TPS TLLM Vision
Effective Teaching. Engaged Learning.
For Every Child.
In Every Classroom.
By Every Teacher.
Practices Of Effective Teaching and
Engaged Learning (PoETEL)
How PoETEL is to be used
As a guide for lesson planning and execution.
As a tool for evaluating quality of teaching and learning.
As a frame for professional development.
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DEEP RESEARCH
- Deep research is carried out by three TLLM Activists in English, Science and Drama in Education, one of whom is the school’s Research Activist.
- The research sets out to determine the impact of deliberate planning and application of PoETEL by teachers on students’ engagement in learning across subjects and across levels.
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PERVASIVE PRACTICE
- Every teacher participates in a Learning Circle to explore how academic areas of concern at each grade level can be addressed with the use of PoETEL
- Teachers are also engaged in Lesson Study to nurture their conscious application of PoETEL to the design and implementation of effective and engaging lessons and the review for improvement.

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Learning Points about Teacher Development
~ Learning Outcomes ~ Content ~ Process ~ Intellectual Climate ~ Social Climate ~
PoETEL helps to nurture:
Professional Culture
Rich Dialogue with Common Language
Reflective Practice
   
PoETEL in Pervasive Practice
Learning Circles
- P1 – Strategies to help weak pupils in reading through Phonics
- P2 – Enhancing pupils’ ability in comprehension skills
- P3 – Helping pupils to take ownership of their own learning by getting them to ask questions
- P4 – Helping pupils to solve problem sums in relation to fractions and whole numbers by using part-whole and comparison model
- P5 – Deepening learning in Science: Retaining concepts taught
- P6 – Creative Minds: Using stimulus activities to help pupils in composition writing
- MT– Enabling pupils to become better writers by exposing them to different writing styles
Lesson Study
- P3 – Solving problem sums involving “more than” and “less than” by using comparison models
- One P6 Teacher – Applying PoETEL to the teaching and learning of Mathematics
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