Competences

• a)Lead and sustain a safe and supportive learning environment where primary students are encouraged to explore, take risks and learn from mistakes;
• b)Cultivate a socially inclusive classroom culture that values and models diversity, equity and peer collaboration as integral to learning;
• c)Champion student well-being by establishing and maintain a positive, nurturing, and emotionally responsive classroom climate;
• d)Coordinate effectively with Learning Support Assistants (LSAs) to plan, differentiate and adapt lessons for diverse learners;
• e)Collaborate strategically with school leadership to enhance the daily learning experience of students through professional collaboration;
• f)Facilitate and lead professional learning communities that foster continuous professional development, reflective inquiry, and innovation in teaching;
• g)Integrate and evaluate pedagogical approaches that align with students’ cognitive, social and emotional developmental stages.

Knowledge

• • a)Critically analyse the principles of lesson planning and curriculum development in primary education, evaluating their implications for effective teaching and learning;
  • b)Evaluate and adapt motivation strategies to create and sustain engaging, learner-centred learning environment;
  • c)Appraise the principles of inclusive education and the ‘Education for All’ framework to contextualise their application within diverse primary setting;
  • d)Critically assess the philosophical and pedagogical components of a democratic and socially just classroom, relating them to equitable practice;
  • e)Examine and interpret the role of formative assessment strategies (Assessment for Learning – AFL) in primary education;
  • f)Analyse how the Learning Outcomes Framework can be systematically employed as a reference for instructional planning, differentiation, and assessment design;
  • g)Interpret Bloom’s Taxonomy when scaffolding student learning experience that promote higher-order and critical thinking skills.

  Skills

  • a)Design and sustain a positive classroom environment that enhances student engagement and academic success;
  • b)Identify and implement interventions for managing classroom challenges, including student behaviour;
  • c)Construct differentiated learning tasks grounded in AFL strategies, learning outcomes and success criteria;
  • d)Develop and align comprehensive schemes of work, detailed lesson plans and learning tasks tailored to primary education settings;
  • e)Deliver and evaluate lesson content in an engaging, logical and developmentally appropriate manner for primary-aged learners.