The consultation on the implementation of the English Baccalaureate consists of a set of predetermined questions. I won’t be limiting my response by the narrow frame of these questions. Firstly, I don’t actually want to implement the EBacc and secondly there are some important things that need saying which don’t fit anywhere in the rubric; I’m going off piste. Continue reading
Followers of the blog may remember last year I asked for a bit of help in forming our new Teaching, Learning and Assessment Policy. I’ve deliberately swapped the place of assessment around in the title to emphasis it’s pivotal point between tweaching and learning. As we all know; just because I’ve taught it doesn’t necessarily mean the pupils have learnt it. Continue reading
The College of Teaching is at an early phase of development; finding a unique role and attracting enough members who are committed to the College may take time, possibly even a decade. Let’s hope it lasts that long. Continue reading