@LeadingLearner
Literacy
Improving Literacy in Secondary Schools #EEFLiteracy
Flowing from more limited speech, language and communication, in the early years, through more limited vocabulary acquisition pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds struggle to attain the more advanced literacy levels of their advantaged peers. Disaffection and exclusion are all too often rooted in this simple narrative. Continue reading
Literacy Matters #ThursdayThunk
I rather like the line from Alex Quigley that we’re all teachers of English because we all teach in English. Similar thinking follows for being teachers of literacy and teachers of reading. When I was teaching Science, many moons ago, I’d probably have rolled my eyes at the statement and thought another thing for me to do rather than seeing literacy as the golden thread that potentially runs through all subjects. Crack literacy and you are likely to succeed at school and arguably in life. Continue reading
The Super Powered Assistants of Teachers by @ReadingWise
I’ve always thought that reading, literacy in general, was the gateway to the curriculum. Without it students struggle to access subjects and their content. A number of months ago I first met Jamie Fries and decided with the academies three head teachers to employ ReadingWise across the Trust to help improve reading and comprehension skills. Continue reading
New Book: Liminal Leadership
The Teacher Development Trust a national charity supporting effective professional development (please click to find out more)
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@LeadingLearner by Stephen Tierney is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Based on a work at www.leadinglearner.me.
#5MinMarkingPlan
It won't get your marking done in five minutes but will help your structure your marking so you and the students get the most out of it.
#5MinBehaviourPlan
Getting the behaviour of students right, in the class room, is the challenge for every teacher. This simple planner will take you through the main stages required to help you achieve a purposeful learning envionment
#Outstandingin10Plus10
Ideas and the thinking behind a professional development to help improve the quality of teaching and learning. Keep the learning tight, the lesson plan loose and focus on the learners
Planning to Get Behaviour Right: Research Plus Experience
The thinking behind the #5MinBehaviourPlan and our whole school approach to managing behaviour.
Education for Wisdom
Why the four knowledge dimensions (covering knowledge and skills) and a moral compass are at the heart of an outstanding education.
When Feedback Met Bloom
A look at the power of Feedback to students using Bloom's four knowledge dimensions
