accountability

Publication Review Writing 

Change Starts With Teachers And It Needs To Start Now!

6th April 20192nd April 2019 @TeacherToolkit 580 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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Leadership Staff Well Being Workload 

Silly Concepts: A Teacher’s Workload Check-Up

31st March 201929th March 2019 @TeacherToolkit 2003 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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International Staff Well Being Teaching and Learning 

The Grass Is Not Always Greener

24th March 201924th March 2019 @TeacherToolkit 819 Views 5 Comments accountability, Attrition, England, high-stakes accountability, Hospital Teachers, Hospital Teaching Service, Independent School, International Schools, Ministry Of Defence, MoD, Nigeria, State schools, Teaching Abroad, Teaching Overseas, Voluntary Services Overseas, VSO

Reading Time: 2 minutes Are you thinking about leaving teaching, or teaching abroad to leave the English state school system?

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Leadership Policies Teaching and Learning 

Probably The Best Teaching and Learning In The World

24th February 201924th February 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1529 Views 1 Comment accountability, autonomy, common vernacular, Compliance, consistency, Feedback, Great Kingshill Combined School, High Wycombe, Mark-Plan-Teach, Marking, Mental Health, Ofsted, Policy, School Inspection, school policies, Statutory, Suzanne Best, Teaching and Learning, Wellbeing, Workload

Reading Time: 3 minutes How can schools secure the balance between autonomy and accountability in the classroom?

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DfE Ofsted Teaching and Learning 

The Tail Wagging The Dog

10th February 201910th February 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1417 Views 3 Comments accountability, Book looks, Chicken and Rice, Department for Education, Dog, Graded Lessons, haircuts, Intervention, leadership, Marking, Mobile Phones, Ofsted, Outstanding, Parenting, Parents, parents' evenings, Pizzas, Postcode, Poverty, Requires Improvement, School Inspection, Wellbeing, Work Scrutiny, Workload

Reading Time: 3 minutes What silly reasons drive good people out of the teaching profession?

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Leadership Ofsted Policies 

System Leadership and School Improvement

20th January 201918th January 2019 @TeacherToolkit 802 Views 1 Comment accountability, EIF 2019, Football Manager Syndrome, Grading Schools, Local Authority, Local councillor, Macro, Meso, Micro, Ofsted, Outstanding, Requires Improvement, School Inspection, Seth Godin

Reading Time: 1 minute How do we find the next generation of teachers to step up to leadership?

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Behaviour Leadership Mental Health 

Leading Others Without Being An Asshole

19th January 20199th April 2019 @TeacherToolkit 3475 Views 0 Comments @DebiHope, accountability, Agressive, Appraisal, Areshole, Asshole, Bourdieu, Bullying, Daniel H. Pink, Darth Vader, Depression, EdD, Habitus, high-stakes accountability, leadership, Line Management, line manager, Lne Manager, Meetings, Mental Health, Positioning, Professor Susan L. Robertson, Robert I. Sutton, Self-Esteem, Shouting, Sociological, Sociology, Staff Meeting, The Asshole Survival Guide, To Sell Is Human, Toxic

Reading Time: 2 minutes How do you interact with other people you work with?

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Psychology Research Staff Well Being 

5 Wellbeing Quick Wins

6th December 20184th December 2018 Will Swaithes 1390 Views 0 Comments accountability, achievement, Dr John Ratey, Dr William Bird, exercise, Get Exam Fit, Health, Jez Rose, physical education, Prof Guy Claxton, Wellbeing, Workload, Youth Sport Trust

Reading Time: 3 minutes How can we improve our wellbeing?

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DfE Seasonal Teaching and Learning 

Dear Santa, I Write To You For The Teaching Profession …

2nd December 20187th December 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1673 Views 5 Comments #OfSTEDBanners, accountability, Appraisal, Christmas, Coleman et al, Damian Hinds, Dear Santa, Department for Education, Father Christmas, grading lessons, Knowledge Rich, Mark-Plan-Teach, Ofsted, Outstanding, Performance Management, Professor Robert Coe, School Funding, Special Measures

Reading Time: 3 minutes What are your education hopes and fears for teachers in 2019?

