Introduction You can often categorise the types of students we teach into 4 areas; Reluctant learners, Compliant learners, Engaged learners and Love of Learning. We also have different types of classes as they are a mix of the above or we might have classes that are mostly reluctant. As teachers we need to work out what is best for them - do we use ‘settlers’ or ‘fascinators’ at the start, do different starters for different learners? We have focused this issue on engaging learners both in and out of the classroom, how can we start lessons to make sure that students are fully engaged and maintain that engagement? There was some fantastic CPD during our CPD morning last week based on these themes and we would like to thank Nick for organising the morning and thank the presenters for giving up their time and sharing their knowledge and expertise. Throughout this issue we have new articles from Support 360, Psychology department spotlight and CPD from SLT as well as linking the resources used during our CPD day so if you couldn’t choose between workshops you still have an opportunity to see what was presented. We hope you enjoy this issue and that you’ll find some new ideas that you could possibly implement in your own lessons! Have a read and have a restful term break ahead.
Best wishes, The CPD Team
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