With the pantomime season almost upon us; if you had three wishes to magically acquire “must haves” for a teacher what would you go for? The only certainty about this post is I’m almost certainly wrong but thought I’d offer it to get people to reflect, disagree and debate. Identifying only three is artificial but it does mean you have to develop a sense of priorities. You can’t go on writing an endless list. Here’s mine for what they are worth. Continue reading
Very early on, in headship, I developed a series of three touchstones that proved useful when faced with complex decisions. Was the decision I was taking legal and moral? Would it keep the wolves away from the door (read Ofsted)? And would it, when implemented, be good enough for my children? Continue reading
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