Learning Visits: How Teachers Can Support Each Other
Reading time, 3 minutes: How can we support each other to become better teachers?
Tag: observation
Inclusive Teaching Checklist
Reading time, < 1 minuteHow can you tell if you’ve maximised inclusion in the classroom?
What Happens When Teachers Get More Feedback?
Reading time, 2 minutes: Does increased feedback have a positive impact on teachers’ classroom practice?
Can You Identify A Good Teacher? No Chance!
Reading time, 3 minutes: Do you think you could identify a successful teacher when you see one?
10 Risks A Senior Teacher Could Take This Academic Year
Reading time, 3 minutes: If you are (or know) a senior teacher, what ‘risks’ could a school leader take this academic year?
Nail That Job!
Reading time, 3 minutes: How can teachers ‘nail that new-job‘ at interview?
A Culture of Lesson Observations
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?
Progress over time #POTteaching: by @TeacherToolkit
Reading time, 5 minutes: What is ‘progress over time’?
#Peepshows and #Rubbernecks by @TeacherToolkit
Reading time, 5 minutes: Now that I have your attention; this post is all about marking; feedback; re-drafting and book scrutiny.
Why I’m Placing Learning Walks in Room 101
Reading time, 9 minutes: (July 2021) Reflecting on this blog post from 2013, I look back on how far the teaching profession has moved forward.
Thwart Ofsted, The Grim-Reaper!
Reading time, 7 minutes: Here are some key Ofsted (September 2013) updates relevant to teaching and learning in the classroom. I have provided a summary of what will change for the teacher alone; ignoring all other updates. Any text in red, is crucial to ‘Thwart the Grim-Reaper’ from entering your classroom this academic year.
Rapid Progress in the Classroom
Reading time, 3 minutes: My advice: make this strategy part of every lesson. Treat every lesson as if you were being observed.