I've recently seen discussion about introductory sessions for Y7. It's something we've chosen to do in September but want to use it to set high academic expectations. It's a 4 lesson intro to historical skills done through a study of black British history. cutt.ly/FmmEpsA

I've finally got round to blogging my ideas about Professional Vision and the implications for teacher coaching. With reference to Tom Sherrington Walkthrus Josh Goodrich Thahmina Building Teacher Vision: A Core Purpose for Coaching? coachingcasenotes.wordpress.com/2024/05/14/bui…

Inspired by Education South West, here is a poster summarising proactive and reactive approaches to adaptive teaching.

Neat post on the discipline of teams via Al Kingsley MBE Resonates with your work Sam Crome & Lekha Sharma FCCT hbr.org/1993/03/the-di…

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The Golden Road- How Ancient India Transformed the World Published 5th September Bloomsbury Books UK Bloomsbury India

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Coaching should not *just* be about teachers learning how to execute techniques but about supporting teachers to develop their *judgement* too i.e. deploying techniques appropriately to meet goals. Therefore, we need to know about mental models. Why?

Hi Edutwitter - @richkhistory and I are running this webinar series this autumn with Historical Assoc… All about teaching disciplinary thinking (‘second order concepts’) in history…. Please do share with history folk - first webinar free for HA members history.org.uk/secondary/cate…

Back at it and back trying to solve homework at KS3. We wanted something meaningful, easy to set and rooted in historical skills = the ‘All Four One’ homework. One glued in sheet, 4 Individual tasks that can be set stand alone/together, from reading to source work.#historyteacher

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📘 Highly recommend the book ‘Explicit Direct Instruction (EDI)’ by Hollingsworth, and Ybarra. The ‘TAPPLE’ acronym they introduce is ingenious for memorising their steps for Checking for Understanding. Take a look at this visual breakdown...

Day 2 of reflection - as oliver caviglioli discussed researchED i am using my external memory field "Canva" to help organise my thoughts from yesterday. Here is my blog which provides more detail everythingpedagogy.wordpress.com/2024/09/07/my-…

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Started to chip away at condensing our KS3 KO’s/Topic sheets. These Y7 examples provide one point of reference for foundational chronology, terminology, key figures and the content journey students will be embarking on. #historyteacher

Still not finished, not sure it ever will be but we’ve made a lot of progress in developing our KS3 curriculum. Connected second-order concepts, guidance on outcomes and key vocabulary all identified for students, parents and staff to be aware of. #historyteacher

First talk in Moot Chalke History Festival this morning with charlie higson Alice Loxton @helenhcarr Al Murray 🇺🇦 the important dates of British History #historylover #chalkehistoryfestival #chalke

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