I have mentioned Backwards Design or Backwards Planning previously in my blogging however, I just wanted to share one example of how I saw this successfully used in the school that I completed my Professional Experience in. During my second week of Professional Experience I was lucky enough to have a meeting with the school’s Head of Curriculum. This amazing lady is technically based at the school but travels extensively to other schools within the large country district and has a range of duties and roles, primarily based around the C2C requirements and the effective delivery of C2C within the classroom.
To begin the session she spoke about the schools Unit planning and how this takes place. Her first words were….”We start with the set assessment and monitoring requirements and go from there…” “So Backwards Design…” i piped up with… “Exactly right!” she replied… (Thanks EDC3100 for making me look smart in front of this incredible, amazing and intimidating lady!!! Even if it was only for 2 seconds!!!)
We spoke about Unit planning, lesson planning and the C2C requirements for about an hour and it was fantastic to see theory in practice. A fellow student Amanda, also extols the virtues of Backwards Design and you can read her blog here.
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