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How does Differentiation Coaching work?

Our coaching programme was designed by Wendy Knott, one of the UK’s leading experts on differentiation and personalised learning. Wendy’s method, the Investigative Nuanced Approach (“INA”), which was featured in Headteacher Update, encourages the teacher to seek a more nuanced understanding of their student. It is designed to combat three common barriers to effective differentiation:

  1. Teachers don’t have enough time to make elaborate resources
  2. Teachers don’t know their students well enough
  3. It’s too easy to use generic ‘differentiated’ materials which do not meet individual needs
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Why choose Inclusion Expert for Differentiation Coaching?

  • Most differentiation training is too generic. The Investigative Nuanced Approach is delivered in small groups and is bespoke to teachers’ needs
  • We train senior leaders to continue the coaching after our consultant has left
  • Rather than coming up with new materials, the INA shows teachers how to adapt the resources they already use

The process

The training is delivered through lesson observations and close work with individual teachers. We find this to be much more effective and long-lasting than traditional differentiation training. A typical two-day coaching programme would run as follows:

Session One (1-2 days)

      1. Meet with SENCo and relevant school leaders, usually including lead for teaching and learning, to discuss the needs in the school
      2. A series of 20 minute back-of-class observations for candidate teachers and TAs
      3. Feedback, discussion and coaching with candidate teachers and TAs
      4. Co-authoring of targets for follow up sessions based on chosen students
      5. Informal group discussion over coffee with all of the teachers and TAs, to troubleshoot

Session Two (1-2 days)

      1. Meet with SENCo and relevant school leaders to discuss how the teachers have responded
      2. A further series of 20 minute observations to see planned initiatives in action
      3. Feedback, discussion and coaching with candidate teachers and TAs
      4. Co-authoring of longer term planning
      5. Informal group discussion over coffee with all of the teachers and TAs to share successes

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