Teaching and Learning

Behaviour Policies Teaching and Learning 

Does Your Behaviour Policy Support Learning?

21st March 201921st March 2019 @TeacherToolkit 969 Views 4 Comments Behaviour, Behaviour Policy, Classroom Management, Learning, Newly Qualified Teacher, NQT, Sanctions, school policies, Standing Up, Starter Activity, Teaching and Learning

Reading Time: 3 minutes Is your behaviour management a waste of valuable learning time?

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Ofsted Research Teaching and Learning 

The Analysis of Classroom Observations

17th March 201917th March 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1720 Views 15 Comments Curriculum, Faculty of Education, Lev Vygotsky, Neil Mercer, Observations, Teaching and Learning, The British Psychological Society, University of Cambridge, Verbal Feedback, Verbal Feedback Project

Reading Time: 3 minutes How should teachers conduct lesson observations of other teachers?

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Ofsted Parenting Teaching and Learning 

Are Parent View Questions Dangerous?

10th March 20199th March 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1225 Views 1 Comment #TakeAwayHmk, classroom observation, data collection, EIF 2019, Google Classroom, Homework, Microsoft Office 2010, Ofsted, Parent View, Parents, School Inspections, Teaching and Learning

Reading Time: 3 minutes How do parents know what good teaching is?

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Leadership Policies Teaching and Learning 

Probably The Best Teaching and Learning In The World

24th February 201924th February 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1508 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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Assessment Middle Leadership Podcasts 

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

4th November 201812th November 2018 Joshua McGovern 1078 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 7427 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 3104 Views 1 Comment 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 1886 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 3841 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 2751 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 201828th January 2019 @TeacherToolkit 6252 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 2341 Views 3 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 3858 Views 5 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 2364 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 20181st April 2019 Iesha Small 1317 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 2503 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 2085 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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