Professional skills and abilities

The second of the three aspects of The Standard for Full Registration is Professional Skills and Abilities. This involves:

  • Teaching and Learning
  • Classroom Organisation and Management
  • Assessment of Pupils
  • Professional Reflection and Communication

Teaching and Learning

You are required to:

  • plan coherent and progressive teaching programmes which match your pupils’ needs and abilities
  • communicate clearly making use of a variety of media, and interact productively with pupils, individually and collectively
  • use a range of teaching strategies and resources which you can evaluate and justify in terms of curriculum requirements and of the needs and abilities of your pupils
  • set and maintain expectations and pace of work for all pupils
  • work co-operatively with other professionals and adults

Suggested sources of evidence:

  • lesson plans and schemes of work
  • observations and assessments of pupils' learning
  • pupil feedback
  • pupil's work
  • focused observations
  • feedback from Supporter Meetings
  • multi-media records of teaching

Classroom Organisation and Management

You are required to:

  • organise and manage classes and resources to achieve safe, orderly and purposeful activity
  • manage pupil behaviour and classroom incidents fairly, sensitively and consistently, making use of rewards and sanctions, and seeking the advice of colleagues when necessary

Suggested sources of evidence:

Assessment of Pupils

You should:

  • understand and apply the principles of assessment, recording and reporting
  • use the results of assessment to evaluate and improve your teaching, and the learning and attainment of your pupils

Suggested sources of evidence:

Professional Reflection and Communication

Registered teachers:

  • learn from your experience of practice and from critical evaluation of relevant literature in their professional development
  • convey an understanding of practice and general educational matters in their professional dialogue and communication
  • act to improve your own professional practice, contribute to your own professional development, and engage in the process of curriculum development

Suggested sources of evidence:

Full details of the above elements can be found in the Achieving the Standard for Full Registration: Guidance for Teacher Induction Scheme Probationers and Schools.