A 5-Point Plan for Teacher Wellbeing
What if teacher wellbeing could improve? What could schools do?
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Education Panorama (July ’14) by @TeacherToolkit
I’ve decided to bring my monthly newsletter back ‘in-house’ after three months flirting with Tiny Newsletter.
#BeyondLessonGrades by @TeacherToolkit and @LeadingLearner
It may be that 2014 will be seen as a pivotal year in changing how we judge the quality of…
Is self-assessment effective? by @Mroberts90Matt
This post answers the 36th question from my TeacherToolkit Thinking page of Thunks. Thunk 36: Is self-assessment effective? by @Mroberts90Matt
How would you like to be observed? by @TeacherToolkit
As Ofsted continue to face yet more challenges over the validity of lesson observations, I discuss how best we can…
50 forward-planning questions by @TeacherToolkit
In March 2014, after a coaching and mentoring session, I posted 30 simple questions for the teacher, middle leader and…
Can observers spot good teaching? by @TeacherToolkit for @GreatEdDebate
How do we know what is good? Can we prove observations are valid and reliable?
The #UglyTruth revisited: Marking; monitoring and progress by @TeacherToolkit
In this blog, I aim to show how a department can evolve throughout the academic year; given our recent focus…
The @OfstedNews headlines
“Since 2009, inspectors have been instructed not to grade the overall quality of a lesson they visit.” Here are the…
An edu-blogger mandate for @OfstedNews by @TeacherToolkit
If you have been following my blogs recently, you will be fully aware of what has happened today. There is…
Stepping Away From Observational Judgements
Conundrum: If we are to truly move away from (one-off) lesson observation judgements – particularly, on teachers of individual lessons…
There is no such thing as an Outstanding (one-off) lesson! #GrimReaper
Ofsted are frequently asked a number of questions about school inspection. The information presented, offers a very useful read to…