Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and in particular INSET Days can vary from the brilliant to the awful and often somewhere in between. The problem often lies in them: being standalone one off events; lacking a clarity in terms of the outcomes for either teachers or pupils and them being on totally the wrong thing, something for which there is limited or counter-evidence on the theme/focus having a positive impact on pupils’ learning. Continue reading
I co-posted the original #5MinBehaviourPlan with RossMcGill (@TeacherToolkit). This post is about converting the Behaviour Plan, from one produced by an individual, into one that may be used across the school. Continue reading
The beginning of many school years often starts with an analysis of the previous year’s results. This can be a complex and time consuming business which can send a number of more “statistically challenged” teachers heading for a darkened room to lie down in. There is a balance to strike between having enough data to analyse in depth without “analysis for analysis” sake and the potential to miss the main learning points. Continue reading