1. The Teaching/Training Cycle C&G 7303 – Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector

2. Identify Needs

3. Identify Needs Plan & Design

4. Identify Needs Plan & Design Deliver

5. Identify Needs Plan & Design Deliver Assess

6. Identify Needs Plan & Design Deliver Assess Evaluate

7. Identify Needs Any special needs? Preferred learning styles? Learners’ motivations? Learners’ previous educational experiences? Entry requirements? Organisation’s needs too

8. Plan & Design Course length? Session length? Size of group? Syllabus? Teaching Methods? Resources? Assessment? Environment?

9. Deliver Do it! Adapt sessions, teaching methods, resources etc while it’s in progress. Formative Assessment.

10. Assess Have the students learned what you intended them to learn? Formal and/or informal assessment. Ongoing and at the end.

11. Evaluate What is your and your learners’ opinions of the course? How could it be made better next time?

12. Identify Needs Plan & Design Deliver Assess Evaluate