Sasha McDonald

British born, passionate educator | Director of T&L | History lover | Bibliophile | Creative at heart | Supporting women in leadership

[James Fitzgibbon @mrfitzhist]

Terminology/key concepts are at the heart of our new Russian Revolution SOW for Y9. Sometimes there is a tendency to avoid certain terms/concepts at KS3 but chunking things down and supplying consistent definitions should lead to better overall understanding. #historyteacher

[Sarah Falcon @Falcon_Edc]

Features of strong teaching, what’s missing or too much? #edutwitter @Jennnnnn_x @HFletcherWood @m_chiles

[Anna @dothinkeducate]

I loved the way my back wall told the students’ journey through the unit of inquiry. I can’t wait for them to do the same with the next unit of inquiry. #pyp #aussieED

[Tom Sherrington @teacherhead]

How teacher behaviours during CPD echo student behaviours during lessons. https://t.co/XH88DaN5yR > most-read this week.! By a long way

[Doug Lemov @Doug_Lemov]

Understanding cognitive load theory and its implications for the classroom is one of the most important things teachers can do to improve their instruction.

Here's one key application:

https://t.co/Ur1MgAuhSg

[Meg Picken🌍 @PickenGeog]

Have joined the T&L group at school and we are going to be using @teacherhead @WALKTHRUs_5 resources to structure our staff CPD next year. I know I’m only an ECT but I made a draft booklet for a staff handbook and its getting me so excited for a future in supporting colleagues🤩

[James Fitzgibbon @mrfitzhist]

Still working on squeezing content into as little time as possible. I’ve tried to distil information across a ‘double slide’ with a connected loom recording to give students a snapshot of key Cold War flashpoints. Both introducing and consolidating knowledge. #historyteacher

[Mark Lloyd @HeadteacherTips]

This is our school’s ‘Quality Teaching and Learning Framework’ which I created to support coaches to give feedback to colleagues.

[Lee Woods @LeeWoods0722]

"More effective teachers frequently checked if students were learning the new material." Rosenshine

[Andrew Whitworth NPQH @Whitworthtin4]

Still working on these how-to guides
Scaffolded Instruction.✅
Generative Rehearsal. ✅
Retrieval Practice. ✅
Deliberate Practice. ✅

[Andrew Whitworth NPQH @Whitworthtin4]

Deliberate Practice - a potential how-to guide.

[James Fitzgibbon @mrfitzhist]

Can’t underestimate the impact of a modelling slide. Paves the way for all to access the same content/formats and make progress. Easy for students to read instructions from the board, be kept on as a prompt and refer to as I target those who need individual help. #historyteacher

[ACEL @acelaustralia]

ACEL’s Bookshop book of the month is The Teacher Principal. Author Jen Schwanke explores how principals can understand what drives each teacher. Purchase at the ACEL bookshop https://t.co/FtOXG8Y1Yi @JenSchwanke #acel #bookshop #bookofthemonth

[Doug Lemov @Doug_Lemov]

How you ask students to answer a question is as important as the question itself. If you don’t get everyone to answer, if you don’t cause everyone to think deeply about the answer, even the best question will only be so useful...

https://t.co/iMjQHuJOLG

[Peps @PepsMccrea]

*Essential* reading for teacher educators

🎓 Building Better PL: How to Strengthen Teacher Learning, by Hill & Papay

Summary + some reflections:

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[Impact @ImpactWales]

Direct or explicit instruction is often misrepresented as "chalk & talk". This is what it really is 👇

[James Fitzgibbon @mrfitzhist]

First time teaching Superpower Relations since 2019. There’s a huge amount to take in over a short period of time. Hoping these one point of reference content sheets act as simple KO’s, homework infographics or posters to refer to in class. #historyteacher
https://t.co/1oSGpEdoR2

[Peps @PepsMccrea]

This is an *epic* collection from @joe__kirby.

🎓 21 seminal articles by teachers on curriculum. Each with a link and one-sentence summary.