Mr Gooderham

English, Media & Drama Teacher. KS3 + Booster Raising Standards Coordinator (English). Apple Teacher (Portfolio & Swift Playgrounds)

[Peps @PepsMccrea]

🚨New paper released today:

10 Common SEN Mis(Interventions)—An Evidence Summary

https://t.co/8lQNH00Co4

Supporting students with Special Educational Needs (SEN) is a vital and growing challenge for schools. But it’s not straightforward. Learning is complex, marketing claims are confident, and the evidence is often hard to access. As a result, we can sometimes end up adopting approaches which are less effective than we initially think.

For some, this may well be uncomfortable reading. As a profession, many of us have put time, effort and belief into these things, and lots will have seen students who looked like they were getting something from it. However, it’s essential that we temper our intuition with evidence, because ultimately: our most vulnerable students deserve it.

This new paper co-authored with @Barker_J is an attempt to raise the visibility of the best available evidence around several commonly used SEN interventions. For each, we provide an overview of what the research says, offer a more informed approach, and provide a suite of rigorous links to help you get started.

We hope it will serve as a useful resource and over time: push us to be even more 'evidence demanding' as a profession.

As ever, let me know what you think. If you have pushes or suggestions for how this paper could be better, hit reply and give it to me straight.

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[Mr Gooderham @MrGooderham]

Happy Sunday! 🎁

[Mr Gooderham @MrGooderham]

@Shabnamagram Isn't that what Whatsapp is for?

[Joel Kenyon @joel120193]

New Blog Post📝

For years I have had my PowerPoint and at the start of my career it was my crutch I found it difficult to deviate from.

Now, I have changed my planning and found less of a need to stress over a PowerPoint.

Link Below 👇

[Mr Gooderham @MrGooderham]

@Shabnamagram Can’t wait X

[Astrea Academy Woodfields @AAWoodfields]

For World Book Day, our teachers personally selected books for our scholars as a way to show how much they care about their learning, growth, and love of reading. Every book was chosen with a student in mind, reflecting the dedication our staff have to supporting our scholars

[Mr Gooderham @MrGooderham]

@Shabnamagram Smart casual but no jeans allowed at our gaff.

[Mr Gooderham @MrGooderham]

@Shabnamagram @Inner_Drive @Mr_Raichura's blog is a great one. Especially https://t.co/KJxS8Uu616

[Mr Gooderham @MrGooderham]

@Shabnamagram https://t.co/YtY1apAx6Q

[Mr Gooderham @MrGooderham]

@Shabnamagram The iPAD!!!!

[Adam Boxer @adamboxer1]

The Greatest Do Now Ever™️

This is the story of how one teacher set out to create the greatest Do Now Ever, and he changed my teaching for the better.

Link in reply, please share if you can 🙏

[Adam Boxer @adamboxer1]

@ProudlyPastoral we use Teams. short section here and there's a bit about it in the linked document

https://t.co/Md9NsXL3Qz

[Mr Gooderham @MrGooderham]

I just backed Little Dru Dragon : The Quest for Fire on @Kickstarter

https://t.co/dxGETN4UBq

[Barry Smith @BarryNSmith79]

https://t.co/vZDTmrRBhL staff were taught to present with confidence. All staff. Being ‘a bigger version’, warm, welcoming,friendly, was explicitly modelled to all staff. And became the norm for all staff. This is what lesson changeovers felt like.

[Stuart Pryke @SPryke2]

NEW RESOURCE: Here’s a Macbeth scheme, based on the work I completed with @teachals for ‘Ready to Teach: Macbeth’, alongside new thinking and ideas I’ve encountered since. Use/chuck/change as you see fit! @Team_English1 https://t.co/m61fdecCIA

[Barbara Bleiman 🎓 Education is Conversation @BarbaraBleiman]

Short-sighted and highly damaging. Already there are far too many non-specialists teaching English at secondary level and this can only make things worse.

[Adam Boxer @adamboxer1]

My first lesson:

How do I start off with new classes? It's taken me a while, but this is now my routine 👇👇

First, make sure
1. A new exercise book is on everyone's seat
2. All chairs are down
3. Work is on the board
4. I have a seating plan

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[Mr Gooderham @MrGooderham]

@Shabnamagram *Please* wear tomorrow! 😍🤣

[Dr Jill Berry @jillberry102]

In @tes - Zofia Niemtus asks the experts what secondary English teaching can do to inspire a love of books: https://t.co/ho9JEEXvfs