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#11 Causal Chain

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Causal Chain - Why is thinking about a causal chain important before you design your intervention? The purpose is to tighten up your intervention and to understand more deeply  what you did that resulted in a shift in student achievement

#10 Develop a rich profile of relevant aspects of your current teaching

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Develop a rich profile of relevant aspects of your current teaching . This profile will be used formatively to help you design an intervention and summatively as a baseline on which you can judge shifts later At the moment, writing is happening every day without fail which is great! We have timetabled it into our week so it is always in the first block and therefore not moved around. We are planning rich writing opportunities that connect with our concept of diversity which has engaged and hooked our learners.  What is happening in the writing programme?  The writing process is used as a guide for planning and we ensure that every writing opportunity follows the whole process. During the planning phase of the learning process, we hook and engage learners by offering them a range of experiences such as science, art and drama that are integrated through concept learning. Once they’re hooked, we build our knowledge about a particular genre through videos and looking at examples o...