Explicit instruction implementation checklist

Implementation checklists are a list of practical steps you can take to support the implementation of an evidence-based practice in your setting. This checklist focuses on implementing explicit instruction.  Have I...

• Broken down the piece of curriculum/syllabus content down into smaller tasks for my students? (this is known as “chunking”)
• Removed any parts of information that are not relevant, necessary or at the correct level of challenge for my students? (see formative assessment for learning where students are at)
• created a learning objective to establish what students will need to know and produce by the end of the lesson?
• communicated this learning goal to my students, and explained how it links to their previous work?
• sequenced the instructional tasks so that they build on each other so that students can see their improvement?
• allocated time in the lesson for students to practise using the new information before moving onto the next section of work?
• designed worked examples designed to guide students through their first interaction with the work?
• provided students with scaffolds that increase in their complexity and decrease in their modelling of skills as student proficiency grows?
• planned some opportunities for feedback, including giving my students time to action the feedback, before moving onto the next chunk of work?