Keith Lees

Maths Teacher and Leader

[Duke Richard @RichardDA82]

@keziah70 But they also get to work with me @MissVJM1988 @rosswba1 @KeithLees6 @bobdbob too

[Keith Lees @KeithLees6]

@RichardDA82 Liz Truss is demonstrating her total lack of understanding of young people here - Identity is a big part of child development and suppressing the right to express your identity is hugely damaging!

[Q3 Tipton Maths Department @Q3Tmaths]

Well done to the students @Q3Tipton - You have reached 500000 correct answers on @SparxMaths four months earlier than last year, meeting our target of getting there before Christmas!

[Keith Lees @KeithLees6]

@IanJ_Davidson It’s the Ofqual report on the new GCSE maths from 2017.
I might have an old link for it.

[Keith Lees @KeithLees6]

@IanJ_Davidson @MissSequin @Team_English1 https://t.co/Q4QHGWh7tw

[Keith Lees @KeithLees6]

If I could share one piece of advice to anyone taking up a role leading other teachers it would be this - Be empathetic at all times, especially when people are not performing how you would like.

[Keith Lees @KeithLees6]

@RichardDA82 We are looking for an Assistant Director of Maths if you fancy a change.😂

[Keith Lees @KeithLees6]

@RichardDA82 Not prime!

[Keith Lees @KeithLees6]

@MissVJM1988 Which bit of Bearwood is that? I don’t recognise it?😅

[Q3 Tipton Maths Department @Q3Tmaths]

Well done to our students for passing 100000 correct answers on Sparx Maths in just four weeks - If we can keep this up for the year we will pass 1 million correct answers by the end of the school year!

[Laura McInerney @miss_mcinerney]

There's a teacher shortage coming. It's been coming for a while, but was staved off by the pandemic.

Now, it's heaving back into view & it isn't pretty.

It's easy to blame the DfE, but I think some other things are happening that matter outside of education too 🧵... STRAP IN!

[Keith Lees @KeithLees6]

@keziah70 Lots of things I hadn’t considered in this thread in addition to the the things we all discuss on the daily.
Finding solutions is the next step.
Thank you for sharing.

[Keith Lees @KeithLees6]

@RogersHistory Use what works - that might be a countdown, standing in a certain place, hand up or simply asking for attention.

[Keith Lees @KeithLees6]

@keziah70 The national statistics are bleak - and we know that we feel the impact more in areas of deprivation.
It will be a challenging few years for us all!

[Keith Lees @KeithLees6]

A message I preach to my team regularly.
Assessment is not how we improve learning - it is the actions that we take based upon what the assessment tell us.

[Mark McCourt @EmathsUK]

NEW BLOG:

Formative assessment does not improve learning

https://t.co/pd7j0CBcoY

[Keith Lees @KeithLees6]

@traumateacherUK @RogersHistory Our school spent years trying alternate methods before we fitted locks as the damage was getting absurd.
Sometimes we need to remove the option for students to make poor choices.

[Keith Lees @KeithLees6]

@mikethetechyguy You can’t leave now - it’s all broken!

[Keith Lees @KeithLees6]

@blatherwick_sam This will revolutionise how we solve equations at my school!
Thank you!!!!😝

[Keith Lees @KeithLees6]

@PKY016 @tombennett71 In large schools in deprived areas this then leads to HODs picking up hours of additional work colleagues in other school don’t - but still being expected to do the same level of curriculum/development work.