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8 Ideas for Making Data Collection Work

22nd April 201914th April 2019 @TeacherToolkit 75 Views 0 Comments Assessment, Behaviour, Curriculum, Data, Data Analysis, Department for Education, incidents, MIS, Professional development, Professor Becky Allen, Reporting, Shanghai, SIMS, Workload

Reading Time: 3 minutes What is your school doing to reduce the data burden?

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Leadership Middle Leadership Teaching and Learning

Do You Have The Right People Around You?

21st April 201919th April 2019 @TeacherToolkit 244 Views 0 Comments Appraisal, decision making, delegation, Evaluation, Interview, leadership, Managing Deadlines, Mikael Krogerus, Performance Management, Roman Tschappeler, Self-evaluation, Self-Reflection, strategy, Tasks, teamwork, the decision book

Reading Time: 2 minutes When did you last evaluate the people around you and your team’s capabilities?

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Resources Review Students

Will Your School Join The Playground Challenge?

21st April 201918th April 2019 @TeacherToolkit 185 Views 0 Comments Caroline Saunders, food, fundraising, fundraising pack, Gender, medicine, outdoors, Parents, play, playground, playground challenge, Product Review, soccer aid, The Regis School, unicef, water

Reading Time: 3 minutes What are the benefits of taking your pupils outside and raising money for a good cause?

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Assessment DfE Exams

Do We Test Children Too Much?

17th April 201917th April 2019 @TeacherToolkit 391 Views 0 Comments Assessment, Baseline, Curriculum, Department for Education, England, Exams, EYFS, Finland, Gaming, Hong Kong, Jeremy Corbyn, Literacy, NAHT, NAHT Accountability Commission, Nick Gibb, off rolling, Phonics, Phonics Check, Primary, SAT, SATs, Singapore, Stress, Testing, Tim Oates

Reading Time: 4 minutes Do our schools in England test children too much, particularly at primary level?

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Ofsted Teaching and Learning Workload

7 Ofsted Inspection Myths for Teachers

15th April 201914th April 2019 @TeacherToolkit 550 Views 0 Comments 5 Minute Lesson Plan, Angel Solutions, Differentiation, diversity, Equality, Graded Lessons, ICT, iPads, leadership, Lesson Objectives, Lesson observations, Lesson planning, Myths, Ofsted, planning, Workload

Reading Time: 2 minutes Are you producing things in your school that you don’t need to be doing?

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Psychology Staff Well Being Workload

The Choice Overload

14th April 201914th April 2019 @TeacherToolkit 746 Views 0 Comments Barry Schwartz, choices, efficiency, Jam, Jam Experiment, Mikael Krogerus, paradox, paradox of choice, Psychologist, Psychology, Roman Tschappeler, Seth Godin, Sheena Iyengar, Strategic Thinking, strategy, The Choices Overload, the decision book

Reading Time: 2 minutes When making a decision, what should you do if you have too many choices?

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Leadership Mental Health Workload

How Can Schools Make Meetings Productive?

13th April 20199th April 2019 @TeacherToolkit 488 Views 0 Comments Difficult Conversations, LinkedIn, Mark-Plan-Teach, Meetings, Mental Health, Nicky Morgan, productivity, Stand Up Meetings, Teacher Training, Todd Dewett, Walk About Meetings, Workload, Workload Challenge

Reading Time: 2 minutes What workload issues are driving teachers crazy and how can we fix it?

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Psychology Resources Teaching and Learning

What is Dual Coding Theory?

8th April 20197th April 2019 @TeacherToolkit 909 Views 0 Comments 5 Minute Lesson Plan, 5MinPlan, Allan Paivio, Cognition, concept cartoons, Dual Coding, Dual Coding Theory, Memory, Oliver Caviglioli, retrieval practice, visual, Visual Process

Reading Time: 4 minutes What is dual coding and why is it so important for teachers to know?

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Leadership Staff Well Being Staffing

Problem Solving: Advice For All Teachers

8th April 20197th April 2019 @TeacherToolkit 810 Views 0 Comments Appraisal, Coaching, conversations, Difficult Conversations, Headteacher, leadership, line manager, listening, Management, Problem Solving, solution focused questioning, Solutions, teacher

Reading Time: 1 minute What would be your number one piece of advice for all teachers?

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Ofsted Publication Research

The Future of Ofsted Inspections

7th April 20197th April 2019 @TeacherToolkit 691 Views 0 Comments EDSK, Education and Skills, EIF 2019, grading lessons, Grading Schools, Inade, NAO, National Audit Office, Ofsted, Outstanding, Parents, Reliable, School Inspections, Think Tank, Tom Richmond, Valid, Workload

Reading Time: 5 minutes Does vague terminology from Ofsted cause considerable frustration for [parents,] teachers and school leaders?

