East Belfast Primary Principal

Principal | Teacher of 30 years | Husband | Father | Born, bred & buttered in East Belfast | All views my own | Trying to stay unjaded

[East Belfast Primary Principal @EBPSPrincipal]

An interesting (and brave) discussion for sure … https://t.co/Yyq8qLCIA5

[East Belfast Primary Principal @EBPSPrincipal]

I mean, he’s not wrong is he?

[East Belfast Primary Principal @EBPSPrincipal]

https://t.co/6hDbGbFX2K

[NAHT Northern Ireland @NAHT_NI]

Following direct intervention from NAHT, a revised timetable for implementing both the new curriculum framework and qualifications reform has been issued today, providing an additional year to allow the system to stabilise.

[East Belfast Primary Principal @EBPSPrincipal]

@DrWHKitchen @Education_NI I think we’re talking past each other here. I’m not anti-knowledge, & I agree theory & practice are connected by evidence. My concern is keeping space for judgment, context, & craft alongside formal theory — & with where the current trajectory appears to be taking us as a system

[East Belfast Primary Principal @EBPSPrincipal]

https://t.co/cVWtxoM2RN… Real reform builds on success. TransformED risks breaking strong parts of NI education while chasing theory over practice — exactly the mistake Ken Robinson cautions against. #EducationNI @Education_NI #TransformED

[East Belfast Primary Principal @EBPSPrincipal]

@DrWHKitchen @Education_NI @Ed_Authority @tgeducation Agreed. Teaching is far more than imparting knowledge; reducing it to that misses its intellectual and human complexity.

[East Belfast Primary Principal @EBPSPrincipal]

https://t.co/JvVNkUK8ix

Teaching: art form or science?
It’s undoubtedly BOTH.

Teaching is more than imparting knowledge. It is greater than the sum of its parts & certainly not painting by numbers!

@Education_NI @Ed_Authority @tgeducation @DrWHKitchen
#TransformED

[East Belfast Primary Principal @EBPSPrincipal]

@FakeHeadTeachNI School closures, mergers and redundancies … but sure, why prepare @Education_NI ?

[East Belfast Primary Principal @EBPSPrincipal]

@DrWHKitchen @tgeducation Those promoting TransformED should be wary of becoming what they claim to be correcting: unchallengeable, unlistening, and insulated from the realities & subtleties of classrooms.

[East Belfast Primary Principal @EBPSPrincipal]

@DrWHKitchen @tgeducation A critique of method isn’t a rejection of content. Dismissing Gallagher ad hominem is premature; serious reform must remain alert to unintended consequences.

[East Belfast Primary Principal @EBPSPrincipal]

@tgeducation @Education_NI @Ed_Authority @InfoCcms @CSSC_NI @NAHT_NI @ASCL_UK

[East Belfast Primary Principal @EBPSPrincipal]

Sobering reading. Highlights exactly why NI must avoid repeating England’s mistakes: ideological reforms, diminished teacher professionalism, & policy made above the heads of those who deliver it. We need open, honest, locally grounded conversations, not pre-packaged solutions.

[East Belfast Primary Principal @EBPSPrincipal]

Sobering reading. Highlights exactly why NI must avoid repeating England’s mistakes: ideological reforms, diminished teacher professionalism, & policy made above the heads of those who deliver it. We need open, honest, locally grounded conversations, not pre-packaged solutions.

[East Belfast Primary Principal @EBPSPrincipal]

RE & Collective Worship in NI Schools

[East Belfast Primary Principal @EBPSPrincipal]

Don’t ask questions if your not prepared to hear the answers … https://t.co/2VmW1FWAqR

[HeadteacherNI @FakeHeadTeachNI]

Being a primary head is a ‘very stressful and lonely job’

https://t.co/nYnPB8Io7l

[East Belfast Primary Principal @EBPSPrincipal]

https://t.co/M3EF1hNdk4

[East Belfast Primary Principal @EBPSPrincipal]

Teachers in England say they would strike over pay https://t.co/QtsKMkXPDa

[East Belfast Primary Principal @EBPSPrincipal]

@OTeacher223144 @NASUWT_NI @INTO_NI We’ll both be happy if time proves your understandable cynicism wrong ! @OTeacher223144

[East Belfast Primary Principal @EBPSPrincipal]

Workload was the core issue & still is. Hoping this deal sticks but does more than a band-aid re workload. Timeframes for delivery of reforms in place & November will also come around fast. Thank you to the various unions who have risked their credibility on accepting this deal

[NAHT Northern Ireland @NAHT_NI]

We welcome the deal to end industrial action. Read the full press statement 👇

https://t.co/yeScIqjyu6