🎁 Just published: Free Christmas Gift!
⚗️ DistillED Playbook
→ 30 page, printable A4 booklet
→ 6 high-impact teaching strategies
→ Strategy checklists
→ QR codes to planning resources
→ Built from the most-read DistillED posts this year.
If you want a copy, comment below and I’ll DM you the PDF.
⏰ Free until Boxing Day.
🫵 COLD CALLING EXPLAINED! This A3 poster breaks down the ‘what’, ‘why’, and ‘how’ of the cold calling strategy, ensuring ALL students stay actively engaged in the thinking process.
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New: Teachers working in some of England’s largest academy chains are leaving their jobs at twice the rate of their counterparts in non-academy state schools, while academies are spending less in the classroom than local authority maintained schools:
https://t.co/TrFVzt3Me1
🏛️ PILLARS OF EFFECTIVE PRACTICE
🟢 Understand how learning happens – ‘Why Don’t Students Like School?’ by @DTWillingham
🔵 Establish behaviour and engagement routines – ‘The Classroom Management Handbook’ by @coachdowley and @ollie_lovell
🟠 Teach explicitly to build knowledge, develop independence, and achieve mastery - ‘Explicit Instruction’ by Anita Archer and Charles Hughes.
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If you've read the fabulous How Teaching/Learning Happens @P_A_Kirschner@C_Hendrick @HealJim
here are two summaries with a 'Do This' column for you to fill in after you have reflected!
B/W versions also available:
https://t.co/H0AG0wDWd2
(with thanks to @AndrewWatsonTTB)
Behaviour in schools is the single biggest barrier to learning. A few years back @ianwhite21 produced an excellent thread on reframing positive behaviour with 20 ways to help manage behaviour in the classroom. I did 4 one pagers to highlight how good these methodologies are. They are available for download from my shared drive.
Giveaway!
To show our support for the #showyourstripes initiative, the GA has this lovely pair of socks to giveaway!
To qualify for this environmentally aware pair of socks, all you have to do is like and repost this tweet.
Don't forget that tomorrow is #showyourstripes day, to find out the colours of where you live, please visit the Show Your Stripes website at: https://t.co/gMUhNRuAAg