Mr Tinkler

Head of Science, Former Head of Year, Science Teacher, follower of #cogscisci

[Mr Tinkler @TinksSci]

@adamboxer1 The beast quest ones were good, each a self contained story, not too long, maybe 10 short chapters in each but an overarching plot from book to book (using the magic item he found in the previous book in the next book etc). My little boy loved them.

[Adam Boxer @adamboxer1]

Hearing more and more complaints from mentors about the unrealistic demands when working with trainees and ECTs.

Seems that some of it is coming from the ECF but a big chunk from the training provider too.

Absolutely critical to get this right, and not force experienced and knowledgeable mentors to jump through hoops. The overwhelming majority of their time should be on observing and feedback, not paperwork and multiple online platforms.

[Mr Tinkler @TinksSci]

@servusChristi_1 @adamboxer1 I'll go out on a limb & say in 90% of circumstances:
Direct instruction, followed by MWBs to check for understanding, if success rate<85% reteaching & rechecking, followed by independent practise. Rinse and repeat. Season liberally throughout with a dash of name@end questioning.

[Pritesh Raichura @Mr_Raichura]

“…we’ve told young people ‘do whatever you want, be whatever you want, just make yourself happy’. But it actually made them unhappier. The secret… is just stop thinking about yourself. We’re overindulging them.”

Overindulging is a form of ‘low expectations’ masked as empathy.

[Adam Boxer @adamboxer1]

🚨BEHAVIOUR WEBINAR IS BACK🚨

Over 100 people came last year, and left with a series of concrete + actionable strategies that make a difference in REAL classrooms

This year, it'll be even better as we have lesson footage!

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[Mr Tinkler @TinksSci]

@drandymartin @adamboxer1 I think if you have both (CPD & high frequency obs) it gets more out of the CPD -It covers the "what,how,why" & obs closes the loop. How many staff have "good" cpd, walk out thinking 'great!' then never implement it in their lessons? Regular obs+feedback all but guarantees it.

[Mr Tinkler @TinksSci]

@drandymartin @adamboxer1 There might be more things I could do better, but that's for another day, lets focus on one thing, let's not overload staff (as then it WILL take time to implement, and is usually forgotten and not acted on, defeating the purpose). Highly specific=Actionable instantly.

[Mr Tinkler @TinksSci]

@drandymartin @adamboxer1 I think that is also point of difference we have, IMO effective *highly specific* direct, feedback doesn't need time to be implemented. It's actionable instantly. "In future put the name of the student at the end of the question". I can do that immediately. 1/2

[Mr Tinkler @TinksSci]

@drandymartin @adamboxer1 If you worked in a restaurant with Gordon Ramsay in the kitchen, would you want him to taste one of your dishes a month, or every single one? "Lovely caramelisation on the onions, next time a touch more chili". Simple & instantly actionable. More observations=Get better faster.

[Mr Tinkler @TinksSci]

@adamboxer1 I was lucky enough to be observed 30+ times last year with the feedback being an immediately actionable bullet. IMO the more obs the better.
"Great cold calling, excellent reteach/recheck. Also fyi, Jeff at the back left was copying his mwb answer from his neighbour a few times"

[Mr Tinkler @TinksSci]

@adamboxer1 I wonder if the negative replies are driven by those who've never had useful feedback. If your only experience of being observed is a 30 min formal meeting afterwards, once a year, a point by point autopsy of the lesson, then I can see how 8 observations in 3 days seems alot 1/2

[Mr Tinkler @TinksSci]

@adamboxer1 Check out Splendor (nice engine builder), Harmonies (a build habitats and populate with animals) and Courtisans (quick card game). We play these with our 8 and 10 year olds and love them. Simple enough for kids to play (and win!), but very interesting decisions for adults too.

[Mr Tinkler @TinksSci]

@adamboxer1 Great episode and a really interesting listen, but I was disappointed that you ducked out of asking Nick the really serious big question:

What does he have for breakfast?

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Jamie Raskin, "They only want to protect free speech that they agree with"

JR then demolishes Farage, ending with

"You might want to think twice before you let Nigel Farage Make Britain Great Again"

[Mr Tinkler @TinksSci]

@adamboxer1 What happens next is either A) I wake up from a bad dream, shudder at how bad things used to be, and go back to sleep
Or
B) Realise I have gone back in time to 2012 and invest all my money into bitcoin.

[Mr Tinkler @TinksSci]

@adamboxer1 What do you get the class doing when you leave for the chat? And I'm assuming it would be a "threshold position" 45⁰ watching the class whilst you spoke to Simon?

[Mr Tinkler @TinksSci]

@adamboxer1 Can I get into the nuts and bolts of this answer? If you are about to teach something to the class, do you leave Simon outside for 3 to 5 mins whilst you do? After the teaching is a mwb check for 2 mins, then a deliberate practise task- How long do you leave Simon waiting? 1/2

[Mr Tinkler @TinksSci]

@benkarlin1 @adamboxer1 & he was getting a warning regardless. In my experience going to Simon 1st means he will fire back with a variation on "That's unfair/you're picking on me/David hasn't been told off". This removes ammunition from Simon, makes the disruption shorter, gets lesson on track faster.

[Mr Tinkler @TinksSci]

@benkarlin1 @adamboxer1 I deliberately picked David first, as the opening line "Noone is allowed to call out" covers why sanctions are being given (not because Simon told me) and also the consistent classroom routines would mean David would know his sanction had nothing to do with Simon's comment 1/2

[Mr Tinkler @TinksSci]

@musicteachinguk @adamboxer1 It's all marginal gains, and I agree that Simon is being more disruptive. It's more that my end goal is to get the lesson on track ASAP, and in my experience if I address Simon first, 95% of the time he will reply "That's so unfair, David didn't get told off". This stops that.