Leadership Policies Politics 

A College Of Teaching For Everyone

29th July 20187th August 2018 @TeacherToolkit 2892 Views 5 Comments CEO, Chartered College of Teaching, Claim Your College, College of Teaching, Dame Alison Peacock, Doctorate, Feloows, Fleetwood Town, Fleetwood Town Football Club, Funding, Interview, Members, membership, Vision

Reading Time: 7 minutes Do all teachers want to create a better profession for one another?

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Policies Staff Well Being Students 

The Importance of Being Open In The Classroom

18th July 201819th July 2018 David Lowbridge-Ellis 1690 Views 7 Comments Bixexual, Gay, Lesbian, LGBTed, LGBTQ, misconception, Nick Gibb, Pansexual, Queer, role model, Transexual

Reading Time: 4 minutes Why do queer teachers not come out?

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Policies Research Teaching and Learning 

Educational Fad: The Silver Bullet Of Textbooks

17th June 201822nd June 2018 John Dabell 1216 Views 1 Comment ATL, digital textbooks, educational fads, Fads, Myths, Nick Gibb, NUT, Office of Educational Technology, open source, school cuts, standards, Textbooks, Xie and Luthy

Reading Time: 2 minutes Are you a fan of using textbooks?

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Podcasts Policies Teaching and Learning 

Podcast 22: What Are Your Views On Education?

15th June 201828th October 2018 Joshua McGovern 816 Views 0 Comments Assessment, Dyslexia, Education Policy, high stakes testing, Observations, outcomes, Podcast, provocation, TES, Tom Rogers, University

Reading Time: 1 minute What are your views on the key education provocations?

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Leadership Policies Research 

School Accountability That Works For Everyone

11th June 201811th June 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1185 Views 0 Comments accountability, Asessment, Curriculum, Department for Education, Examinations, NAHT, NAHT Accountability Commission, Ofsted, School Inspection, school leadership

Reading Time: 2 minutes How do we improve school accountability, and what form should it take?

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Behaviour Policies Teaching and Learning 

Behaviour Management Policies: More Harm Than Good?

2nd June 20182nd June 2018 Nick Burton 2982 Views 3 Comments Assessment, Behaviour, behaviour management, behaviour policies, Classroom Management, Relationships, role models

Reading Time: 3 minutes Is it time to rethink the way we deal with poor behaviour?

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DfE Policies 

Gender Pay Gap: Only One Piece of the Equality Jigsaw

30th May 201831st May 2018 Claire Boyd 1011 Views 0 Comments Equality, Gender, gender gap, Gender Pay Gap, Government Equalities Office, leadership, maternity, Maternity Leave, Median Pay Gap, Multi-Academy Trusts, NASUWT, Office for National Statistics, Pay Gap, women

Reading Time: 2 minutes What does the gender pay gap mean for women working in schools? 

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Policies Research Teaching and Learning 

Educational Fad: Lesson Objectives

27th May 20182nd June 2018 John Dabell 2394 Views 0 Comments @PositivTeacha, David Didau, Debra Kidd, Differentiation, Invisible Sun, Lesson Objectives, Made to Measure, Mike Fishback, Mr Pink, Ofsted, Will Thalheimer

Reading Time: 3 minutes   Do your pupils write out their lesson objectives?

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Policies Research Social Media 

Why Do I Want To Study For A Doctorate?

21st April 201814th October 2018 @TeacherToolkit 2017 Views 11 Comments #TTkitResearch, Chris Guillebeau, Doctorate, EdD, Education Policy, Homerton College, Influence, Joel Comm, Mark Carrigan, Rutgers University, Scott Harper, social-media, Steve Watson, Supervisor, Tim Jefferis, Twitter, University of Cambridge, Wolfson College

Reading Time: 10 minutes After school age, why should anyone want to further their knowledge?

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DfE Ofsted Policies 

Can Machine Learning Predict A School Inspection?

