Tom Mackenzie-Chalmers

Learning and Teaching Development Officer |
Views my own, noone else's

[Tes Scotland @TesScotland]

NEW: Teacher contact time plans include assemblies, tech and timetabling https://t.co/GiZNwnmkwE

[Tom Mackenzie-Chalmers @TomMC93]

@AliBtait Thank you!

[Tom Mackenzie-Chalmers @TomMC93]

In a few weeks I'll be starting a secondment supporting Learning and Teaching across a group of schools. I'm really excited for the opportunity. Has anyone with experience in a similar role got any advice?

[Steplab @Steplab_co]

🎉 Steplab Summer Reads #3 – Bonus Round!

We’ve got more authors than summer weeks—so here’s a midweek giveaway!

Win The Scaffolding Effect by Rachel Ball (out today!) + a Steplab bundle: mug, notepad & pen.

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🏆 Winner Wed!

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🎉 Steplab Summer Reads – Book #1

Win Responsive Coaching by Josh Goodrich - plus a Steplab bundle (mug, pen & notepad)!

Josh is Steplab CEO & former teacher/leader with deep coaching expertise.

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📘 Winner announced on Friday!

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📚 Last week we asked about your summer reads – and most of you voted: fiction only!

But if you fancy stacking your shelves with brilliant CPD books by our expert team, we’ve got a giveaway for you!

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First book drops tomorrow!

[The Centre for Teaching Excellence @UofGCfTE]

Still a few days left to take the CfTE National Teacher Survey and tell us how our work can best meet your needs

Share your views before Jun 30

(English) Take the survey now: https://t.co/l2gPmnfgTf
(Gaelic) Lìon an t-suirbhidh: https://t.co/5vnpjTcLFH

[Tom Mackenzie-Chalmers @TomMC93]

@BruceNextLevel Good luck with what come next, Bruce!

[Tom Mackenzie-Chalmers @TomMC93]

@Positivteacha Hi! Have you listened to the Diary of a CEO podcast with Matthew Walker? It's well worth a listen and improved my sleep loads.

I also listen to Short History of... podcasts to get to sleep

[Tom Mackenzie-Chalmers @TomMC93]

@kirstcolquhoun @FionaLeadbeater https://t.co/1uo8nnoWGP

Hi both. My colleague Conor has put the link here. I think there's a donation option. He's put a lot of work into it so please share this with whoever is playing to see if they would like to give him a small donation back. It's worth it for the fun!

[Tom Mackenzie-Chalmers @TomMC93]

@FionaLeadbeater I've messaged him. I think he has a Buy a Coffee page set up and just asks each person who plays to buy him a coffee or something. We've loved it. Will send to you when he gets back to me!

[C Bentley-Davies @RealCBD]

When you write a book your publisher gives you a few free author copies. Most of them are being given to people who helped me write it. But I have 1 spare. I’ll give it to someone after the 28th Feb. Retweet & follow to be in with a chance! 🌞

[Tom Mackenzie-Chalmers @TomMC93]

@DeputyGrocott I once had a virus in a class I had. Me, two support staff and 18 of the 24 were off.

[Tom Mackenzie-Chalmers @TomMC93]

I'm quite intrigued by the latest ACEL data, particularly in Literacy. While I've already tweeted about the unreliability of the data in its current form as a national measure, I'm quite interested particularly in the difference between (1/) 🧵

https://t.co/anyVP36fBl

[Tom Mackenzie-Chalmers @TomMC93]

@LauraFMcConnell Genuinely more round running tracks would be better.

[Tom Mackenzie-Chalmers @TomMC93]

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but does anyone ever use the exercise equipment they built in parks across Scotland? Has it been a big waste of public funds? @LauraFMcConnell, do you know anything about them/how much they are used vs cost?

[Tom Mackenzie-Chalmers @TomMC93]

@LauraFMcConnell My wee one likes to go on them because they're so creaky it's a guaranteed Dad-annoyer.

[Tom Mackenzie-Chalmers @TomMC93]

My main takeaway from recent experience working with attainment data, and the recent national stats, is that if we nail our First Level literacy curriculum and practice, we'll be producing more literate children. Phonics, handwriting, spelling, sentences, punctuation.

[Tom Mackenzie-Chalmers @TomMC93]

I'm quite intrigued by the latest ACEL data, particularly in Literacy. While I've already tweeted about the unreliability of the data in its current form as a national measure, I'm quite interested particularly in the difference between (1/) 🧵

https://t.co/anyVP36fBl

[Tom Mackenzie-Chalmers @TomMC93]

to discuss how S3s are assessed for literacy outside of SNSAs?