To support staff development I have collated 16 effective teaching habits, with a mixture of Teach Like a Champion and some homemade. Each habit has a rationale and some tips to success and would be used alongside exemplar videos of each habit in action. drive.google.com/file/d/10n6WjX…

I've written a series of three blogs framing four persistent problems of PD and how we might attend to them: Pt.1 saysmiss.wordpress.com/2023/08/29/pro… Pt.2 saysmiss.wordpress.com/2023/08/30/pro… Pt.3 saysmiss.wordpress.com/2023/08/31/pro… I’ll be at #REd23 next Saturday to speak further on needs-informed PD!

Behaviour Management: A Bill Rogers Top 10 teacherhead.com/2013/01/06/beh… remarkably, this one post has now had 400,000 views! Bill is the best! 🙏🏼

For those that came to my #rED23 today, please find the exemplar and rationale videos below: sites.google.com/view/wmatresou… youtu.be/reqZ6azZuxE?si… youtu.be/Nxhd6YTI1IU?si… youtu.be/y5AQa94Jnis?si…

Lovely personal blog by Caroline Spalding on deputy headship. Yes - school leadership is about doing, improvement planning, PD etc. But doing it well is so much about people. ‘Teacher's Notes: One year down as a Deputy Head: teaching is a people business’ mrscspalding.blogspot.com/2023/09/one-ye…

This work by Kent Wetzel is fabulous - using the configurability of Walkthrus resources to make an interactive tool delving into Rosenshine for his district colleagues. We'll be making it available on the website soon.

📚POST!📚 One of my favourite questions to ask students. I must ask this question every single lesson. Here's why...! codexterous.home.blog/2022/02/20/wou…

'Top 10 Revision Strategies' My most popular post for the last 5 years! Lots of revision ideas - with useful links - to go round. theconfidentteacher.com/2018/01/top-10…

*NEW BLOG* Exam Wrappers- a metacognitive strategy to help students pre/post exams/assessments- newtothepost.wordpress.com/2024/01/14/rai… Check it out! Shout out to LambHeartTea (she/her)

“The implementation of any cognitive science approach must rest on a firm understanding of the extensive theories of memory processes and cognitive load that sit below the surface.” @rachaelCattrall, cognitive science specialist, presents a new resource. eef.li/YW2W18

I think looking at quotations in pairs can be really impactful - particularly in texts where there’s a clear before and after in terms of character development. I’m working on a resource that helps explore the idea of paired lines and mirroring 🥰✨

I’m aware that I said I would discuss how we’ve changed our KS3 assessments & then ghosted everyone, sorry. I will write a longer post about them but essentially: • x3 assessments a year • Assessing skills & knowledge separately • No GCSE style questions Here’s some pics

🚨 NEW 🚨 Free 'Why Learning Fails' Resources I've produced 5 free resources to accompany my new book: 1. 8 Reasons Why Learning Fails (infographic) 2. Independent Learning Strategies 3. Formative Assessment Strategies 4. Successful Goal Setting 5. Prioritisation Activity

🧵 THREAD! Since introducing these one-pagers in my school in 2022, I’ve seen teachers’ engagement with evidence informed ideas sky-rocket. Teachers are time-poor, so distilling important ideas into an easily digestible format offers a practical solution. Here are 7 ways

Teachers! Have you tried this ‘Say, Mean, Matter’ strategy yet? Try it with any text Diffit Find it here: app.diffit.me/activity/775a4…

Free-to-access glossary of terms for every grammar & punctuation term in the NC. 🔗 grammarsaurus.co.uk/portal/glossar… 🔗 Simple definition ✅ More detailed explanation, including misconceptions ✅ Simplified video explanation with examples per term ✅ Filmed classroom practice examples 🔜

🏅 GOLD COLLECTION! These free, high-quality posters are designed to help teachers build or refresh their professional knowledge. Each poster highlights key research and serves as a signpost to further reading and exploration. ☝️REPOST and download FREE HQ copies here:

🚨 NEW POST 🚨 ‘Disciplinary Literacy: 50 Years of Failure’ “Various curriculum updates over the last 50 years have paid too little heed to the difficulty of mediating the complex reading, writing, & talk moves undertaken in the different disciplines.” alexquigley.co.uk/disciplinary-l…

NEW POST Leader says "please do x" Staff then don't do x It's not because they are lazy, incompetent or deliberately undermining. So why is it? achemicalorthodoxy.co.uk/2024/10/30/you…