observation

Leadership Staff Well Being Workload 

Toxic Schools: 16 Things Teachers Have Said

19th March 201920th March 2019 @TeacherToolkit 941 Views 0 Comments Anonymous, attendance, Childcare, Data, Directed Time, Early Careers Framework, Education Support Partnership, interviews, leadership, learning walk, Meetings, Mental Health, MockSTED, observation, Ofsted, Pupil Premium, Shaved Hair, Special Measures, Staff Well Being, toxic schools, Workload

Reading Time: 3 minutes What do colleagues say about decisions made from above, that impact on their day-to-day work?

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CPD Leadership Review 

How To Make Lesson Observation Meaningful

11th March 20198th March 2019 Holly Gardner 932 Views Bloomsbury Books, Bloomsbury Education, Carte Blance, checklist, Coaching, Feedback, focus, how to be an outstanding primary middle leader, lesson observation, middle leaders, observation, Product Review, Teacher Development, Zoe Paramour

Reading Time: 3 minutes How can you conduct a lesson observation so that it actually improves teaching?

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Curriculum Ofsted Podcasts 

Podcast 41: How Can You Enrich The Curriculum?

2nd March 20199th March 2019 Joshua McGovern 1000 Views 0 Comments #TTkit100Women, #TTkitPodcast, Creativity, Curriculum, enrichment, Gallimaufry, Inspection, leadership, Mary Myatt, observation, Ofsted, Primary, School Improvement, secondary, WomenEd

Reading Time: 1 minute How can you improve the way you deliver the curriculum in your school?

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Behaviour Mental Health Students 

To Smile Or Not To Smile?

13th December 201813th December 2018 James Manwaring 589 Views 0 Comments Culture, Difficult Conversations, happiness, leadership, observation, Parents, Parents' Evening, Performance Management, science of smiling, smile, smiling, Wellbeing

Reading Time: 3 minutes Do you smile enough?

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Assessment Coaching Staff Well Being 

Learning Visits: How Teachers Can Support Each Other

16th June 201815th June 2018 Hazel Brinkworth 2591 Views 3 Comments Coaching, dialogue, improvement, observation, peer learning, Training, Wellbeing

Reading Time: 3 minutes How can we support each other to become better teachers?

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Pastoral Resources 

Inclusive Teaching Checklist

26th April 201830th April 2018 Daniel Sobel 4315 Views 2 Comments checklist, discount, download, Evaluation, free resource, Group Work, inclusion, inclusion expert, inclusive teaching, independent work, narrow the gap, new teacher, observation, Primary, Product Review, Self-evaluation, SEN, SENCo, whole class

Reading Time: 2 minutes How can you tell if you’ve maximised inclusion in the classroom?

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Coaching Research Teaching and Learning 

What Happens When Teachers Get More Feedback?

16th April 201815th April 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1658 Views 0 Comments achievement, Coaching, Feedback, Institute of Education Sciences, observation, The Institute for Effective Education, US Department for Education

Reading Time: 2 minutes Does increased feedback have a positive impact on teachers’ classroom practice?

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International Research Teaching and Learning 

Can You Identify A Good Teacher? No Chance!

3rd February 20183rd February 2018 @TeacherToolkit 2645 Views 5 Comments Africa, Appraisal, Argentina, business, Chief Economist, David Evans, Ecuador, Lead Economist, Measures of Effective Teaching, MET Project, observation, Office for the Africa Region, Pakistn, Peru, Research, South America, Teacher Performance, Testing, Uganda, World Bank

Reading Time: 3 minutes Do you think you could identify a successful teacher when you see one?

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Leadership Middle Leadership 

10 Risks A Senior Teacher Could Take This Academic Year

12th September 201717th October 2018 @TeacherToolkit 5437 Views 3 Comments Appraisal, bully, cover, evidence, Lesson gradings, Marking, Middle Leadership, observation, Performance Management, Senior Leadership, SLT, SMT, Support Staff, victimisation, Wellbeing

Reading Time: 3 minutes If you are (or know) a senior teacher, what ‘risks’ could a school leader take this academic year?

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Interview Job Hunting 

Nail That Job!

2nd April 20172nd April 2017 @TeacherToolkit 6763 Views 0 Comments @MyEdHunt, advertising, candidate, curriculum vitae, CV, Interview, job, job hunting. leadership, observation, Recruitment, Retention, Safeguarding, safer recruitment, vacancy

Reading Time: 3 minutes How can teachers ‘nail that new-job‘ at interview?

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Teaching and Learning 

A culture of lesson observations by @adam_snell

2nd May 20149th June 2014 @TeacherToolkit 2515 Views 8 Comments Appraisal, CPD, Feedback, observation, Observations, Ofsted, Staff Development, teaching

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

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Teaching and Learning 

Progress over time #POTteaching: by @TeacherToolkit

10th December 201326th August 2015 @TeacherToolkit 7516 Views 10 Comments BookLooks, CPD, Education, Feedback, observation, Ofsted, Progress over time

Reading Time: 5 minutes These are notes have been shared with our (G2O) Good to Outstanding group. We have asked ourselves at leadership; as

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Teaching and Learning 

#Peepshows and #Rubbernecks by @TeacherToolkit

24th October 201323rd August 2015 @TeacherToolkit 2516 Views 1 Comment Book looks, Education, Learning Walks, observation, Ofsted, Open classroom, Peepshow, Peepshows, Rubberneck

Reading Time: 5 minutes Now that I have your attention; this post is all about marking; feedback; re-drafting and book scrutiny.

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Teaching and Learning 

Why I’m placing #LearningWalks in Room 101 by @TeacherToolkit

22nd September 201328th October 2016 @TeacherToolkit 8611 Views 10 Comments @KevBartle, @Simon_Warburton, Head of Department, Heather Leatt, initial teacher training, leadership role, Learning Walks, Lorna Cork, observation, Ofsted, ofsted inspection, Professional development, Written Feedback

Reading Time: 9 minutes This academic year, we have shelved #LearningWalks. This is nothing to do with fashion or fad. It is purely a

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Ofsted 

Thwart the Grim-Reaper: #Ofsted reworks (Sep ’13)

28th August 201323rd August 2015 @TeacherToolkit 5656 Views 13 Comments Education, Grim-Reaper, Heather Leatt, Inspector, Lesson plan, Lorna Cork, observation, Ofsted

Reading Time: 7 minutes Here are some key Ofsted (September 2013) updates relevant to teaching and learning in the classroom. I have provided a

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Students Teaching and Learning 

#RapidProgress in my classroom: How it is made and how do I know it? #BlogSync

30th April 201329th September 2017 @TeacherToolkit 16887 Views 3 Comments #BlogSync, Classroom, Education, Educators, Learning, Lesson, Lesson plan, observation, Ofsted, Progress, Rapid Progress, Starter Activity

Reading Time: 3 minutes Disclosure: I proclaim nothing new here – so my cards are on the table from the outset. Contain your disappointment!…

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Leadership Seasonal 

12 Days of Christmas, My Headteacher Gave To Me

16th December 201223rd December 2018 @TeacherToolkit 6903 Views 2 Comments Christmas, Head teacher, Headteacher, inspectors, Meetings, observation, Ofsted, Parents, Phonecall, Pregnant, Song, The Twelve Days of Christmas, The Twelve Days of Christmas (song)

Reading Time: 2 minutes Some light-hearted fun for the Christmas season …

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