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Course Description

Cold calling is more than a questioning strategy—it is a way to build participation, confidence and engagement across secondary classrooms. This course explores practical approaches to using cold calling to ensure every student is thinking, contributing and learning. 



Audience

Secondary Teachers


Teaching Standards

3.3.2 Proficient Level - Plan for and implement Effective Teaching and Learning - Use teaching strategies:  Select and use relevant teaching strategies to develop knowledge, skills, problem-solving, and critical and creative thinking

4.1.2 Proficient Level - Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments - Support student participation: Establish and implement inclusive and positive interactions to engage and support all students in classroom activities




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Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Welcome

    • Acknowledgement of Country

    • Learning Objectives

    • Teaching Standards

  • 2

    Module 1 - Why Volunteer Participation Limits Learning

    • Introduction

    • Participation Is Not the Same as Thinking

    • Why Secondary Students Stop Participating

    • The Hidden Participation Hierarchy

    • Secondary Classroom Scenario

    • What Cold Calling Changes

    • Research Spotlight

    • Practical Strategies

    • Reflection Question

    • Resource: Secondary Participation Audit Template

    • Application Activity
  • 3

    Module 2 – What Effective Cold Calling Looks Like

    • Introduction

    • Five Conditions for Successful Cold Calling

    • Routine 1: Ask the Question Before Naming the Student

    • Routine 2: Provide Thinking Time

    • Routine 3: Use Supportive Teacher Language

    • Routine 4: Support Rather Than Rescue

    • Routine 5: Extend Responses Through Follow-Up Questions

    • Routine 6: Build Participation Through Academic Discussion Moves

    • Common Implementation Mistakes

    • Video: How to Prepare Properly to Use Cold Calling | Doug Lemov

    • Resource: Effective Cold Calling Checklist

    • Reflection Question

    • Application Activity
  • 4

    Module 3 – Using Cold Calling to Build Academic Confidence

    • Introduction

    • Why Academic Confidence Matters

    • How Academic Confidence Influences Participation

    • How Cold Calling Can Build Confidence

    • Using Cold Calling with Different Confidence Profiles

    • Planning Questions for Confident Participation

    • Classroom Example

    • Common Mistakes

    • Video: The Power of Yet – Carol Dweck

    • Resource: Building Academic Confidence Through Cold Calling

    • Reflection Question

    • Application Activity
  • 5

    Module 4 - Overcoming Participation Barriers in Secondary Classrooms

    • Introduction

    • Understanding Participation Barriers

    • Barrier 1: Language Demands

    • Barrier 2: Processing Time

    • Barrier 3: Participation Anxiety

    • Barrier 4: Previous Failure Experiences

    • Barrier 5: Passive Participation Habits

    • The "Pass and Return" Strategy

    • Maintaining High Expectations

    • Resource: Participation Barrier Support Guide

    • Reflection Question

    • Application Activity
  • 6

    Module 5 – Building a Sustainable Culture of Participation

    • Introduction

    • What Is a Culture of Participation?

    • Establishing and Reinforcing Participation Expectations

    • Moving Beyond the Same Students

    • Monitoring Participation Patterns

    • Responding to Student Resistance

    • From Resistance to Routine

    • Embedding Participation Across the Year

    • What Success Looks Like

    • Resource: Participation Culture Action Plan

    • Reflection Question

    • Application Activity

    • Wrap Up

    • One Final Reflection

    • Reference List
  • 7

    Course Feedback

    • Course Feedback

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