Ross Morrison McGill founded @TeacherToolkit in 2007, and today, he is one of the 'most followed educators'on social media in the world. In 2015, he was nominated as one of the '500 Most Influential People in Britain' by The Sunday Times as a result of... Read more about @TeacherToolkit
What advice would you share with colleagues to help bring best practice into every classroom?
I would not be the teacher I am today, without having had to evolve my own practice over the past 20 years to meet the needs of my students. This has meant that I have had to reciprocate best practice from within my own classroom, to those outside it, as well as be receptive to ideas from outside.
3 thoughts on “26 Ideas for Sharing Classroom Best Practice”
Lots of good advice here, Ross – thanks for sharing it.
I’m doing some work with trainee teachers later this month and, as part of my preparation for that, I’ve been reading/rereading a lot of great stuff this summer, including Doug Lemov’s ‘Teach Like a Champion 2.0’, Debbie and Mel (@teachertweaks) ‘Lesson Planning Tweaks for Teachers’ and Shaun and Andy’s ‘Making Every Lesson Count’. I’d certainly recommend these books to anyone starting out in their career or wanting to continue to improve their practice.
Hello Ross. I enjoyed this post, and I intend to spend some time following several of the interesting links you’ve provided. I’d like to make one comment regarding your suggestion to “Get on Twitter!” This should be common sense, but please make sure that your school related Twitter account is dedicated ONLY to professional tweets and interactions. If you want to share personal tweets with friends, do it under a different account (maybe with a pseudonym). Also, be careful who you are “friending” on other social platforms. Please understand that this isn’t to imply that anyone is doing anything wrong, but like it or not, teachers are held to a higher standard than some other professions. What you think is innocent may ruffle someone’s feathers. Think before you post or tweet
Lots of good advice here, Ross – thanks for sharing it.
I’m doing some work with trainee teachers later this month and, as part of my preparation for that, I’ve been reading/rereading a lot of great stuff this summer, including Doug Lemov’s ‘Teach Like a Champion 2.0’, Debbie and Mel (@teachertweaks) ‘Lesson Planning Tweaks for Teachers’ and Shaun and Andy’s ‘Making Every Lesson Count’. I’d certainly recommend these books to anyone starting out in their career or wanting to continue to improve their practice.
Hello Ross. I enjoyed this post, and I intend to spend some time following several of the interesting links you’ve provided. I’d like to make one comment regarding your suggestion to “Get on Twitter!” This should be common sense, but please make sure that your school related Twitter account is dedicated ONLY to professional tweets and interactions. If you want to share personal tweets with friends, do it under a different account (maybe with a pseudonym). Also, be careful who you are “friending” on other social platforms. Please understand that this isn’t to imply that anyone is doing anything wrong, but like it or not, teachers are held to a higher standard than some other professions. What you think is innocent may ruffle someone’s feathers. Think before you post or tweet
Good advice!