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Back To School Dos and Don’ts

1st September 20194th September 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1359 Views 0 Comments Appraisal, Back To School, Bullying, College of Teaching, Cover Lessons, cover supervisor, CPD, Curriculum, EdTech, Google, grading lessons, Graffiti, Inset, Learning Walks, Litter, Marking, Meetings, middle leaders, Observations, Reception, Recruitment, Research, social-media, Timetable, Wellbeing, Workload

Reading Time: 5 minutes Is your school genuinely placing the interests of its teachers as a key priority?

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Psychology Research Teaching and Learning

Marking in Red Pens Hinders Retrieval Practice

26th June 201926th June 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1959 Views 1 Comment & Jiang, & Meinhardt, Appel and Kaspar, Assessment, boys, cognitive load, coloured pens, Compliance, consistency, Context-Dependent Memory, Elliot, Encoding, Friedman, girls, Gnambs, Google, Hurlbert and Ling, Maier, Male Female, Marking, Moller, motivation, Psychology, red pen, retrieval practice, Shi, Test, Testing, valence, Zhang

Reading Time: 4 minutes What impact does the colour red have on a student’s ability to encode and retrieve declarative knowledge?

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Assessment Teaching and Learning Workload

Comparative Assessment In The Classroom

1st June 201931st May 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1456 Views 0 Comments #30ClassroomIdeas, Alistair Pollitt, Assessment, CENTURY Tech, Comparative Assessment, comparative judgement, Daisy Christodoulou, EdTech, Feedback, Goldsmiths College, Louis L. Thurstone, Marking, No More Marking, Peer assessment, Priya Lakhani, Professor Richard Kimbell, Research, Revision, self-assessment, Teaching and Learning, This is Century, Video, Workload

Reading Time: 2 minutes What is comparative assessment and how can teachers use it in their classroom?

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Technology Workload Writing

How To Use Voice Dictation And Work Smarter

7th April 20194th April 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1682 Views 4 Comments AI, Android, Artificial Intelligence, Blogging, Cortana, Desktop, Feedback, Google, Google Alexa, Google Classroom, Google Documents, iPad, iPhone, Kaizena, Marking, mobile phone, Paul Sutton, Siri, technology, voice, Voice Automation, Voice Tecnology, Wellbeing, Working Smarter, Workload, Writing

Reading Time: 1 minute How can teachers and school leaders use spoken language to optimise time available to complete tasks?

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Leadership Staff Well Being Workload

Silly Concepts: A Teacher’s Workload Check-Up

31st March 201929th March 2019 @TeacherToolkit 2899 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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Assessment Primary Teaching and Learning

8 Tips For Making Marking More Manageable

25th February 201924th February 2019 Ed Davis 2519 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 20198th June 2019 @TeacherToolkit 3070 Views 2 Comments 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 2000 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 3118 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 9516 Views 13 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 1014 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 1120 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 1755 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 21294 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 4715 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 3451 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 3206 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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