We're pleased to announce that we will be hosting Ofsted on the 14/15th Jan. We hope you will take this opportunity to support the school over the next two days and all the wonderful things that take place every day.
As a headteacher the mental health of staff is an absolute priority.
What we find helps:
- Live marking only in class
- Disruption free teaching
- No lesson plans
- Backing teacher’s decisions
- Bespoke CPD
- No weekend emails
- Saying “thank you”
- Trust-wide collaboration
10 features of epic lessons;
1)Understand their needs
2)Welcome at door
3)Instant low-stakes retrieval task
4)Model - ‘I do it’ ✅
5)‘We do it’ ✅
6)‘You do it’ ✅
7)Deliberate practice (lots!)
8)Constant teacher circulation & ‘live’ adjustments
9)Go to 4
10)Recognise excellence
Celebrating Year 10 work. Wonderful examples of Year 10 work in action. Don't forget there is still time to book your appointment at parents' evening - Monday 14th January 4.30pm-7pm#teambirley #celebratingsuccess
Don’t feel intimidated or inadequate by what you see other teachers doing. Appreciate your strengths, what you bring to the party. No one can be every teacher.
Collaborative teachers:
Lift each other up 💪
Encourage each other to share👉
Challenge each other’s thinking👊
Focus together, on the students 🤝
Engage in professional dialogue 🗣
Talk about pedagogy 🔧
Start from “yes” 👤
Support and challenge leaders 👆
Initial results from my survey of 136 teachers show 30% receive contact from parents re conflict between girls SEVERAL TIMES a week. 75% up to 3 times a fortnight. Here’s how to solve it.
Week 3 of the whole school approach to restorative practice and how we appreciate positive behaviour. Attendance now 97%, punctuality outstanding, 2 behaviour incidents in one week (minimal), meet and greets and a common language of RRS being embedded! Paul Dix 🙏
"Schools can significantly reduce the impact of bullying & improve pupils’ wellbeing by using a specialised system of conflict resolution & training, according to a ground-breaking study published in @TheLancet " @GuardianTeach https://t.co/rPQryi6NYG
"Subject departments should make it their mission to identify the most problematic misconceptions in the discipline, record them centrally & share the most effective strategies for helping students to overcome them." @atharby 'How to explain absolutely anything...' Out next week.
A plea for help. I want to revamp the way in which my school conducts work scrutinies. Can anyone point me to any articles or research that would be a good starting point? I want an emphasis on what the student is doing as opposed to the teacher @Doug_Lemov@researchEDDHS
Increased use of student-centered teaching methods is linked to increased student wellbeing but lower achievement, which in turn, link to increased adult life satisfaction, but lower earnings—the "achievement-wellbeing tradeoff", discussed by @CfEdnEcon: https://t.co/81hXMr90A4