Marking

Assessment Primary Teaching and Learning 

8 Tips For Making Marking More Manageable

25th February 201924th February 2019 Ed Davis 1539 Views 0 Comments Assessment, Formative Assessment, highlighters, Marking, success criteria, Summative Assessment, The Blue Box, Verbal Feedback, Wellbeing, Workload

Reading Time: 3 minutes What do teachers hate the most about teaching?

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Leadership Policies Teaching and Learning 

Probably The Best Teaching and Learning In The World

24th February 201924th February 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1231 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 1233 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 The 5 Minute Series Workload 

15 Workload Tips For Schools

6th January 201929th December 2018 @TeacherToolkit 2034 Views 0 Comments 5 Minute Lesson Plan, 5MinChangePlan, 5MinSeries, Attrition, Continued Professional Development, Department for Education, Emails, James Callaghan, Marking, Ruskin College, Stratgey, The 5 Minute Workload Plan, Wellbeing, Workload, world economic forum

Reading Time: 2 minutes What will your school do this year to reduce teacher workload?

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DfE Policies Teaching and Learning 

6 Teaching Ideas To Bin in 2019

1st January 20192nd January 2019 @TeacherToolkit 6211 Views 11 Comments 2019, American Scientific Association, Appraisal, ASA, Book looks, Curriculum, evidence, Feedback, Graded Lessons, Marking, Measures of Effective Teaching, Ofsted, OfSTED complaints, Ombudsman, Performance Management, Performance-related pay, Professor Rob Coe, Purple Pen, School Inspection, teaching ideas to bin, Threshold, Work Scrutiny

Reading Time: 5 minutes What teaching ideas would you like to say goodbye to in 2019?

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Blogging Seasonal Teaching and Learning 

The Most-Read Blogs of The Year

30th December 201829th December 2018 Holly Gardner 719 Views 0 Comments #MarkPlanTeach, 2018, 5 Minute Lesson Plan, Assembly, educational fads, ICT, Marking, Parents, Research, Resilience, Revision, Top Blogs, Wellbeing, Workload

Reading Time: 1 minute What have been the most-read blogs of the year?

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Blogging Staff Well Being Teaching and Learning 

The Top 12 Blogs of 2018

24th December 201824th December 2018 Holly Gardner 810 Views 0 Comments 2018 review, Assessment, Damian Hinds, deadly sins, Differentiation, leadership, Marking, Parents, Reading List, Research, Revision, Secretary of State for Education, Sexual Abuse, Stickability, teaching strategies, Top Blogs, Wellbeing, Workload

Reading Time: 2 minutes What have you been reading over the last 12 months?

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Podcasts Primary Teaching and Learning 

Podcast 36: What Is A Ministry of Defence School?

8th December 20189th March 2019 Joshua McGovern 1090 Views 3 Comments #TTkitPodcast, armed forces, british army, career, education background, george orwell, Germany, Interview, Marking, Ministry Of Defence, podast, Podcast, Verbal Feedback, Workload

Reading Time: 1 minute What is it like to work in a Ministry of Defence School?

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CPD Research Teaching and Learning 

25 Years Researching Teaching and Learning

5th November 201823rd February 2019 @TeacherToolkit 13329 Views 1 Comment #MarkPlanTeach, Bloomsbury Education, Classroom resources, Continued Professional Development, CPD, EduSketch, free resource, Mark-Plan-Teach, Marking, Oliver Caviglioli, planning, Resources, Sketchnote, teaching

Reading Time: 3 minutes Is it possible to capture 25 years of teaching and learning in a 3-minute read, or in a one-page summary?

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Assessment Podcasts Workload 

Podcast 30: How Common is Over-Marking?

20th October 201821st October 2018 Joshua McGovern 3763 Views 0 Comments #TTkit100Women, #TTkitPodcast, English, live marking, Marking, Ofsted, over-marking, performing arts, Podcast, secondary, Workload, yellow box marking

Reading Time: 2 minutes How common is ‘over-marking’ for teachers?

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Assessment Curriculum Policies 

How To Revolutionise Your Marking Workload

16th October 201818th October 2018 Lynn How 2425 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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Assessment Research Workload 

Does Verbal Feedback Improve Outcomes?

1st October 20186th October 2018 Holly Gardner 2179 Views 0 Comments Access and Widening Participation Office, Action Research, CPD, Disadvantaged, key stage 3, London Centre for Leadership in Learning, Mark Quinn, Marking, Register now, Research and Development, research project, UCL, UCL Institute of Education, Verbal Feedback, Verbal Feedback Project, Year 7, Year 8

Reading Time: 2 minutes Does verbal feedback have any impact on student outcomes?

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Assessment Teaching and Learning Workload 

13 Marking Workload Tips For Teachers

24th September 201829th December 2018 Lynn How 4863 Views 8 Comments Behaviour, class marking sheet, Emails, even better if, live marking, Marking, Peer assessment, self marking, self-assessment, teacher workload, Teaching assistant, what went well, Workload

Reading Time: 5 minutes How can you get your marking workload under control this term?

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Resources Staff Well Being Workload 

Reducing Workload: Structured Conversations

23rd September 201822nd September 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1534 Views 0 Comments conversations, data collection, Department for Education, Lesson planning, Managing Teacher Workload, Marking, Mental Health, school leadership, Structured Conversations, teacher workload, Wellbeing, Workload

Reading Time: 2 minutes How can school leaders structure meaningful workload conversations to reduce teacher workload?

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Assessment Students Teaching and Learning 

Teaching Ideas To Bin: Work Scrutinies

22nd September 201822nd September 2018 John Dabell 2268 Views 8 Comments book-look, educational fads, Fads, Marking, Multi Academy Trust, Myths, Progress, Summative Assessment, work scrutinies

Reading Time: 1 minute Are book-looks dangerous and unreliable?

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CPD International Research 

3 Things I’ve Learnt From Schools Across The U.K.

26th August 201826th August 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1872 Views 1 Comment #Pygmalion, #TTkitCPD, Challenges, Independent, IoE, Learning Styles, Marking, Ofsted, Primary, PRU, secondary, State School, Teacher Training, UCL, UK, United Kingdom

Reading Time: 3 minutes What challenges are facing our schools across the United Kingdom?

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Assessment Curriculum Teaching and Learning 

Teaching Ideas To Bin: Marking By Frequency And Colour

25th August 201824th August 2018 John Dabell 1487 Views 2 Comments Assessment, colour coding, Feedback, frequency, Marking, Marking Policy, whole school policy

Reading Time: 1 minute Do you mark by frequency and colour?

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