Inspiration at the station
On arriving at the Excel Arena yesterday I took this photograph on the way in. Not a bad way to start your lesson. It’s part of the HP branding so once inside the BETT show I found the HP stand …
CPD for peanuts
The Teaching, Learning and Assessment Conference or TLAB13 is fast approaching, Saturday 16th March 2013. As everyone is contributing their effort gratis the cost of the event is staggeringly low, just £40. With three keynotes and three workshops you are …
Explaining Upper, Middle and Lower Bands
We are in the process of preparing all the schools data ready for analysis. It is not a glib comment. We really are setting up from a meagre starting point. Burning the candle at both ends. We are in the …
Teams
I know that I am a little left field in my outlook on teaching and on leadership. I make no bones about it and I am comfortable in my own leadership skin. One core value is that if I wish …
Why and then what – in six steps
What are our priorities, what are my objectives? These two questions have taken on a new dimension, having moved into a VP role. Previously, it was about moving a dept on, or a group of departments on, now its the …
Excuses
If you really want to do something, you will find a way. If you don’t, you will find an excuse. A simple line of motivation. A useable phrase to ‘test’ the students that wants to give you twenty reasons why their coursework …
Modelling
If would have been an outstanding lesson had you modelled to the students what it was you wanted to see. I guess modelling what I wanted the students to produce was / would be a useful strategy. Moving to the English …
Good enough
Sunday mornings, courtesy of our two year old daughter, often start early. This morning her enthusiasm to get the day started provided plenty of time for me to read through my RSS with Nick JR droning on in the background. …