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This session will serve as an introduction to what adaptive teaching actually is. 

We will explore key questions such as: Are adaptive teaching and responsive teaching the same thing? Is adaptive teaching something only experienced teachers can do well? Is it just about supporting SEND students? And how can it be embedded into everyday classroom practice?

We will also examine common pitfalls to avoid, including slipping into task-based differentiation, relying on inflexible grouping, and failing to use whole-class assessment effectively. Finally, we will clarify the differences between adaptive teaching and differentiation.




LIVE WEBINAR: Adaptive Teaching Unpacked: What It Is, What It Isn’t

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Using Digital Tools for AfL to Support Adaptive Teaching Online

Webinar 1: Adaptive Teaching Unpacked What It Is, What It Isn’t

This webinar explores Adaptive Questioning ,using pupils’ responses (and silences) to decide, in the moment, whether to support, rehearse, challenge, or move learning forward. You’ll learn how effective questioning ensures everyone is thinking, surfaces misconceptions early, strengthens long-term memory, and enables live adaptation during the lesson.

We’ll examine practical strategies including purposeful thinking time, safe and confident cold calling, mini-whiteboards and whole-class checks, breaking questions into manageable steps, and knowing when to scaffold or increase challenge.

This isn’t about asking more questions ,it’s about responding with precision to what pupils show you.

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What to do if students say 'I Dont Know' 

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Webinar 2: Adaptive Questioning

This webinar explores Adaptive Explanations as a science-informed, high-impact classroom skill. You’ll examine how great explanations manage attention and cognitive load, make challenging content accessible to all learners, prevent misconceptions before they embed, and help move learning from working memory into long-term memory.

We’ll break down practical strategies you can use immediately, including chunking complex ideas, using carefully chosen examples and non-examples, designing clear diagrams and visuals, and adapting explanations in real time when pupils struggle or excel.

This isn’t about talking more , it’s about explaining better: clearly, deliberately, and adaptively.

Retrieval Quiz: Revisiting Previous Learning

Pre-Learning Task: How the Brain Learns

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Webinar 3: Adaptive Explanations

Do your pupils watch you model  and then still get stuck when they begin working independently?

This webinar explores adaptive modelling as one of the most powerful, yet often misunderstood, classroom strategies. You’ll see how effective modelling reduces cognitive overload, makes expert thinking visible, supports struggling learners, stretches confident pupils, and improves the quality of independent work.

We move beyond “here’s one I made earlier” to explore live modelling with purposeful narration, silent modelling to manage cognitive load, chunking and sequencing step by step, using exemplars and worked examples effectively, and adapting in real time when pupils struggle or excel.

Adaptive modelling means knowing when to slow down, repeat, simplify and when to step back and raise the challenge to build real independence.

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Webinar 4: Adaptive Modelling

Do your pupils rely on support but struggle when it’s removed? Or get stuck because a task feels just one step too difficult?

This webinar explores Adaptive Scaffolding: how to provide the right support at the right time, and then fade it deliberately so pupils develop independence. You’ll learn how effective scaffolding keeps challenge high while making learning achievable, reduces cognitive overload without lowering expectations, and responds in real time to pupils’ understanding supporting all learners without labels or stigma.

We’ll examine practical strategies such as sentence starters, writing frames, worked examples, checklists, part-completed tasks, verbal prompts, and targeted feedback and, crucially, when and how to remove support safely.

This isn’t about easier work. It’s about support that disappears as skill appears.


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Webinar 5: Adaptive Scaffolding

Are your Teaching Assistants helping pupils learn or unintentionally doing the thinking for them?

This webinar explores how to deploy TAs adaptively and strategically so they build independence, confidence, and progress rather than reliance. You’ll examine how effective TA use supports pupils to think for themselves, reduces over-scaffolding, keeps learners connected to high-quality teacher instruction, and strengthens adaptive teaching across the whole class.

We’ll explore practical, research-informed approaches including the “least help first” scaffolding ladder, helicopter support through short, targeted interventions, using TAs for formative assessment, metacognitive questioning, and planning teacher–TA roles together for maximum impact.

This isn’t about doing more with TAs ,it’s about using them better, at the right time, in the right way, for the right purpose.

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Webinar 6: Adaptive use of Teaching Assistants

Implementation Guide: Adaptive Teaching Playbook 

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The Adaptive Teaching Playbook

Adaptive Teaching for the online classroom 

Adaptive Teaching For The Online Classroom 

A practical, evidence-informed programme designed to help teachers meet the needs of all pupils without lowering expectations, over-differentiating, or burning out.Adaptive teaching should not feel reactive, instinctive, or overwhelming. This series makes it deliberate, structured, and professionally manageable.Across six focused sessions, teachers will explore how to adapt teaching through five core mechanisms:<ul><li>Adaptive Questioning</li><li>Adaptive Explanations</li><li>Adaptive Modelling</li><li>Adaptive Scaffolding</li><li>The Strategic Use of Teaching Assistants</li></ul>Each webinar demonstrates how strategies can be:<ul><li>Planned proactively</li><li>Adjusted responsively during lessons</li><li>Faded deliberately to build pupil independence</li></ul>All while maintaining the same ambitious curriculum for every learner.The programme is grounded in:<ul><li>Cognitive science</li><li>Formative assessment</li><li>Explicit instruction</li><li>Inclusive whole-class teaching</li></ul>It moves beyond myths and instead provides clear frameworks, decision-making routines, and practical classroom tools.By the end of the series, teachers will have:<ul><li>Clear classroom routines</li><li>Practical adaptive planning frameworks</li><li>Responsive in-lesson adjustment strategies</li><li>Increased confidence in spotting misconceptions quickly</li><li>Stronger alignment between challenge, support, and independence</li></ul>Webinar Programme &amp; DatesWebinar 1: Adaptive Teaching Unpacked: What It Is, What It Isn’t 🗓 Monday 30 March ⏰ 3:30–4:30pmWebinar 2: Adaptive Questioning 🗓 Monday 6 April ⏰ 3:30–4:30pmWebinar 3: Adaptive Explanations 🗓 Monday 13 April ⏰ 3:30–4:30pmWeninar 4: Adaptive Modelling 🗓 Monday 4 May ⏰ 3:30–4:30pmWebinar 5: Adaptive Scaffolding 🗓 Thursday 14 May ⏰ 3:30–4:30pmWebinar 6: Adaptive Use of Teaching Assistants 🗓 Monday 18 May ⏰ 3:30–4:30pm&nbsp;Price is inclusive of VATPlease note that for webinars and online events, all sales are final and refunds will only be issued in the event that the session is cancelled by the provider. If you intend to use a discount code, you are not required to enter any payment details. Simply enter the discount code as the first and final step of the registration process to secure your place.The trainer will be delivering the webinar from a secure and safe environment, away from windows and within a sheltered space, to minimise potential disruptions. Please aim to do the same where possible. If you need to leave the session at any point, a recording of the webinar will be available within the course for you to access.

Six evidence-informed live webinars on adaptive teaching—high expectations, practical strategies, clear routines & classroom-ready tools for all teachers.

Adaptive Teaching Webinar Series

ALDAR TRAINING ACADEMY LLC

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