Teaching WalkThrus: Five-step guides to instructional coaching: Visual step-by-step guides to essential teaching techniques

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Each technique is concisely explained and beautifully illustrated in five steps, to make sense of complex ideas and support student learning. Cognitive Load Theory. Dual Code Theory. Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction. How do I connect all of these concepts, and many others, to use in my classroom? If you have ever pondered the same question, Teaching WalkThrus is the solution. Subtitled Five-step guides to instructional coaching, this practical, informative and insightful book provides 50 effective, research-informed techniques. With 19 years of teaching and leadership experience in primary and secondary schools, I can confidently recommend this book to all teachers regardless of their experience. Working across a system of sixty schools, WalkThrus has transformed teachers’ approach to their craft. It has provided professionals at every level with the shared language and understanding to improve teaching, giving teachers the power of ‘how’. WalkThrus is a keystone of our self-improving system.’ Following the break-out success of Teaching WalkThrus Volume 1 (2020) and Volume 2 (2021), Tom Sherrington and Oliver Caviglioli present the third instalment of their five-step instructional coaching techniques. Primary and secondary teachers in their 3rd/4th year of (QTS) teaching who are either new to WalkThrus or have experience of using them in their practice.

I have two quibbles with the book but neither is worth demoting it from a solid five-star rating. The subtitle, Five-step guides to instructional coaching doesn’t quite capture its full breadth and scope for teachers generally. More importantly perhaps, while colleagues who teach younger children will benefit from the vast majority of the WalkThrus, I struggled to find specific examples that primary teachers would directly identify with. That seems an unfortunate oversight and an easy bias to have remedied.All modules have been selected or developed by colleagues across Meridian Trust and are bespoke to the needs of the Trust and those working in or supporting our SEN, primary and secondary schools. We hope this exciting new programme will enrich our collective knowledge, skills, and expertise, developing over time to reinforce our commitment to excellence and valuing our people.

Pathfinder Teaching School Hub is part of Pathfinder Multi Academy Trust, an exempt charity registered in England and Wales. It’s important to analyse the specific learning issues in your setting: Start by running a session with your staff to look at our Learning Model, using the WalkTrhus toolkit. This phase is the mature long-term state you reach when, typically, you will have teachers well-versed in the WalkThrus techniques, using them successfully in their routine classroom practice. However you will always have new staff joining and some colleagues who will need some additional support. Introduce colleagues to WalkThrus: an evidence-informed framework for teaching development that provides the what, why and how of great teaching, whatever their career stageCombine discussion with modelling of the techniques by someone who has the confidence to show colleagues how it can be done - live or via video. Create opportunities for colleagues to engage in rich conversations and reflection about how to improve practice Each Meridian Trust colleague can also now access a full subscription to WalkThrus. This is an external, online platform that provides teaching focused strategies, broken down into granular steps, that complement our approach to developing High Quality Learning Environments in all our schools. WalkThrus is an external, online platform that provides teaching focused strategies, broken down into granular steps, that complement our approach to developing High Quality Learning Environments in all our schools.