Kurt Challinor

Catholic School Leader. Building Assessment Capable Learners and Collective Efficacy. Visible Learning, Project-based Learning. #Catholic

[Kurt Challinor @kchalls]

Keeping track of the books I've read for 2023. 📔🧵

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@LynSharratt @acelaustralia Congratulations, Lyn and John! Looking forward to reading this one.

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@Peter_Fitz Eastern Catholic believe in Transubstantiation while the beliefs of Anglicans and Lutherans might better be defined as Consubstantiation. Though this might not be how they define themselves.

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@Peter_Fitz On non members receiving communion. Some denominations believe Communion is a mere symbolic act. Others believe in the real presence of Christ in the form of the bread and wine. There are distinctions of belief within these denominations also. Roman Catholics, Orthodox and…

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@MFWitches @AlboMP It’s pretty important issue for me. Great to see action on this from the government.

[Kurt Challinor @kchalls]

Congrats to all of our competitors in the Zone Athletics Carnival held at Woodlawn today! St Joseph's placed second of all the schools. A fantastic achievement! Well done to Hugo and Jordy, who were both named Age Champion Runners Up for their age groups! #GrowthThroughLove

[Kurt Challinor @kchalls]

This platform has changed a lot in 15 years... #MyXAnniversary

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Team Challinor Family is taking part in MS Readathon & would love your support. We'll read as many books as we can to raise $ to fund vital support services for people living with MS. You can support us by making a donation here - https://t.co/za5KtOQfpJ https://t.co/tQfrEhacEO

[Lyn Sharratt @LynSharratt]

Keep going with those CLARITY 5 Questions Kurt! They tell you everything about ‘Precsion-in-Practice’ 🥳🤗🥳

[Kurt Challinor @kchalls]

Working hard to build clarity with our students about what they are learning in mathematics. Today’s focus is on data. #GrowthThroughLove

[Kurt Challinor @kchalls]

Amazing lesson on data. High levels of engagement and accountable talk from our kindergarten teacher, Jenna.

[Anna Stokke @rastokke]

This school is offering concrete advice to students & parents for how to study for exams, including putting away your phone. "Improving academic achievement has a stronger influence on students’ self-perception than the reverse: motivation may come at the end of a study session." Great quotes from @C_Hendrick https://t.co/voEsRO16Vh

[Kurt Challinor @kchalls]

@DrCraig_B Oh, nevermind, missed the 1982 date...

[Kurt Challinor @kchalls]

@DrCraig_B Dave Grohl?

[Jennifer Buckingham @buckingham_j]

Ireland has been among the highest performing English-speaking countries in PIRLS and PISA for almost two decades. In a report I wrote after visiting Ireland last year, I concluded that these high levels of literacy have a number of mutually reinforcing contributing factors.
The societal foundation is a high level of cultural and social value attached to language and literacy, which supports the work of schools.
Teachers are high academic achievers who have rigorous initial teacher education. As a result, teachers are respected and trusted and have professional autonomy.
Mandatory testing, reporting and inspection are not universally welcomed but are accepted and not seen as a professional insult.
Low teacher attrition is an indication that, although workload is still an issue, teaching is a rewarding and stable job. Low attrition also creates a workforce environment where there is little pressure to graduate large numbers of teachers each year, allowing teacher education courses to emphasise quality over quantity.
Teacher education and the primary language curriculum are rigorous and generally well-aligned with evidence-based practice and do not seem to have been subject to the dramatic shifts in practice seen in other countries.
Literacy teaching is generally high quality. Systematic instruction in phonics, for example, seems to have been a constant feature in reading instruction. This is sufficient to get the majority of students on the path to reading.
However, there is enduring disadvantage associated with socioeconomic status. The long-term dominant intervention program has been Reading Recovery. Since this program has not been evaluated in Ireland, it is difficult to know with certainty how much improvement could have been achieved if it had been replaced with a more effective intervention but, based on international research on Reading Recovery that has demonstrated it has weak and even negative effects on reading achievement, there is a powerful case for the Irish education system to investigate effective, evidence-based alternatives.
@ChurchillTrust
Read the full report: https://t.co/5F82c4rDs1

[Kurt Challinor @kchalls]

@RayBoyd007 It is a challenge. Have you read the Anxious Generation by Johnathan Haidt? It is also quite scary and it is well worth a read! Hope you’re well.

[Kurt Challinor @kchalls]

@PaulKiem No, it doesn't have the same feel as Old Twitter.

[Paul Kiem @PaulKiem]

Saddened to hear of the passing of Bruce Dennett. A towering figure in the NSW history teaching community. ‘Question everything, even Bruce’, but his legacy is very secure in the positive influence he had over many thousands of students and colleagues at many levels.

[Kurt Challinor @kchalls]

@PaulKiem Very sad. I heard him present a number of times and he was terrific. He was my wife's prac supervisor at Baulkham Hills 20+ years ago and she is the best history teacher I have ever met. He was an inspiration. Requiem aeternam...