CPD 2: Certification in Advanced Teaching Practices

What Will You Learn?

• ✔ MODULE 1: BRAIN-BASED TEACHING
• Understanding how students learn, remember, and retain
• Understand how attention impacts learning in the classroom
• Understand how memory works and why students forget
• Identify cognitive overload and its impact on comprehension
• Apply simple strategies to improve retention
• Design lessons that align with how students process information
• ✔ MODULE 2: EXPERIENTIAL & CONCEPTUAL TEACHING
• Moving from activities to deep understanding and application
• Design classroom activities that lead to meaningful learning
• Use reflection to convert activity into understanding
• Identify core concepts from any topic or chapter
• Frame conceptual questions that promote thinking
• Design tasks that enable application and transfer of learning
• ✔ MODULE 3: DIFFERENTIATION & ADAPTIVE TEACHING
• Improve clarity of instruction in the classroom
• Structure lessons to maintain attention and flow
• ✔ MODULE 5: STUDENT MOTIVATION & ENGAGEMENT PSYCHOLOGY
• Driving attention, participation, and interest
• Identify reasons why students disengage in class
• Use hooks and curiosity to start lessons effectively
• Maintain attention through simple engagement strategies
• Apply key drivers of motivation in classroom tasks
• Teaching effectively in mixed-ability classrooms
• Identify different learner levels within a classroom
• Design tiered tasks for varied learning needs
• Use simple grouping strategies effectively
• Adjust teaching based on student responses
• Ensure participation and learning across all learners
• ✔ MODULE 4: MICROlearning & LESSON STRUCTURING
• Designing clear, focused, and effective lessons
• Break lessons into clear and manageable learning chunks
• Design short and focused learning cycles
• Use examples and analogies to improve understanding
• Use language that encourages participation and confidence