Adaptive teaching: Challenge and progress

Great teaching is inclusive. ambitious, and responsive. Adaptive Teaching: Challenge and Progress is a practical, research-informed course that helps teachers create high-challenge learning environments where every student can thrive. Moving beyond traditional differentiation, the course focuses on adaptive strategies that respond to real-time learner needs while maintaining high expectations for all. Teachers will explore how formative assessment, scaffolding, and metacognition can be used to plan and deliever learning that supports diverse students - including those with SEND and EAL - to develop independence and ownership. Key themes include: - The principles and purpose of adaptive teaching - Moving beyond differentiation to maintain high expectations - Using formative assessment to inform responsive teaching - Applying scaffolding and metacognitive strategies to support learning - Promoting inclusion, equity, and learner autonomy - Designing ambitious learning intentions that meet diverse needs Course outcome: Teachers will have the confidence and tools to plan and deliver adaptive lessons that meet every learner's needs, ensuring engagement, progress, and independence across the curriculum.