Planning lessons is an occupational hazard for teachers as is writing schemes of learning. It is important to make sure time spent planning impacts on students’ learning and isn’t a waste of your time. Continue reading
The summer always provides a welcome break and a some time for reading. Apart from a bit of light reading I’ve enjoyed Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard by Dan & Chip Heath, Leverage Leadership by Paul Bambrick-Santoyo and Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown.
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The world of lesson observation is changing and changing for the better. The last six month has seen a move to judging the quality of teaching rather than grading individual lessons and Ofsted trialling no grading within lessons. This must only be a start. The next big challenge – the one that could radically transform the quality of teaching – is a focus on #FormativeLessonObs. Continue reading