Twelve is a good a number as any for directing people towards better teaching, assessment and learning. It certainly won’t cover everything and there are probably things you will disagree with. I don’t have any monopoly on what might improve teaching, assessment and learning. Rather these are the distillation of a number of presentations I have made of late and we are in the process of implementing across the Trust. Continue reading
I wish I could tell you how long it took to pull together this video but since I didn’t do it I can’t. Thanks to Liz Horne, Assistant Head teacher, who spent hours and hours on it; we’ve brought alive our Teaching, Assessment & Learning Policy. Continue reading
There’s no ideal lesson length. I’ve taught 35, 50, 60 and 75 minutes and in September 2011 introduced 100 minute lessons at St. Mary’s Catholic College. Irrespective of the length of the lesson what really matter is the quality of teaching in whatever time period is available. Continue reading