One of the secrets to hitting the ground running as a new teacher is adopting effective routines in your lesson planning and teaching practice. Matt Bromley offers 10 routines to get you going
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Practice does not make perfect, it makes permanent. Whatever you practise to the point of automaticity, you make habitual and can do without active thought. This reduces cognitive load and frees up precious working memory capacity which can then be put to better use. So, what are the 10 most impactful routines that you can embed in your daily practice to help lighten the cognitive load? 

 

1, Think backwards 

You should have a laser-like clarity about the knowledge and skills you expect students to have learned by the end of each lesson and you should plan backwards from there.

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