By the end of the module in year one, students will:
 Create stimulating experiences for their students which will help expand their understanding of the world around them.
 Devise schemes of work independently, guided by the relevant syllabus/specifications.
 Communicate respectfully with professional colleagues.
 Relate the curriculum to the lives of their students.
 Source props and resources relevant to the subject
 Critique and be critiqued about their professional endeavours
 Collaborate, recognising each other’s strengths and weaknesses.
 Identify and utilise academic teaching methods and strategies relevant to the Classical Studies’ courses.
 Comfortably exploit the use of an increasing array of digital technologies resources relevant to the subject.
 Evaluate the current syllabus and engage with envisaging possible improvements.
 Connect the underlying principles of teaching and learning with the pedagogies being deployed in classrooms in a critically constructive manner.
* Design lesson plans and units of work underpinned by High Leverage Practice and on-going assessment that reflect a variety of teaching/learning methodologies and assessment strategies that are aligned with relevant subject and programme curriculum content
* Identify and embed relevant Sustainable Development Goals in teaching learning and assessment
* Identify and embed relevant literacy, numeracy and other key skills as appropriate
* Identify and embed relevant wellbeing strategies as appropriate
* Reflect on the learning experience both from both the student and teacher perspective

DES supported subject specific curriculum content for all junior and senior cycle subjects and programmes is available at the links below.

Up-to-date relevant subject specification/syllabus and programme curriculum
https://curriculumonline.ie/Home/

NCCA resources for On-going assessment
https://ncca.ie/en/junior-cycle/assessment-and-reporting/focus-on-learning

Professional Development Service for Teachers (PDST) - DES approved planning, teaching, learning and assessment resources for TY, LCA, LCVP and Leaving Certificate Established
https://pdst.ie/

PDST Technology in Education (PDST TiE) - DES approved resources for technology enhances teaching, learning and assessment
https://www.pdsttechnologyineducation.ie/en/Good-Practice/

PDST JCSP subject specific resources to support students taking the Junior Cycle School Programme
http://jcsp.ie/

Junior Cycle for Teachers (JCT) - DES approved planning, teaching, learning and assessment resources for the Junior Cycle Framework
http://jct.ie/home/home.php

Scoilnet - DES funded teacher repository for sharing of planning, teaching, learning and assessment resources for primary and post-primary programmes and subjects
https://www.scoilnet.ie/

State Exams Commissions website with past exam papers and suggested solutions for all subjects and programmes
https://examinations.ie/

DES Looking At Our School Quality Framework (LAOS) and School Self-Evaluation Guidelines for post-primary schools
http://schoolself-evaluation.ie/post-primary/

National Council for Special Education (NCSE) - DES approved resources for supporting students with AEL
https://ncse.ie/

Other resources

High Leverage Practice – explanation and video vignettes
http://www.teachingworks.org/work-of-teaching/high-leverage-practices
http://www.teachingworks.org/support-resources/video-resources

Literacy/Numeracy and AfL Strategies
https://www.pdst.ie/sites/default/files/Integrated%20Approach_0.pdf
https://www.nala.ie/literacy-and-numeracy-in-ireland/
http://www.adlit.org/strategy_library/
https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/teaching-strategies#sid
https://www.nationalnumeracy.org.uk/

Sustainable Development Goals – explanation and exemplars in practice
https://en.unesco.org/sustainabledevelopmentgoals - Sustainable Development Goals
http://www.ubuntu.ie/ - Examples of how to integrate the Sustainable Development Goals across the curriculum

Not applicable to this module.

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Peer review activities
• Self-assessment activities

Opportunities will be provided for self and peer-review strategies throughout the module and individual feedback will be provided post-assessment.