Managing learners and resources

Welcome to 'Managing learners and resources'

How will the course help you?

Learn how to manage resources, groupings and differentiation effectively to help build positive relationships with learners in your classroom.

What does the course include?

Managing learners and resources is a self-study training course, which is divided into three hour modules. It also includes:

• A dedicated Facebook community of course participants with up-to-date insight, resources and innovative ideas for you to try out.
• Engaging discussions taking place in the Facebook community
• Live events with your course tutor and language teaching experts.
• A free workbook with extra learning content and resources.

What will you learn?

Module 1: Understanding classroom management problems

By the end of this module you will be able to:

-define rapport, its importance in the classroom and how to build it
-write clear instructions to minimise misunderstanding in the classroom
-list strategies to deal with problems arising from group dynamics and mixed ability classes.

Module 2 - Understanding differentiation

By the end of this module you will be able to:

-recognise the various ways your learners can differ
-state how teaching resources can help with differentiation in the classroom
-consider how the differentiation of tasks can lead to the achievement of learning outcomes in different ways for different learners
-identify and evaluate differentiated support in your context
-prepare a differentiated activity to suit your learners.

Module 3 - Understanding groupings

By the end of this module, you'll be able to:

-identify positive elements of group dynamics
-list the stages of group development
-clarify different interaction patterns and consider how learners benefit from them
-identify how different interaction patterns can work for different classroom activities
-evaluate how group interaction and seating patterns benefit teaching and learning
-design a group contract, apply strategies to group work in large classes and solve some common problems related to groupings.

When is the course?

Enrolment for Managing learners and resources is now closed. Sign up to the free newsletter to keep up to date on when our courses open.

How can you get a certificate?

You will receive a certificate if you successfully complete all self-study modules.

What level of English do you need?

Minimum CEFR B1

What can you do next?

If you're interested in learning more about managing learners and resources, you can:

• Get teaching ideas from our Courses for teachers Facebook community.
• Access learning content related to our courses on Facebook (Facebook account required).
• Access teaching resources on the TeachingEnglish website.