Unlike the building scaffold, a learning scaffold is not a static thing. In order to successfully scaffold learning you must know what the learning levels of your students are. Scaffolding is effective if it is supporting weaknesses, providing guidance where it is most needed. You are leading the learners from what they know to what you want them to learn. In other words, you are helping learners to grasp something that would have otherwise been out of their reach.

Because effective learning is social and relies on interaction, you need to create classroom interactions which "scaffold" learning. These interactions could be part of your role as facilitator, in your reaction with individuals and groups. This would typically include: