Clare Sealy

Head of Education Improvement, States of Guernsey. Ex head of St Matthias primary, Tower Hamlets.

[Clare Sealy @ClareSealy]

@teachingwrens Thank you!

[Clare Sealy @ClareSealy]

@greeborunner @MrsSTeaches Thanks

[Clare Sealy @ClareSealy]

So this is out today

[Clare Sealy @ClareSealy]

@teachingwrens Great!

[Clare Sealy @ClareSealy]

The Northern Ireland National Curriculum is now out for consultation. I think it’s a very exciting piece of work and strongly recommend you having a read.

https://t.co/x1uVVvsNvb

[Tom Sherrington @teacherhead]

Congratulations to @Tom_Needham_ The final In Action book is now ready for the world. It’s a superb explanation of Engelmann’s Direct Instruction packed with examples. @HLearningPD

[Clare Sealy @ClareSealy]

@Mr_AlmondED @melissacreate15 @MissSDoherty Congratulations

[Peps @PepsMccrea]

🚨New paper released today:

10 Common SEN Mis(Interventions)—An Evidence Summary

https://t.co/8lQNH00Co4

Supporting students with Special Educational Needs (SEN) is a vital and growing challenge for schools. But it’s not straightforward. Learning is complex, marketing claims are confident, and the evidence is often hard to access. As a result, we can sometimes end up adopting approaches which are less effective than we initially think.

For some, this may well be uncomfortable reading. As a profession, many of us have put time, effort and belief into these things, and lots will have seen students who looked like they were getting something from it. However, it’s essential that we temper our intuition with evidence, because ultimately: our most vulnerable students deserve it.

This new paper co-authored with @Barker_J is an attempt to raise the visibility of the best available evidence around several commonly used SEN interventions. For each, we provide an overview of what the research says, offer a more informed approach, and provide a suite of rigorous links to help you get started.

We hope it will serve as a useful resource and over time: push us to be even more 'evidence demanding' as a profession.

As ever, let me know what you think. If you have pushes or suggestions for how this paper could be better, hit reply and give it to me straight.

👊

[Tom Sherrington @teacherhead]

Exploring confusion around modelling: "I do, we do, you do" vs "Guided and Independent Practice" - https://t.co/4Op8682KNK via @teacherhead

[Claire Stoneman @stoneman_claire]

🚨 ACE OPPORTUNITY! 🚨

Join me as my new Vice Principal! We have a brand new position to strengthen our great team even further, with a focus on pastoral provision, behaviour and attendance. Get in touch!

https://t.co/5dHOeONFc2

[David Didau @DavidDidau]

My new book, cowritten with @rcole316, is published today!

https://t.co/A4PjZIu6QM

[David Didau @DavidDidau]

NEW Five principles of effective feedback
Feedback is powerful, but not always positive.
There’s no right way to give feedback, but plenty of ways for it to go wrong.
If it doesn’t change what students notice, understand and do next it’s probably not worth it https://t.co/8xwjSmeEei

[Adam Boxer @adamboxer1]

One of the things that bugs me about the focus on "belonging" is it seems so obvious and simple - like, who doesn't know what the term means? Anybody can be an expert. School leaders can pull together CPD and policies on it really quickly, LinkedIn posters can rustle something up nice and quick, people can make summary posters easy peasy and consultancies can sell "belonging" packages.

But then you read a post like this from @jon_hutchinson_ and you think well hang on...there's a lot of detail here. A lot of nuance. A lot of sophisticated analysis and evaluation. And you look at those quick and easy solutions that school leaders and LinkedInners and consultancies are promoting and you think that as a profession we are once again rewarding and privileging surface understanding and glitz over deep and meaningful thought.

https://t.co/FrUzTL3f60

[Fantastic Maths @FantasticMaths]

In case you haven’t seen it and you’re considering a move. We have a maths and an MFL post going for September, both close this Thursday!

Relocation package available.

https://t.co/U2ex6CjAhp

[Clare Sealy @ClareSealy]

‘A real energy about being connected with the latest research’
@Counsell_C talking about Guernsey

https://t.co/jkJ2DosoMM

[Clare Sealy @ClareSealy]

Christine Counsell says Guernsey is ‘a very exciting place to be a teacher.’ https://t.co/jkJ2DosoMM
And we have jobs!

[Fantastic Maths @FantasticMaths]

Looking for a September maths job on a beautiful island?

It would mean working for me, but also great sea views!

https://t.co/U2ex6CjAhp

Relocation package is available.

[Clare Sealy @ClareSealy]

@jon_hutchinson_ @researchED1 Thanks Jon! And thanks so much for coming

[Clare Sealy @ClareSealy]

@teacherhead @researchEDGsy @ValentinaDevid @toetsrevolutie We really are

[Clare Sealy @ClareSealy]

@MissSDoherty @researchED1 No worries.