Reading time, 5 minutes: As a result of using Twitter, I have developed some very important online relationships with companies that have an impact in the classroom. This particular blog, is about @IPEVO and the difference they have made to teaching and learning in classrooms throughout my school. This is a ‘thank you’ blog.
Reading time, 4 minutes: As Ofsted continue to face yet more challenges over the validity of lesson observations, I discuss how best we can develop as teachers and ask the reader, ‘how would you like to be observed?’
Reading time, 4 minutes: Almost three months have now passed since Ofsted announced the ground-breaking news, that inspectors would no longer be grading individual lessons. Except that it wasn’t that ground-breaking. Apparently, this had been their instructions since 2009. Who knew?
Reading time, 3 minutes: This is a Secret @TeacherToolkit article: A teacher’s experience of Ofsted in London.
Reading time, 4 minutes: Marking is a tribulation in the life of every teacher. It is equally, the most constructive tool that a teacher can use to empower students and aid their learning; as well as your own teaching! Here, I outline why ‘I want to be a #SmartAss’.
Reading time, 5 minutes: What is ‘progress over time’?
Reading time, 8 minutes: I am writing to offer an update, regarding what we have managed to achieve this term and what impact this is having on raising standards of teaching and learning.
Reading time, 5 minutes: Firstly, this is not a model, just an experience…