Professional development

Teaching by Design offers a range of research-based professional development opportunities from one day workshops to programs specifically designed to meet the needs of your school.

Led by Helen Egeberg, Teaching by Design provides school teams with the opportunity to understand and develop a variety of skills and strategies applicable to all classrooms.

Our workshops

1. Classroom Management

   - Classroom management strategies from low key techniques through to diffusing power struggles.

2. Instructional Repertoires

   - Ensures safety and accountability in the classroom, including Framing Questions and Lesson Design.

3. Inductive and Deductive Thinking

   - Teaching and learning strategies including Taba's Inductive Thinking and Bruner's Concept Attainment.

4. Graphic Organisers

   - Use Mind maps, Concept maps and Association maps as part of the teaching and learning process.

5. Effective Cooperative Learning

   - Uses Johnson and Johnson's work on the 5 key elements of effective cooperative learning to develop good practice in the classroom.

6. Brain Theory

   - The brain and its structure, Thinking and Learning styles and Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences to further enhance our classroom environments.

7. Criteria and Rubrics

   - Develop an understanding of what it takes to truly create authentic, valid and educative assessment.