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@TeacherToolkit blog – 2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 56,000 views in 2012....
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Educational hopes and fears for my own children, by @xJulieSmithx
This post answers the 22nd question from my TeacherToolkit Thinking page of Thunks. You can see my other top – Thunks here. Thunk 22: Educational hopes and fears for my own children, by English teacher...
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The 5 Minute Lesson Plan – success story by @Dani41189
I am currently in my third term of the Graduate Teacher Programme at Northumbria University and well on my way to becoming a fully qualified Teacher of History. I joined Twitter in August last year,...
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@ClassroomCarrot is used in my classroom to reward student progress, by...
“The stickers at that time were black and white, a nightmare to print and (compared to today) pretty unsophisticated designs!” But as he used the stickers and saw the reaction he got – both from pupils...
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#GoodinTen – Requires Improvement CPD programme, by @TeacherToolkit #SLTchat
Classroom teachers; aspiring leaders; educational experts and senior teachers come together online – most Sunday evenings – to discuss the following school leadership topics as part of #SLTchat...
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The 5 Minute Marking Plan by @TeacherToolkit and @LeadingLearner #5MinPlan
Marking is an occupational hazard for all teachers. Whilst ‘The 5 Minute Marking Plan’ cannot do your marking for you (sadly) it will help you focus on the job in hand and help ensure you maximise...
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#Peepshows and #Rubbernecks by @TeacherToolkit
Now that I have your attention; this post is all about marking; feedback; re-drafting and book scrutiny. Definitions: Peepshows = Observations; Learning Walks; Book Scrutiny; Faculty Reviews....
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The #5MinCPDPlan by @TeacherToolkit and @LeadingLearner
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and in particular, INSET Days can vary from the sublime, to the downright awful, and often falls somewhere in-between. The “staff costs” for an INSET day in a...
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The #5MinAfLPlan by @TeacherToolkit and @PivotalPaul
Sharpen your classroom practice with The 5 Minute AfL Plan from Ross Morrison McGill (@TeacherToolkit) and Paul Dix (@PivotalPaul). Outstanding Assessment for Learning doesn’t happen by chance....
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#GoalPostShifters by @TeacherToolkit for @SLTCamp #SLTCamp
I have read many recent blogs, regarding what the Ofsted handbook says; I have even written one myself. I’ve read others concerning leadership of teaching and learning; lesson judgements; the national...
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Progress over time #POTteaching: by @TeacherToolkit
These are notes have been shared with our (G2O) Good to Outstanding group. We have asked ourselves at leadership; as well as with our G2O group, what is ‘progress over time‘? Baffled? What is it? Why...
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Lesson reflection and review by @TeacherToolkit
Here is my first attempt at sharing personal video-footage with the wider world! I have been inspired to do this after watching headteacher, @JohnTomsett do the same. You can watch John in my visual...
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Secret @TeacherToolkit: Why lesson feedback can be divisive? #SecretOfsted
This is a Secret @TeacherToolkit article: A teacher’s experience of Ofsted in London. Earlier this week, I received an email from a senior teacher in South England. After a few email exchanges, we...
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Can you manage the school organisation? #360Review (Part 4 of 6)
In my fourth self-refection on leadership, I offer musings on my own school leadership. In this post: Can you manage the school organisation? I pose a series of questions for the reader and offer my...
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#5MinResearchPlan by @TeacherToolkit and @LeadingLearner
The nature of Continuing Professional Development is changing in schools; from the one day course chosen from a booklet or website, to teachers engaging in their own action-research. This research may...
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Securing accountability with leadership actions: #360Review (Part 5 of 6)
In my fifth self-refection on leadership, I offer an insight into my own school leadership appraisal. In this post: Securing accountability with leadership actions; I pose a series of questions for the...
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When observations go wrong: #SecretOfsted by @TeacherToolkit
This is a #SecretOfsted @TeacherToolkit article: A teacher’s experience of Ofsted, in Gloucestershire. Over the past 4 weeks, I have published three articles since the ‘famous-five entered the gates of...
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30 simple questions by @TeacherToolkit
Are you the kind of teacher, you would want your own children to have? I am in a reflective mood, after being involved in a coaching and mentoring training session this week. I promise to blog about...
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Peer-to-peer ‘fear or hear’? by @TeacherToolkit
I attended my first ever school TeachMeet last year and during and after the event, the experience posed many, many questions to me as a school CPD leader. “critical peer reviews [academic papers]...
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How would you like to be observed? by @TeacherToolkit
As Ofsted continue to face yet more challenges over the validity of lesson observations, I discuss how best we can develop as teachers and ask the reader, ‘how would you like to be observed?’ Context:...
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