Yr 6 students loved extracting DNA from strawberries this morning. A great engaging activity to get them excited for science when they start year 7. #transitionday
It's been a busy week since the excitement of #TLC2023, but managed to find a bit of time to wrap up my notes on this brilliant keynote from @jimknight99 A Year in the Life of a Coach.
'Be the coach you needed when you were in the classroom.' @CoachingPD@WALKTHRUs_5@olicav
💡 In this new blog, @RachaelCattrall, our cognitive science specialist, takes a look at some of the core components of retrieval practice and how these can support classroom practice.
Read more: https://t.co/nYuLMnTyXP
Over the last few years I’ve spent quite a bit of time thinking about instructional coaching.
Here are five resources that you might find helpful whatever stage of implementation you’re at.
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*** Improving Independent Learning ***
“Why are some pupils more seemingly inclined to ‘learned industriousness’? The answers are unsurprising. Teaching, modelling, and practice are key.”
https://t.co/tacHP2Ukcb
*** Adaptive Teaching: What Is It Anyway? ***
"Adaptive teaching is the subtle, tricky, but compelling stuff of teaching. No lesson package you lift from the Internet can eliminate the necessity for adaptation and responsiveness."
https://t.co/0F9jezaUWe
***BOOK GIVEAWAY ALERT***
📣 To celebrate the release of ‘Teaching One-Pagers’, I am giving away THREE copies of the book and access to this exclusive poster on Learning & Memory.
To enter, simply REPOST this post. Winners will be picked at random and announced on Monday 27th May.
If you can’t wait, it’s available on Friday via @JohnCattEd Order here: https://t.co/4QnSstcocR
Time for a bit of Action research...
Q- what are the persistent problems of middle leadership in Secondary settings?
Keen to hear from existing or historic middle leaders- particularly those that lead subject areas.
Please retweet!
@COREeducate@COREArenaAcad@CORECityAcademy
After tips from @olicav here is our new page for our T@L handbook, moving from "judgement" to "support" through coaching. Thanks to @Josh_CPD, it is impossible to do your book justice on 1 page but i tried. Excitied about meeting with @Steplab_co on Wed to plan next steps
In our next free webinar we'll be joined by @PippaBusch, a Child and Education Psychologist who specialises in working with SEND students.
To learn from her about how to adapt for students with SEND in a mainstream classroom, sign up for your ticket:
https://t.co/ckab5Ah41R