Useless assessment data has always abounded in schools maybe in organisations generally. Leaders get to make the final decision on what data is collected; time is finite, data purportedly for tracking and monitoring progress is generated whilst that of greater value to support teaching and promote learning is sidelined. Continue reading
Last week I blogged Five Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Teaching, inspired by Carl Hendrick. It led me inevitably to think about five things I wish I had known when I started leading. Continue reading
This morning I really enjoyed reading Five Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Teaching by Carl Hendrick and then David Didau’s Practice vs Talent: 5 Principles for Effective Teaching. Others have followed or maybe preceded these; May’s #blogsync is “five things” or #5Things. Feel free to join in. Continue reading