Darren Anderson

Assistant Headteacher - KS4 & Staff development

[Rob Chambers @RobGeog]

An evenings & weekends project to rebuild our Geography Scholar Hub — now accessible to all scholars across our 8 academies. As I reflect in my final week, I’m looking forward to hearing how it continues to develop and evolve. @astreaacademies #geography #geographyteacher #revision #sharepoint

[Adam Boxer @adamboxer1]

WEBINARS ARE BACK

We're going to be running a bunch of our webinars on various aspects of Teaching, Learning and Leading.

Would love to see you there, sign up link is below, retweets and shares massively appreciated!

https://t.co/iCesfuvA4A

[Carousel @Carousel_Learn]

Can we trace a link between Carousel usage and GCSE outcomes?

We analysed Carousel homework data and student results to try and find out.

Here’s what the data suggests: https://t.co/GyLoRbBHo8

[Darren Anderson @Mr_AndersonD]

@SFL2326 This looks great. Please would you mind sharing a copy of the attendance strat and dashboard? [email protected] thank you

[Helen Reynolds MBE @helenrey]

Delighted to make a summary of this EXCELLENT book - thought-provoking and extremely useful, and one of the BEST chapters about 'How Do We Learn' that I have read. Thanks @Dr_Castelino!

Summary pdfs here: https://t.co/O8uDMfRgaw

[Jamie Clark @XpatEducator]

Here’s the complete ⚗️DistillED series on Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction — ten editions filled with practical insights, tools, and resources for evidence-informed teaching. Please share with colleagues and fellow educators in your network. Enjoy!

1. Daily Review 💭https://t.co/SLYmmMTzqN

2. Small Steps 👣https://t.co/Ix7ZT9Z1DI

3. Ask a Large Number of Questions 🗣️
https://t.co/Oim0iSV5yd

4. Provide Models for Difficult Tasks🗼
https://t.co/uPd8NXWQsj

5. Guide Student Practice 🪜
https://t.co/eybs3y3pm1

6. Check for Student Understanding ✅
https://t.co/zMLxATtOOb

7. Obtain a High Success Rate 📈
https://t.co/MvbZeJC2Ic

8. Provide Scaffolds for Difficult Tasks 🧱
https://t.co/smaH0pXe8O

9. Require and Monitor Independent Practice ✍️
https://t.co/S7UNIJb9I4

10. Weekly and Monthly Review 🗓️
https://t.co/vZDWMULRJp

[Kate Jones @KateJones_teach]

Carousel C-scores are a game changer for retrieval practice. Very clever but more importantly very helpful for teachers & students! 👏@Carousel_Learn

[Rob Chambers @RobGeog]

Example of using @Carousel_Learn to help close knowledge gaps / provide feedback to advance learning and support raising achievement through the use of Carousel's Marking and Feedback tool. Minimum teacher input prior to lesson - but enabling high leverage feedback to be given within the lesson. @carnaby_mr @richardtutt @astreaacademies #geography #geographyteacher #retrievalpractice #carousel

[Darren Anderson @Mr_AndersonD]

Does anyone have any pixl horsforth quadrant resources: assemblies, students questionnaire, anything! Would anyone be happy to share Thank you #horsforth #ks4

[Darren Anderson @Mr_AndersonD]

@geotayler Hi - how did you create these? Is there a bank of then available? Great resource!!

[Routledge Education Books @RoutledgeEd]

Coming soon 📢 ‘The Homework Conundrum’ by @Dr_Castelino

Rooted in robust cognitive science principles, this book provides a clear guide for how a successful homework culture can be built in a school and within the classroom.

Out next month 👉 https://t.co/jWteOii0di

[Darren Anderson @Mr_AndersonD]

With no P8 for the next 2 years, what are people's ideas on measuring the impact at KS4 performance and outcomes? #ks4 #progress8 #teaching

[Jamie Clark @XpatEducator]

***BOOK GIVEAWAY ALERT***

📣 To celebrate the release of ‘Teaching One-Pagers’, I am giving away THREE copies of the book and access to this exclusive poster on Learning & Memory.

To enter, simply REPOST this post. Winners will be picked at random and announced on Monday 27th May.

If you can’t wait, it’s available on Friday via @JohnCattEd Order here: https://t.co/4QnSstcocR

[Darren Anderson @Mr_AndersonD]

@lfreegeography Hi - resources look amazing, would you be willing to share? [email protected] - Thank you!

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

Teachers shouldn’t have to devote more and more of their personal life to their profession to be considered highly effective. It’s unrealistic expectations like this that lead to burn out and teacher shortage

[Darren Anderson @Mr_AndersonD]

What software do people use to create and share the school calendar? #schoolcalendar #calendar

[Darren Anderson @Mr_AndersonD]

Any Edval timetabling experts out there!? @EdvalUk Part of my new role from September - do you offer any training or support? #TIMETABLE #edval

[Darren Anderson @Mr_AndersonD]

Are you looking for career progression?

We have an exciting opportunity for a Head of Geography to join the Middle Leader Team at The Victory Academy. https://t.co/objcfe582s

[Jamie Clark @XpatEducator]

Grab this helpful series of word-diagrams on explicit instruction inspired by one of my favourite edu-books, ‘Explicit Instruction: Effective & Efficient Teaching’ by the amazing Anita Archer & Charles A. Hughes.

📥 Download for FREE: https://t.co/2xlOzxQoRm

☕️ Support my work! https://t.co/nNuxwynymg

[Mason Davies @TheGeogTeacher]

**NEW BLOG** Using mini whiteboards to optimise ratio and make thinking visible in GCSE Economics. Albeit not much about GCSE Economics and written for my school e-bulletin - but hopefully something useful here anyone who teaches in a classroom https://t.co/S4acQB6bMx