New Teachers:
Allow me to be absolutely direct:
Your biggest problem next year is going to be ‘low’ level disruption.
It’s worth having a plan for how you’ll manage it before school starts.
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There are a bunch of schools getting well over 80% of students a 4 or above in English and in maths
Why are we even thinking about any policy intervention or reform other than "copying them"
Make it make sense
Schools cannot claim to prioritise teaching and learning if they don’t have centralised detentions.
The amount of time/energy otherwise required could be better spent on the things that matter.
It also creates variances in workload.
Totally unfair.
#edutwitter
Workload inducing madness:
Teachers hoarding their own teaching resources within a school from members of their own department or wider team
Schools telling teachers they must create their own original teaching resources for them to be ‘good’
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The debate around isolation rooms has resurfaced, but if we set aside differing opinions for a moment, I think we can all agree, whether we work in education or are parents that every student deserves a disruption-free classroom as a basic standard.
There are many ways to manage disruptive behaviour, and using a separate room for a short period is typically considered a last resort.
All too often we take extreme stories and believe this must be the norm.
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