Developing Independent Learners

The problem this addresses

Most "study skills" programmes teach generic strategies divorced from the subject content students actually need to apply them to, so the skills don't transfer. SRL strategies are more likely to transfer when they are explicitly modelled, practised and gradually applied within authentic subject tasks, not delivered as a one-off assembly or a laminated poster of tips. This service designs that embedding for one team, for real, inside their actual curriculum, at a scope that fits a defined, tightly bounded engagement.

Who it's for

Heads of Teaching and Learning, Curriculum Coordinators, and secondary leadership who want students to plan, monitor, and evaluate their own learning rather than relying entirely on teacher direction, and who want that built into normal subject teaching rather than bolted on as a separate study-skills course.

Expected outcome

A self-regulated learning approach embedded in real subject teaching, with a school-led 30-day roadmap your team can run.

What's included

• An SRL Review of four selected teaching/assessment artifacts, identifying where the team already scaffolds self-regulation and where the gaps are.
• A reusable teacher strategy toolkit, modelling routines, scaffolding examples, and a fading sequence, adapted to the team's subject.
• Three 45-minute synchronous sessions via Zoom: Session 1 immediately after the first asynchronous learning week, Session 2 approximately 7 to 14 days later (implementation planning), and Session 3 at approximately 180 days (feedback and long-term reflection, not a second diagnostic). Asynchronous work (reading, adaptation) happens between sessions.
• A school-led, SMART-goal 30-day implementation roadmap.
• One round of follow-up clarification.
• Six named participant places are included. The purchasing school may add any number of its own staff before commencement at CHF 75 each. Your school also receives complimentary access to TeachingTide.com, a Swiss-designed partner CPD-management platform that can be used by all staff across your school, for one year.
• A Certificate of Completion ("SRL Champion") for session attendees, recording CPD hours.
• Full scope, revision terms, and support limits are confirmed in the proposal.

The learning journey

Three 45-minute synchronous sessions via Zoom: Session 1 immediately after the first asynchronous learning week, Session 2 approximately 7 to 14 days later for implementation planning, and Session 3 at approximately 180 days for feedback and long-term reflection. Asynchronous work happens between sessions.

What each participant creates

One bounded artifact review per participant: one submission, one consolidated feedback response, and one resubmission opportunity.

Evidence and framework behind it

Applies established self-regulated learning and metacognitive principles (planning, monitoring, evaluating) through an SRL Review rubric and a reusable strategy toolkit, embedded in the team's real subject curriculum.

Exclusions

• A generic study-skills course disconnected from subject content.
• Ongoing coaching beyond the defined follow-up points; the roadmap is school-led and self-implemented.
• Scope details beyond this are confirmed in the proposal.

What the school must provide

One nominated coordinator, four teaching/assessment artifacts, completion of the intake questionnaire, appropriate anonymization of any student-identifiable material, and a department willing to pilot on one real task during the 30-day window.

Price and what it includes

From CHF 2,950

Estimated timeline: Approximately 3 weeks, beginning once the complete document set is accepted.

Delivery: Remote

Six named participant places are included. The purchasing school may add any number of its own staff before commencement at CHF 75 each. Participants receive 12 months of course access, and your school also receives complimentary access to TeachingTide.com, a Swiss-designed partner CPD-management platform that can be used by all staff across your school.

Payment and registration

An accepted school may pay 50% initially or 100% upfront by bank transfer. Cleared initial payment opens participant registration, and the full balance and all additional-place fees must clear at least five working days before commencement. Pre-commencement cancellation is refundable at 85% after a disclosed 15% deduction; no refund is available after commencement.

On-site engagements

International visits are welcome. The inviting institution books and pays for the agreed flights and hotel, sends the confirmed bookings before travel, and arranges and pays for local transport. Fifty per cent of the professional fee is paid before travel; the remaining fifty per cent is due on the final day of the visit.