12th April 201813th April 2018 @TeacherToolkit 3262 Views 8 Comments accountability, Data, Department for Education, Inspection, machine learning, NAHT, NAHT Accountability Commission, Ofsted, Paul Moore, School Inspections, UCL

Reading Time: 5 minutes How do OfSTED determine which schools to inspect? 

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International Policies Teaching and Learning 

Why Finland Is Breaking Down Barriers – Literally!

10th March 20189th March 2018 Hollie Jones 2165 Views 4 Comments architecture, Clever Classrooms, David Price OBE, Design, desks, Finland, GERM, Global Education Reform Movement, Graham Brown-Martin, John Dabell, Phenomenon Based Teaching, Project Based Learning, Suomi, tables, Timothy D. Walker, walls

Reading Time: 4 minutes Should we abolish walls and open up learning?

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Policies Teaching and Learning 

Votes for Women: 100 Years On

7th March 20187th March 2018 Claire Boyd 1130 Views 0 Comments #pressforprogress, #suffrage100, #TTkit100Women, #vote100, awareness days, democracy, Equality, Parliament UK, Representation of People Act, suffrage, votes for women, watershed moments

Reading Time: 3 minutes What will you be doing to raise awareness of women’s rights?

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Policies Staff Well Being Workload 

Has The Teacher ‘Call To Arms’ Been Heard?

7th March 20182nd April 2018 Holly Gardner 1187 Views 1 Comment #MarkPlanTeach, accountability, Dame Alison Peacock, education system, Emma Knights, government, Michael Tidd, NAHT, Professor Becky Allen, Sir Kevan Collins Sam Freedman, Sir Robin Bosher, TES, Workload

Reading Time: 2 minutes How can the accountability framework be improved?

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Ofsted Policies Teaching and Learning 

Should The Department for Education Ban Lesson Gradings?

4th March 20189th March 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1984 Views 2 Comments Appraisal, Attrition, CPD, Department for Education, DfE, Feedback, Investors In People, Marking, Ofsted, Parent View, Performance-related pay, Professional development, Professor Rob Coe, PRP, Recruitment, Retention, School Inspection, Teacher View, Teaching and Learning, Wellbeing, Workload

Reading Time: 3 minutes To help reduce workload and teacher attrition, should the DfE ban schools from using lesson gradings?

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Coaching Podcasts Policies 

Podcast 10: How Can School Leaders Protect Their Staff?

23rd February 201828th October 2018 Iesha Small 1553 Views 0 Comments Assembly, Claire Young, CPD, Headteacher, inspirational, new zealand rugby team, Podcast, Richard Gerver, School Speakers, Senior Leadership, The Apprentice, Training, Workload

Reading Time: 1 minute Why do school leaders need to learn to protect their staff from external nonsense?

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DfE Policies Research 

Does Performance Related Pay Make You A Better Teacher?

3rd February 201829th January 2018 @TeacherToolkit 3848 Views 2 Comments Academies, Appraisal, attainment, classroom observation, Data, Department for Education, evidence, GCSEs, headteachers, LEA< local authority, Main Pay Scale, MPS, outcomes, Performance-related pay, Professor Simon Burgess, PRP, Recruitment, Retention, The Conversation, Threshold, University of Bristol, Upper Pay Scale, UPS, Workload

Reading Time: 4 minutes Does performance related pay make you a better teacher?

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Policies Politics Students 

The Real Disadvantage Gap In Our Schools

21st January 201821st January 2018 @TeacherToolkit 4300 Views 0 Comments @Edu_Historian, achievement, Algebra, attainment gap, Disadvantaged, Family, Home, Jack Schneider, Learning, Literacy, Magritte, Massachusetts, Money, poor, Progress, Pupil Premium, Reading, rich, scores, social mobility, socio-economic, Sommerville, Tests, the nook

Reading Time: 5 minutes Does having a family culture and structure at home, which aligns to the values of a school, equate to success?

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