A thread on cold-calling, and why research suggests it might be one of the most inclusive means of participation, as well as one of the best for learning 🧵

Anything that saves you time prepping your inset is a win! 👏🏻

Implementing high quality professional development is really hard. The team William Perkin CofE High School (part of Twyford CofE Academies Trust) have done such an incredible job 👏 ✉️ [email protected] to find out how we can help you do this in your school!

🚨 Are you going to the Festival of Education? Come & see us! We’re looking forward to the @educationfest next week. Come & see us for the chance to win some highly sought after goodies & have a chat about PD. You can also hear from some of our amazing team 👇

Summary of Jennifer Barker & my presentation at #EducationFest today: (Another beast of a thread) ↓

Teacher rehearsal. Q: Is it a vital element of coaching and PD, or something that we can omit? A: It is vital, but ONLY if we get it right... 🧵 On how & why...

I always remember Matt Hood saying “will it make things better for kids?” as the first question to ask when prioritising. He’s one of the most dedicated people I know to this effort. He’s also pretty smart. And mostly nice.

*NEW POST* Kat Howard & I recently spent time together at Ed Fest, presenting on curriculum. It provoked a conversation about how our ideas had evolved since writing Symbiosis 4 years ago. We’ve captured them here: Part 1: saysmiss.wordpress.com/2024/07/24/wha… Part 2: saysmiss.wordpress.com/2024/07/24/cur…

Instructional coaching is a dynamic form of CPD for teachers – and it should be used more to help with recruitment and retention, say Tom Rees of OrmistonAcads and Josh Goodrich of Steplab tes.com/magazine/analy…

This is looking like an amazing conference with an excellent line up of world leading teacher educators. If you lead (or are interested in) teacher development, it’s not to be missed👇

📢 We’re delighted to be contributing to the education policy debates in Liverpool this week. Josh Goodrich will be joining Laura McInerney, Pepe Di’Iasio, Rebecca Boomer-Clark and Conleth Burns to discuss all things PD. How do we ensure it's innovative, aids retention and delivers impact? 🚀

£75 for a day of intensive training with the Steplab and Ted Wragg Trust team? No brainer.

If you lead teacher development this is a “must read” 🤩

A truly special school: - Wonderful, joyful children - Some of the best outcomes in the country - Systems that ensure the highest standards of learning and behaviour - Amazing professional development (Steplab of course!) - A great team of teachers, leaders and support staff

Back at work Steplab tomorrow! Excited, but going to miss spending my days with this little legend 🥰

🎉 Steplab Summer Reads #5 Win "The Classroom Management Handbook" by Ollie Lovell + the Steplab bundle (mug, notepad, pen)! Ollie, Steplab Australia Director, shares 10 principles & 18 routines for calm, focused classrooms. 1️⃣ Follow 2️⃣ Like 3️⃣ Share 🏆 Winner Tues!

🏆 Congratulations to MiltonKeynes Academy for continued success on their school improvement journey. Steplab has loved working with you: so pleased that all your hard work has paid off! 👊

We’ve been working on a BIG project for 18 months. It began by cramming a bunch of school leaders & PD experts into my loft. Our mission? To capture the tacit knowledge that makes PD work & codify it so every leader can use it. Introducing the Implementation Roadmap 🚀

What’s our most popular “step”? 🔥7000 teachers have been working on improving their active listening routines in the last 12 months on Steplab The lovely Sarah Cottinghatt outlines why this is such an important focus

We couldn’t let Wicked 2 have all the drama this month. Here’s the trailer you didn’t know you were waiting for! The Steplab Conference returns. June 2026 | London. Tickets drop 19 November. 🎥 Cue the music. #SteplabConference2026