Curriculum
Manage a Subject Discipline Effectively
Lead your subject so pupils get the same good teaching in every classroom in the department, not just in yours.
- 9 minutes
- 8 modules
- 0.5 CPD hours
- Certificate
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What you'll learn
- Track progress so pupils falling behind are found early and supported
- Write a department strategy with clear objectives and stick to it
- Plan induction, mentoring and coaching for your team
- Involve governors in improving teaching, not just informing them
- Engage parents with good news as well as concerns
About this course
Your subject should be taught as well in the room next door as it is in yours. Once you lead it, making that happen is your job, with the same quality whoever the teacher is and nobody slipping through the net.
Getting there starts with the pupils. Keep them at the centre, with a tracking system that finds gaps in the autumn rather than in the summer results. Write a strategy with a few clear objectives and hold to it: if it isn't in the strategy, it isn't important. Invest in your team with a year of subject-specific induction, a mentor for every new teacher and coaching for everyone.
You'll also think about the people outside the department. Governors who come on learning walks, and parents who hear about successes as well as problems, can do a lot for your subject.
- For middle leaders. Post-16, primary, secondary and special.
8 modules
Open in order
- 2 min
Introduction
- 1 min
Wrap up
- 3 min
Always put students first
- 2 min
Stick to their strategy and communicate effectively
- 1 min
Involve, not just inform, governors
- 1 min
Engage with parents / carers
- 2 min
Invest in their teams and promote collaboration not competition
- 1 min
Promote innovation and foster new ideas