Teaching and Learning

Assessment Middle Leadership Podcasts 

Podcast 31: Is A Results-Based Education System A Good Idea?

4th November 201812th November 2018 Joshua McGovern 694 Views 0 Comments #TTkit100Women, #TTkitPodcast, Alice Ferguson, Assessment, boys, challenge, Exams, experiment, girls, Head of Science, leadership, Middle Leadership, motivation, piggot school, Podcast, science, Teaching and Learning, women, WomenEd

Reading Time: 1 minute Is a results-based education system a good idea?

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Leadership Research Teaching and Learning 

7 Deadly School Sins

10th June 201811th June 2018 @TeacherToolkit 5580 Views 12 Comments Appraisal, Data, Graham Nuthall, Lesson grading, Lesson planning, Marking, Measures of Effective Teaching, MockSTED, Myths, Ofsted, Professor Robert Coe, sins, Teaching and Learning, Value Added Measures, Work Scrutiny

Reading Time: 6 minutes What if schools could work more effectively?

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International Research Teaching and Learning 

The Cultural Myths of Teaching and Learning

9th June 201820th July 2018 @TeacherToolkit 2153 Views 0 Comments Adrienne Alton-Lee, Cultural, Cultural Myths, Culture, film, Graham Nuthall, Jean Piaget, Lev Vygotsky, Myths, New Zealand, PhD, Research, Ritual, Tape-Recorders, Teaching and Learning, The Hidden Lives of Learners, University of Canterbury

Reading Time: 9 minutes How does culture shape our understanding of both the teaching and learning process?

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Teacher Training Teaching and Learning 

Designing Teacher Instruction For Student Achievement

27th May 201822nd May 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1347 Views 0 Comments #30ClassroomIdeas, classroom strategies, explanation, instruction, John Hattie, MINT, success criteria, Teacher Clarity, Teacher Instruction, teaching, Teaching and Learning, Video, YouTube

Reading Time: 2 minutes How can we ensure teacher instruction is clear and is meaningful?

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Assessment Workload 

Yellow Box Methodology

19th May 201819th May 2018 @TeacherToolkit 2899 Views 7 Comments #30ClassroomIdeas, Assessment, classroom strategies, manageable, Marking, meaningful, motivating, teaching, Teaching and Learning, Video, Workload, Yellow Box, YouTube

Reading Time: 2 minutes How can teachers reduce the day-to-day marking burden?

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Assessment Teaching and Learning 

Fermi Questioning

28th April 201823rd April 2018 @TeacherToolkit 2225 Views 2 Comments #30ClassroomIdeas, challenge, Creative Thinking, deliberate practice, Enrico Fermi, motivation, Nobel Peace Prize, Open Ended Questions, Pose Pause Pounce Bounce, Questioning, Questions, Teaching and Learning

Reading Time: 1 minute How can a teacher improve their questioning technique and increase impact?

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Leadership Staff Well Being Workload 

Workload and Wellbeing Checklist for Schools

18th March 20187th April 2018 @TeacherToolkit 4891 Views 15 Comments Appraisal, audit, Behaviour, Centralised Detentions, checklist, Differentiation, Exit Interviews, grading lessons, Learning Walks, lesson plans, Marking, marking policies, Performance Management, Professional development, Recruitment, recruitment crisis, Retention, Self-evaluation, Teaching and Learning, Wellbeing, Work Scrutiny, Workload

Reading Time: 1 minute How do you know if your school is genuinely reducing teacher workload?

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Ofsted Policies Teaching and Learning 

Should The Department for Education Ban Lesson Gradings?

4th March 20189th March 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1997 Views 2 Comments Appraisal, Attrition, CPD, Department for Education, DfE, Feedback, Investors In People, Marking, Ofsted, Parent View, Performance-related pay, Professional development, Professor Rob Coe, PRP, Recruitment, Retention, School Inspection, Teacher View, Teaching and Learning, Wellbeing, Workload

Reading Time: 3 minutes To help reduce workload and teacher attrition, should the DfE ban schools from using lesson gradings?

