Whathaveyou
usedfromthe
lastTLC?
TLC3
CHALLENGEAND
PERSONALISATION
Whatisthe
purposeofa
seatingplan?
Youshouldconsciouslyplan:
● WHENyouwantyour
studentstocollaborate
● HOWtheycollaborate
● WHOtheycollaboratewith
Whatmethodsdoweuseto
seatthestudentsinthe
room?
Whatarethebenefitsand
pitfallsofthesemethods?
Thescienceoflearningtellsus
thatchildrenneedtomove
aroundthelearningspace
regularly.
(Transference)
Iftheydon’t,thereisadanger
thattheywillonlybeableto
recallinformationinthatone
location.
1. ChallengeandSupport
Groups
Thissystemofferslotsof
flexibilityinday-to-day
lessons,withoutanyprior
preparation.
Divideyourequallyclassinto
foursections:
● UPPER(U)
● UPPERMIDDLE(UM)
● LOWERMIDDLE(LM)
● LOWER(L)
HOMETEAMS:
Eachtableisarrangedin
exactlythesameway
UM U
L LM
UM U
L LM
CHALLENGE
SUPPORT
UM U
L LM
CHALLENGE
SUPPORT
The‘gap’betweenthestudentsis
nevertoowide-theweakestdoesn’t
workwiththestrongest
UM U
L LM
SUPPORT
Whenyoumovestudentstoworkin
differentgroups,alwaysmovethesame
seat-thiswaythepatternand
organisationisneverchanged
CHALLENGE
AWAYTEAMS:
Eachtableisarrangedby
similarability
U U
U U
LM LM
LM LM
2.Organisebasedonongoing
assessment
Withthissystem,yourseating
couldchangeeverylesson...
Whatseatingarrangement
couldweuseinthelessonafter
thisassessment?
3.Organisebasedonakeyskill
foryoursubject
Forexample:
Inasciencelesson,studentsare
writingupandevaluatingdata
fromanexperimentconducted
inapreviouslesson
STUDENTS
WITHWEAK
LITERACY
SKILLS
STUDENTS
WHO
STRUGGLETO
INTERPRET
DATA
STUDENTS
WHONEED
ADDITIONAL
CHALLENGE
STUDENTS
WITHWEAK
NUMERACY
SKILLS
Wheredoestheteachergo?
3.Organiseinordertoallow
childrentomodelskillsforone
another
E.g.
Pairaresilientchildwithachild
whogivesupeasily
4.Organiseforspecific
activities
E.g.
Socratic
circle
Largegroup
discussion
Lectureor
presentation
Teacherled
discussion
Reflection
Consideryourconfidence/abilitiesinutilisingdifferentteachingstrategies.
IfwewereinchallengeseatingforwhichstrategieswouldyoubeU/UMand
whichwouldyoubeL/LM?
Isthereanyoneinyourgroupwhocansupportyouindevelopingyour
confidenceinthosestrategies?
Canyousupportanyoneelseinthosestrategies?
BEFORE BEFORE BEFORE NOW AFTER AFTER AFTER
THE PAST YESTERDAY TODAY TOMORROW FUTURE
BeforeBefore,AfterAfter
before-before/ after-after supports hypothesis; deeper thinking, creative speculation

Tlc 3 challenge and personalisation v1

Editor's Notes

  • #5 This may mean that you are moving students throughout the lesson
  • #10 This is the ‘off the peg’ set up in many ways
  • #18 Discussion of the options: John and Alex on consolidation / stretch? Emily with teacher Louise, Jess, Jake on Q4 activity? Louise, Jess, Jake on Q5 activity?
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