InnerDrive
Dr Claire Badger is the Head of Teacher Professional Development at InnerDrive. A former assistant head she now specialises in helping schools and colleges develop their evidence-informed practice. Her main area of focus is on cognitive science, teacher development and maximising CPD within schools.
Session: Effective Feedback
Giving your students good feedback is key to helping them develop their learning in the classroom. In this interactive session, Dr Claire Badger will dive into the latest and greatest research into effective feedback with practical ideas for how you can improve the feedback you give your students. This includes the types of feedback and how feedback can be used to promote self-reflection.
Session: Checking for Understanding with Mini-Whiteboards
with Dr Kerensa Ogbe
Checking for Understanding is a fundamental tenet of effective teaching without which you risk making poor instructional decisions. Mini-whiteboards are the perfect tool for these checks: they allow you to instantly see what every student is thinking, increase participation without extra workload and catch misconceptions in real time. In this session, we will delve into the research on the effectiveness of mini-whiteboards and give practical tips for deploying them in your classroom.