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International Teaching and Learning Workload 

What I Discovered About Education In Dubai

25th February 201825th February 2018 @TeacherToolkit 3087 Views 3 Comments Attrition, Curriculum, Dubai, Emails, Fee Paying, Fees, Foundation Stage, GEMS, GEMS Wellington, international, International Baccalaureate, Marking, private, Ruth Burke, Sixth Form, Teaching and Learning, UAE, United Arab Emirates, Wellbeing, WISical Thinking, Workload

Reading Time: 5 minutes Have you ever had the opportunity to visit a school abroad?

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Assessment Parenting Teaching and Learning 

Dear Mr. McGill

18th February 201819th February 2018 @TeacherToolkit 2140 Views 0 Comments Assessment, Examinations, Feedback, frequency, Marking, marking policies, Ofsted, Parenting, qualifications, Students, Teaching and Learning, Wellbeing, Workload

Reading Time: 3 minutes Why do schools ask their teachers to mark every piece of classwork?

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Curriculum International Podcasts 

Podcast 5: What Is Unique About Independent School Teaching?

2nd February 201828th October 2018 Iesha Small 1044 Views 0 Comments #TTkitPodcast, Alastair Armstrong, Boarders, Boarding, Boarding School, Edinburgh, Fee Paying, Fees, Fettes College, IB, Independent School, International Baccalaureate, Podcast, Scotland, Scottish, Scottish Education, Teaching and Learning

Reading Time: 1 minute What is unique to teaching at an independent boarding school, and what can teachers do to reduce their workload?

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Conference CPD 

Just Great Teaching – Part 2

15th October 201713th October 2017 @TeacherToolkit 2239 Views 0 Comments @TeacherHead, @TeacherToolkit, classroom strategies, Conference, Differentiation, Education, Research, Ross Morrison McGill, School, teaching, Teaching and Learning, Tom Sherrington, Training, Workload

Reading Time: 2 minutes What does current research say about effective professional learning?

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CPD NQTs 

CPD Picks Of The Week

5th October 20175th October 2017 Holly Gardner 1885 Views 0 Comments #ukedchat, Assemblies, BBC Education, CPD, Differentiation, GL Assessment, Literacy, news, NQTs, Parents, planning, Resilience, STEM, Teaching and Learning, The Guardian

Reading Time: 2 minutes Do you make enough time for your own development?

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CPD Ofsted Teaching and Learning 

You Couldn’t Make It Up!

29th July 2017 @TeacherToolkit 11079 Views 0 Comments Inadequate, leadership, Ofsted, Professional development, Requires Improvement, School Inspection, Senior Leadership, Special Measures, Teaching and Learning

Reading Time: 5 minutes Have you ever had to ‘produce a document’ on the day for a school inspection?

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Leadership Ofsted Teaching and Learning 

The Life of a Deputy Headteacher: Part 10

23rd July 201729th April 2018 @TeacherToolkit 12859 Views 9 Comments @SLTchat, Behaviour, Consultancy, Department for Education, DfE, Exclusions, Harris Federation, Illness, Inspection, leadership, Michaela Community School, Ofsted, Preferred Partners, Professional development, Pupil Premium, Quintin Kynaston, Resignation, School Inspections, school leadership, Teaching and Learning, The Life of a Deputy Headteacher, Wellbeing

Reading Time: 7 minutes When does ‘the life of a deputy headteacher’ become untenable?

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Psychology Staff Well Being 

10 Reasons To Love Teaching

14th July 201713th July 2017 John Dabell 5664 Views 2 Comments inclusion, love, positive, Teaching and Learning, transformers, Wellbeing

Reading Time: 3 minutes Why do you love teaching?

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Blogging 

CPD Picks Of The Week

8th July 201716th July 2017 Holly Gardner 2109 Views 0 Comments 5 Minute Lesson Plan, classroom displays, CPD, free resource, leadership, Observations, Questioning, Teaching and Learning, Workload

Reading Time: 1 minute What are our top reads of the week?

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