AS GUIDED STUDY

ENQUIRY PROJECTS

OPEN RESPONSE TASKS

ORACY: DEBATING

ORACY: TALK FOR WRITING

ORACY: INSTRUCTIONAL INPUTS

INDEPENDENT LEARNING: PRE-READING

GETTING LESSONS STARTED

GATHER AROUND

KEEPING ON TASK

SILENCE IS GOLDEN

TRANSITIONS BETWEEN ACTIVITIES

LESSON DISRUPTION

PERSPECTIVE: THE DOT IN THE EMPTY SQUARE

MODE A, MODE B

DIVERSITY: WAYS INTO CURRICULUM

AUTHENTIC CONNECTIONS

THEMES & TOPICS

LEARNING OBJECTIVES vs TASKS

RESPONSIVE LESSON PLANNING

TEACH TO THE TOP

SEND: AIM HIGH, PLAN SUPPORT

TEXTBOOKS & WORKBOOKS

WHOLE-CLASS READING ROUTINESS

DEVELOPING READING FLUENCY

SUMMARISING ACADEMIC READING

GIVING PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATIONS

DUAL CODING: DIAGRAMS

ANALOGIES

SEND: COGNITIVE DIFFICULTIES

COMPARE, CONTRAST & CATEGORISE

EXEMPLARS

HANDS UP FOR ASKING OR IDEAS

RANDOMISED QUESTIONING

NORMALISE ERROR & UNCERTAINTY

REDRAFTING

SELECTIVE MARKING

SPOT YOUR MISTAKES

SUCCESS CRITERIA

MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS

FLASH CARDS

DUAL CODING: MAPPING

PRACTISE EXPLAINING

THRESHOLDS & PATHWAYS

A LADDER OF DIFFICULTY

THE FACE IT REVISION MODEL

ORACY: PUBLIC SPEAKING

ORACY: PRESENTATIONS

ORACY: RECITATION & PERFORMANCE

OFF-PISTE

SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING

MUSEUM/GALLERY VISITS

ONLINE CLASS FORUM

SEATING PLANS

BUILD A VOCAL REPERTOIRE

CERTAINTY v. SEVERITY

MODELLING MINDSETS

ENDING LESSONS: THE LAST 10 MINUTES

PASTORAL CONVERSATIONS: VISUAL RECORDS

REPAIR & REBUILD

THE MUSEUM CURATION ANALOGY

INTER–DISCIPLINARY UNITS

PRINCIPLES OF CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION

TYPES OF SUBJECT KNOWLEDGE

BUILDING A CULTURE OF READING

ASSESSMENT: TEST DESIGN

ASSESSMENT: TRIANGULATE THE DATA

ADAPTIVE ONLINE ASSESSMENT PLATFORMS

COMPARATIVE JUDGEMENT

EXAMPLES & NON-EXAMPLES

SEQUENCES, CAUSES & CONSEQUENCES

PREDICT & VERIFY

CHUNKING

ADVANCE ORGANISERS

THE CREATIVE WRITING PROCESS

WRITING: DEVELOPING ACADEMIC VOICES

GRAPHIC ORGANISERS: KERNEL SENTENCES

MODELLING HANDOVER: I DO, WE DO,
YOU DO

STRATEGIES TO CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING

CLASS DISCUSSION

SHOW CALL

SCAFFOLD VERBAL RESPONSES

SHORT FEEDBACK LOOPS

C|R|A|F|T FEEDBACK TIME

ASSESSMENT FOR STUDENT AGENCY

FORMATIVE USE OF TESTS

ASSESSMENT PORTFOLIOS

A REPERTOIRE OF RETRIEVAL ROUTINES

CONSOLIDATION

ACCOUNTABLE INDEPENDENT READING (AIR)

CLOSE READING

I SAY, YOU SAY; MY TURN, YOUR TURN

SUSTAINED INDEPENDENT PRACTICE

TAs: WORKING IN TANDEM

AMBIGUITY & UNCERTAINTY

INDEPENDENT LEARNING: VIDEO TUTORIALS

ACTIVITY ROTATIONS

CREATIVITY: OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHOICES

CREATIVITY: OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPERIMENT

PLAY IN PRACTICE

ROLE-PLAYS & SIMULATIONS

DEEP END

KEEP IT REAL: AUTHENTIC PRODUCTS

This documentary captures one configuration of effective teaching, inviting schools to reflect on how they might enhance teaching in their own contexts. It follows a range of teachers over multiple lessons across two schools (one secondary and one all-through), featuring teacher interviews and expert analysis.