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Technology Workload Writing

How To Use Voice Dictation And Work Smarter

7th April 20194th April 2019 @TeacherToolkit 863 Views 4 Comments AI, Android, Artificial Intelligence, Blogging, Cortana, Desktop, Feedback, Google, Google Alexa, Google Classroom, Google Documents, iPad, iPhone, Kaizena, Marking, mobile phone, Paul Sutton, Siri, technology, voice, Voice Automation, Voice Tecnology, Wellbeing, Working Smarter, Workload, Writing

Reading Time: 1 minute How can teachers and school leaders use spoken language to optimise time available to complete tasks?

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Education Manifesto for Change Richard Gerver

Publication Review Writing

Change Starts With Teachers And It Needs To Start Now!

6th April 20192nd April 2019 @TeacherToolkit 563 Views 0 Comments accountability, Assessment, Bloomsbury Publishing, Book Review, business, Cuba, Curriculum, Doctorate, Finland, Foreword, Israel, Manifesto, politics, Progressive, Quit Teaching, Richard Gerver, Ross McGill, social-media, socio-economic, South Korea, Testing, Traditional, University of Cambridge

Reading Time: 7 minutes Do teachers have the potential to change the educational landscape?

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International Publication Review

Can Teachers Shape Our Education System?

2nd April 20192nd April 2019 @TeacherToolkit 605 Views 1 Comment Barack Obama, Bloomsbury Publishing, Book Review, Brexit, China, Collaboration, Colombia, English Premier League, Foreword, international, Manifesto, Olympic, Paralympic, Product Review, Professor Dame Alison Peacock, Richard Gerver, Steve Munby, Steve Wozniak, USA, Values, Vision

Reading Time: 2 minutes What will you do to help build a connected and coherent future for our children?

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Organisations That Influence UK School Policy

Leadership Policies Politics

66 Organisations That Influence Education Policy

31st March 201929th March 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1044 Views 0 Comments @SLTchat, Ambition Institute, AQA, Ark, ASCL, Bacc For The Future, BAMEed, BELMAS, BERA, BESA, Cambridge Assessment, CBI, Centre for Education Management, City and Guilds, Edecel, Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), FFT Education Datalab, GL Assessment, Google, Headteachers Roundtable, Innovation Unit, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Leadership Matters, Learning and Work Institute, London School of Economics, Microsoft, NAHT, NASUWT, NESTA, NEU, New Schools Network, NfER, Now Teach, Nuffield Foundation, OECD, Parent and Teachers for Excellence, Pearson, PiXL, ResearchEd, RM Education, SSAT, Studio Schools Trust, Teach First, Teacher Development Trust, The National Governors’ Association, The National Literacy Trust, The Royal Society, The Sutton Trust, UCAS, UCL, UCL Institute of Education, unicef, UTCs, Wellcome Trust, WomenEd

Reading Time: 2 minutes Who are the organisations that influence school policy and what influence do they have on education pedagogy?

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Leadership Staff Well Being Workload

Silly Concepts: A Teacher’s Workload Check-Up

31st March 201929th March 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1955 Views 2 Comments accountability, checklist, cover, Cover Lessons, CPD, Data, Detentions, Directed Time, high-stakes, Homework, leadership, line manager, Marking, Meetings, Professional development, Teacher Training, Timetable, toxic schools, Wellbeing, Workload

Reading Time: 1 minute What is your school doing to genuinely reduce teacher workload? Try this simple questionnaire…

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Policies Politics Research

32 Think Tanks Every Teacher Should Know

30th March 201929th March 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1239 Views 0 Comments Adam Smith Institute, Bright Blue, Centre for Policy Studies, Chatham House, Civitas, Compass, Demos, Education Endowment Foundation, Education Policy, Hansard Society, Headteachers Roundtable, Institute for Government, Institute of Economic Affairs, IPPR, Joesph Rowntree Foundation, Legatum Institute, LKMco, New Schools Network, Policy, Policy Exchange, Policy Network, politics, Social Market Foundation, The Centre for Social Justice, The Education Foundation, The Fabian Society, The Royal Society of Arts, The Sutton Trust, Think Tank

Reading Time: 2 minutes Who are the think tanks that influence government policy and what influence do they have on education pedagogy?

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Curriculum Publication Teaching and Learning

What Words Are Used In The Teaching Profession?

28th March 201929th March 2019 @TeacherToolkit 515 Views 0 Comments dictionary, EBI, English, Literacy, OED, Oxford English Dictionary, WAGOLL, words, workplace, WWW

Reading Time: 2 minutes What words do you use at work that are not used anywhere else?

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