Education Development Trust’s handbooks and training outlines

Handbooks

These materials outline how Education Development Trust’s coaching and mentoring programme works.

Individual block overviews

The block overviews show what early career teachers will learn in each module during their induction.

Training outlines

Each block features up to 3 dedicated training sessions where experienced practitioners will share practical applications of what early career teachers are learning.

The materials show what should be covered during these training sessions.

Autumn term

First half-term: embedding a positive climate for learning (PDF, 358 KB, 23 pages)

  • Week 1: teacher expectations; challenging tasks; language & culture of challenge & aspiration
  • Week 3: motivating pupils
  • Week 4: helping pupils regulate their own emotions

Second half-term: how pupils learn – making it stick (PDF, 585 KB, 21 pages)

  • Week 3: balancing exposition, retrieval, repetition & practice
  • Week 4: retrieval practice techniques

Spring term

First half-term: enhancing classroom practice – grouping & tailoring (PDF, 322 KB, 15 pages)

  • Week 3: grouping pupils effectively
  • Week 4: model collaborative work effectively

Second half-term: revisiting the importance of subject & curriculum knowledge (PDF, 540 KB, 18 pages)

  • Week 3: establishing secure knowledge
  • Week 4: linking new ideas to existing knowledge

Summer term

First half-term: deepening assessment, feedback & questioning (PDF, 346 KB, 14 pages)

  • Week 2: making assessment manageable & effective
  • Week 4: high-quality feedback

Second half-term: continuing your professional development (PDF, 324 KB, 14 pages)

  • Week 2: reflective practice
  • Week 3: effective professional development