Teaching and Assessing Core Skills
Develop your ability to teach core skills and learn how to measure your students’ core skills development.
Who is the course for?
This course is aimed at teachers and school leaders looking to build their students’ core skills. The course does not require any previous knowledge of core skills.
What topics will you cover?
Introducing the core skills and why they matter
Exploring the Skills Builder framework
The principles of teaching and assessing core skills
Developing an action plan to build the core skills of your students
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to…
Demonstrate an understanding of the core skills and why they matter
Develop a theoretical understanding of how core skills can be broken down to support progression
Explore the principles that underpin effective core skills teaching and how they can be applied in your school environment
Assess your students’ existing skills and plan next steps
Reflect on your students and school context to put together an action plan to support progression in core skills
