Having recently shared a teaching guide of good practice with our staff, I doubt there is anyone that would challenge the need to vary your teaching position, to “room zoom” or circulate at appropriate times. Simple to move out from …
This term, my data colleague and I have been working hard on a new, more transparent student estimates and staff estimates system. Made more diffificult by high student mobility and numerous boarding students without KS2 data. Now before we go on, student …
Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see. – Arthur Schopenhauer Would it be fair to say that most target setting systems in most schools therefore directs talent? If that is indeed the …
I was very pleased to receive the ASCL delegate feedback today. Of the ten delegates that attended my ‘New to the data’ role, 6 rated the session as excellent, 3 good and 1 average. The comments really made me feel …
When Jon Beck joined Hamble Community Sports College he led a series of Middle Leader meetings in which we discussed a “teaching standard,” to which all staff could aspire subscribe. Following a series of meeting and discussions we drafted an …
Whether you are a data advocate or not – there is no hiding from the growing importance of school data. If you are an aspiring school leader, data know-how and data know-why are definitely catalysts for professional recognition. If you …
Great teachers praise students for their efforts but never confuse effort with mastery. Doug Lemov [qr_code_display]
It’s not about giving the assessments; it’s about doing something about the results. Doug Reeves (2005) Given we have assessed effectively, that is, teachers at least saw the assessment or preferably were part of the assessment design process. That teachers …
