Smart teaching means focusing on one small improvement at a time. Rather than fixing everything at once, isolate a single skill, analyse it, and make gradual changes. Turning your professional growth into small, manageable experiments makes development easier to handle and far less stressful.
Try using this step-by-step approach:
- Pause and look back: Take a moment to review how a specific lesson unfolded.
- Dig into the “why”: Consider the choices you made along the way, rather than just looking at the end result.
- Pick one focus area: Choose just one strategy or problem to work on so you don’t feel overwhelmed.
- Experiment: Introduce a new tool or method to see how it shifts your students’ learning.
Our DJM Smart Teaching Library works alongside The Literacy Classroom and Classroom Assessment and Reporting Resources libraries. All provide evidence-based, actionable guides of hands on classroom strategies. All have a proven track record of success.























