St. Helen's College and Knowsley Community College Advances Teaching Excellence with HOW2s

TeachingHOW2s, in partnership with St. Helen’s College and Knowsley Community College, is proud to announce the integration of the TeachingHOW2s platform into its educational framework, a move aimed at revolutionizing its teaching and learning practices and cultivating professional learning communities.

The platform was chosen for its comprehensive approach to professional development, combining evidence-based teaching techniques with cognitive science principles in easily accessible, user-friendly, visual formats. This strategic decision underscores the college’s commitment to adopting innovative solutions that enhance educational outcomes, support staff development, and enable shared professional learning among educators.

The integration of TeachingHOW2s into the college’s teaching and learning framework is set to provide a structured yet flexible approach to professional development. Staff will have access to a wide range of instructional strategies and practical examples, enabling them to tailor their teaching methods to meet diverse student needs effectively. 

Another key aspect of this partnership is its potential to enhance the college’s reputation for teaching excellence. ​“Adopting TeachingHOW2s is a step towards not just improving our teaching practices but also elevating our college’s standing in the educational community,” added Helen Young.

With diverse disciplines spanning across departments, the college envisions educators leveraging the platform to exchange innovative teaching strategies across subject boundaries, empowering teachers to share insights, experiences, and best practices.

With the recent upgrades enabling the embedding of external content within the platform’s notes feature, the college also plans to leverage this functionality to facilitate the sharing of videos showcasing exemplary teaching techniques. 

Despite being a recent addition, the HOW2 Platform has garnered positive feedback and enthusiastic participation, with staff actively engaging and contributing to the skills exchange — a unique feature of the platform that facilitates the sharing of best practices across and between subject areas.

As momentum continues to build, the college remains committed to nurturing this culture of collaboration ensuring the delivery of exceptional education experiences for both educators and students alike.

St Helens College and Knowsley Community College has a distinguished history of providing high-quality education in the Northwest. As one of the region’s largest further and higher education institutions, it is committed to ensuring every student achieves their full potential by offering an outstanding learning experience.

With four campuses spread across two local authority boroughs, as a result of the merger in 2017, the college group caters to approximately 5,000 students of varying ages and academic levels. Its diverse curriculum encompasses T Levels, technical vocational qualifications, adult community learning courses, professional qualifications, short leisure courses, apprenticeships, and degree-level study at University Centre St Helens, facilitating smooth progression routes for learners. 

Through significant investment in modern facilities and active engagement with local communities, St Helens College and Knowsley Community College collaborates with businesses and residents to provide excellent training and education opportunities. This collaboration not only enhances students’ career prospects but also supports the development of a skilled workforce in the Liverpool City Region.

TeachingHOW2s empowers educators to lead their professional learning and work collegially to strengthen their practice.

Delivering systematic, evidence-based, pedagogical on-demand expertise for unlimited numbers of faculty — the TeachingHOW2s platform offers 100% scalable support, building teaching and learning capacity across entire teaching institutions — or networks of institutions — without the costs and inconvenience typically associated with in-person workshops and conferences.

Available anytime, from any device, the HOW2 visual guides to Evidence-Based Teaching (EBT) techniques come in various visual formats, including info-graphics and click-through presentation screens. The guides’ precise, step-by-step, easy-to-navigate nature makes learning and adapting the techniques quick and easy whether it’s for the classroom, lab, or workspace, accelerating the application of high-impact practices that have been shown to build student learning and close equity gaps.

TeachingHOW2s is used by Community Colleges, Further and Higher Education colleges, schools, independent vocational training providers, and public organizations in the US, the UK, and Canada.