Thomas Stafford

Teacher of Maths. Reader of books. Will brag about my excel formulae. Good at scrabble but not ‘annoyingly good’.

[Nick Pointer @nickpointer_]

🤓 NEW BLOG POST

Why ‘how can we get more buy-in?’ is the wrong question to be asking when it comes to professional development.

I explore how we might direct teachers' attention & build their motivation to engage in our PD over time 🎓

➡️ 5 min read

https://t.co/hTbzOzs6Rx

[Nick Hart @MrNickHart]

Pulling together some thoughts on professional development…

1️⃣ What do teachers need to get better at?
2️⃣ What conditions are necessary for teachers to learn?
3️⃣ What mechanisms and forms can we use?

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[Peps @PepsMccrea]

In 2021, a collective of researchers and teacher educators analysed 104 of the highest quality studies on Professional Development (PD).

What they found ushered in a new paradigm for thinking about PD.

Here's the lowdown.

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[Josh Goodrich @Josh_CPD]

📹 Footage of some of the sessions at our @Steplab_co conference.
#stepfest.

We could only record four of the incredible sessions on offer, but I think we've got a good selection.

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[Dave Taylor @taylorda01]

🧵HINTS vs. PROMPTS with Backward Fading:
You can improve the impact of example-problem pairs by about 30% by using backward fading as an instructional technique. But you can improve on your backward fading by about 12% on both near transfer and far transfer by using prompts.

[Jamie Clark @XpatEducator]

🧵 In this thread, I have compiled a list of my top research summaries, articles and resources that have helped shape my teaching.

Hope you find this collection as useful as I have! ⤵️

[Tom Bennett OBE @tombennett71]

I love this. This is how you master something complex, that seems unachievable; expert instruction, and micro behaviours taught individually, explicitly, in the right sequence. Practised over and over until combination is possible.

[Peps @PepsMccrea]

🚨 NEW EVENT 🚨

Free webinar series on Instructional Coaching for schools!

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[Thomas Stafford @Thom_Stafford]

@EYFSCreative01 @MissTray2 Haha - you are both the worst! You certainly went above and beyond - very unnecessary - you really shouldn’t have. Really. And clearly you have far too much time on yours hands!?

[Katie Owen @KatieMissen]

I’ve always believed if pupils can chat whilst completing work, the learning isn’t challenging enough. We ensure we lower the cognitive load but that doesn’t mean making the learning too easy. I think I’ll be sharing this in our ITT session and some of my coaching sessions soon.

[Carl Hendrick @C_Hendrick]

This clip of Barak Rosenshine talking about 'higher order thinking skills' is one of the single most important things for teachers to know about learning.

[Dan Hudson @DanHudson84]

Role Play: pretending to be someone that we’re not or acting out a role in a context that is not applicable to us. ❌
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Deliberate Practice: focussed and purposeful repetition of an isolated skill to enable habit formation. ✅

[Pritesh Raichura @Mr_Raichura]

@mrlouieevans @MrTSci409 @olicav Benefits of visualiser over board:
1. Face the class - keep an eye on pupils
2. Can permanently store all of your 'board work' (use an exercise book) - great for revision
3. Pre-prepare & reveal diagrams like with PowerPoint*
4. Can show worksheets, exams annotation & pupil work

[Jen Hill-Parker @JennyHillParker]

Guided reading resources for terms 1 to 3 available here

https://t.co/faMrWDPRs8

#Maths #mathschat #mathscpdchat

[Dr Frost @DrFrostMaths]

The last chapter of D1 is now finished. With thanks to UTC South Durham and John Wallis Academy. Incidentally, my school *is* doing FS2 next year (one group is doing FP1+FS1+FS2), so do eventually expect some slides! https://t.co/75p1lhWvfa

[InnerDrive @Inner_Drive]

Rosenshine's Principles of Instruction are so important because they're based in research - more specifically, they are built upon 7 theories that we think every teacher should know about.
We give the full rundown in today's blog 👉 https://t.co/rTkOjitOaI