The practitioner research programme (PRP) is back for 2024-25 buff.ly/3ZhaMHu #FurtherEducation #FE

Morning! Everyone is welcome to join us in the Writing Room at 9am! DM for link ☺️

Excited to share a new Quick Guide on using #MicrosoftForms! 📊 Discover how to create engaging forms, quizzes, and surveys with AI-powered features to enhance learning experiences. Simplify assessment & get real-time insights! #EdTech #AIinEducation #MicrosoftEDU

Students who are reading in a language they are still learning may benefit from additional scaffolding to support comprehension. 1. Chunk — Divide the reading into manageable portions. 2. Stop for discussion — Give students frequent opportunities to discuss the reading with

ETF is currently looking for up to five new trustees with a range of skills and different experiences to join the ETF Board. Applications close on 25 September 2024 Find out more about the roles and how you can apply here: buff.ly/4es2a4X

🛎️ CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT! This new A3 poster highlights the key principles and top routines from highly practical The Classroom Management Handbook by Mark Dowley and Oliver Lovell. Grab your copy of the book via John Catt Educational from Hodder Education - these ideas have helped me personally create calmer,

🆕 Gatsby Education-commissioned study finds further education teachers paid up to 23 per cent less than peers across the education sector: 🟣 Full story - bit.ly/3MOdWLl 🟣 Key findings - bit.ly/3XsBHNR 🟣 PDF report - bit.ly/3XIfdtD

This is a great report by National Foundation for Educational Research highlighting the colossal pay gap between school & college teachers. Not only does this affect vocational courses, but also cross-sector subjects like English & maths. Colleges find it impossible to compete for teachers, and this harms education

Numbers by Heart, made in collaboration with Dan Finkel, is now live at Fluency Practice! This new set focuses on perceptual subitizing, comparing quantities, and correspondence and cardinality. Learn more at fluency.amplify.com

I have two copies of Responsive Coaching to give away. Simply **retweet this tweet** for your chance to win one of them. I'll pick two winners on Monday (23/09/24).

here is mine and Navan Govender's manifesto for an anti-racist English education in the UK, which probes how schools might become critical sites for radically reimagining and reinventing language and literacy education 🔓 doi.org/10.1080/042504…

TLA bods; I need you!! My best work bud is going for a new role at college (Head of TLA). I think she’d do a brilliant job and be exactly what the college needs (ofc I’m biased). What advice would you give her for the interview? What might her written task be? 🤔 #AmplifyFE

skillsworkshop.org/resources/youn… 📚Very many thanks to Steph Gilford Steph 🐉 #FE for this engaging and highly original GCSE English reading (inference) and creative writing resource - based on the opening lines of seven Young Adult novels. 🌟⭐🌟

Anxiety is a learning disability, "survival mode," but isn't recognised as one. It inhibits your ability to learn,causing the cortex to narrow,dysregulting the nervous system with cognitive functioning challenges, attention difficulties,planning, and memory struggles.🧠🌱

Do you want to make sure you support learners' #AssistiveTechnology all through #FE college? Places are still available on 'Supporting Learners’ Assistive Technology at all stages of their college journey'. 26 September. Online. techability.org.uk/training/suppo…

skillsworkshop.org/resources/supe… SUPER SUPERLATIVES: Many thanks to Colleen Kelly for this very useful ESOL grammar resource with information and exercises. Accompanies COMPARING with COMPARATIVES (see my next post). ✅✅✅

Extend the 5​.​5% Pay Increase To Further Education Staff - Sign the Petition! chng.it/JncxcGwrV4 via Change.org UK

Posters around school of the Equality Act and all the protected characteristics reassure children they belong in modern Britain #nooutsiders #everyonewelcome no-outsiders.com/shop-1

Read our new #ThinkFurther blog in partnership with NCFE, 'Why you should turn to your students for feedback' by Rachel Arnold, Lecturer in English and Teaching, and Learning Coach at Solihull College & University Centre. aoc.co.uk/news-campaigns…

Good stuff from Polly Toynbee explaining how vital colleges are to getting people into work, for young people & adults theguardian.com/commentisfree/…