Headship: Can you engage with the internal and external school community? #360Review (Part 6 of 6)
Reading Time: 8 minutesIn my sixth and final self-refection on leadership, I offer an insight into my own school leadership…
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Getting it right: The importance of observations (Part 1/2)
Reading Time: 7 minutesThe role of observations over the last few weeks, if not months, has debated the purpose of…
Where do observations go from here? by @TeacherToolkit
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe plans to abandon grading observations; teachers or teaching – however you define it – is an…
Can observers spot good teaching? by @TeacherToolkit for @GreatEdDebate
Reading Time: 4 minutesHow do we know what is good? Can we prove observations are valid and reliable?
30 Simple Questions by @TeacherToolkit
Reading Time: 3 minutesAre you the kind of teacher, you would want your own children to have?
When observations go wrong: #SecretOfsted by @TeacherToolkit
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis is a #SecretOfsted @TeacherToolkit article: A teacher’s experience of Ofsted, in Gloucestershire.
The #UglyTruth revisited: Marking; monitoring and progress by @TeacherToolkit
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn this blog, I aim to show how a department can evolve throughout the academic year; given…
Improving reading speed; therefore, reducing marking time by @TeacherToolkit
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis week, I nodded off at my office desk marking! I know … Shocking!
#Vamoose I’m off! @TeacherToolkit is NOW FOR SALE
Reading Time: 6 minutesIf you are a regular reader of my blog and tweets; then you will be fully aware…
Securing accountability with leadership actions: #360Review (Part 5 of 6)
Reading Time: 12 minutesIn my fifth self-refection on leadership, I offer an insight into my own school leadership appraisal. In…
The @OfstedNews headlines
Reading Time: 3 minutes“Since 2009, inspectors have been instructed not to grade the overall quality of a lesson they visit.”…
#Unhomework by @EP3577 via @TeacherToolkit
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe objective behind Unhomework is to make homework more purposeful and embody within children, a desire to…