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Curriculum Leadership Ofsted 

How Should Ofsted Reform Itself?

3rd November 20183rd November 2018 @TeacherToolkit 941 Views 1 Comment accountability, Amanda Spielman, Complaints Process, Curriculum, Evidence Base, Finland, machine learning, National Audit Office, NfER, Ofsted, OfSTED complaints, reform, Singapore, YouGov

Reading Time: 2 minutes How far Ofsted is prepared to hide from accountability behind the threat of costs to children?

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Assessment Curriculum Policies 

How To Revolutionise Your Marking Workload

16th October 201818th October 2018 Lynn How 2604 Views 3 Comments accountability, Assessment, BBC, Dame Alison Peacock, Education Endowment Foundation, Feedback, Huntington Research School, Marking, Ofsted, ownership, Research, telegraph, Third Space Learning, Wellbeing, Workload

Reading Time: 4 minutes With this approach, could we scrap marking completely?

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Policies Publication Research 

What Impact Does Accountability Have On Education?

23rd September 201823rd September 2018 @TeacherToolkit 2192 Views 2 Comments accountability, Assessment, Australia, Canada, Curriculum, England, Estonia, Evaluation, Finland, Germany, high-stakes accountability, Japan, Massachusetts, NAHT, NAHT Accountability Commission, National Foundation for Educational Research, New Zealand, NfER, OECD, Ofsted, Pisa, Poland, Rankings, Singapore, Sweden, USA, Wales

Reading Time: 2 minutes How can we improve school accountability in England?

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DfE Leadership Publication 

England: A World Class Education System?

16th September 201816th September 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1612 Views 1 Comment accountability, Amanda Hulme, Amanda Spielman, Andreas Schleicher, Andy Mellor, Anne Lyons, Carole Willis, Dame Alison Peacock, Department for Education, Emma Knights, James Bowen, Lord Jim Knight, Marie-Claire Bretherton, Michael Tidd, NAHT, NAHT Accountability Commission, Nick Brook, Ofsted, Rebecca Allen, Ross Morrison McGill, Sam Butters, Sam Freedman, Sir Kevan Collins, Tim Sherriff

Reading Time: 3 minutes How can we improve the education system in England?

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Ofsted Policies Staff Well Being 

Teaching Ideas To Bin: Mocksteds

11th August 201820th July 2018 John Dabell 2252 Views 0 Comments accountability, Amanda Spielman, Anxiety, consultants, Luke Tryl, MockSTED, Ofsted, rehearsal, Sean Harford, Wellbeing

Reading Time: 3 minutes Has your school ever had a ‘mocksted’?

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Assessment Teaching and Learning Workload 

Educational Fad: Verbal Feedback Stamps

15th July 201812th July 2018 John Dabell 2468 Views 4 Comments #MarkPlanTeach, accountability, Assessment, Conti, David Didau, evidence, Gianfranco Conti, James Theobald, Marking Frenzy, Mary Myatt, Michael Tidd, Ross Morrison McGill, Verbal Feedback Stamps, Workload Review

Reading Time: 4 minutes Are you still using verbal feedback stamps?

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Leadership Podcasts Teaching and Learning 

Podcast 23: Is Teaching The Best Job In The World?

22nd June 201828th October 2018 Joshua McGovern 1382 Views 2 Comments #TTkitPodcast, accountability, CPD, Essex, Harlow, Headteacher, Interview, leadership, Passmores Academy, Podcast, Reading List, school leadership, Vic Goddard, Wellbeing, Workload

Reading Time: 1 minute What is best practice, and is teaching the best job in the world?

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Review Students Teaching and Learning 

Putting Students At The Heart Of Data

13th June 201813th June 2018 Holly Gardner 1797 Views accountability, Data, Data Analysis, data drop, Exam Results, GCSE, Key Stage 2, Ofsted, performance, Primary, Progress, Progress 8, secondary, spreadsheets, zegami

Reading Time: 3 minutes How can you get the most from your data?

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