ᴛᴏᴍ ᴄᴏʟᴇꜱ

Teacher of English / Books, mountains, philosophy, pedagogy and @eishighland. All opinions my own.

[Edinburgh EIS @EdinburghEIS]

Such powerful speeches in favour of motion 61 at the #EISAGM24. So proud of all our @EdinburghEIS delegation!

[EIS @EISUnion]

The Teachers’ Panel of the Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers (SNCT) has today unanimously rejected the pay offer made by COSLA on 4th June 2024. #EISNews

https://t.co/FY9a02eCRx

[Henry Hepburn @Henry_Hepburn]

The @EISUnion general secretary, Andrea Bradley, has not long finished her address to #EISAGM24 - here's our report: https://t.co/JrQvjK3wtk @TesScotland @tes

[Charlie Connelly @charlieconnelly]

How I will be lured to my death.

[EISGlasLGBT @EISGlasLGBT]

A heartening show of support for @EISUnion AGM Motion 26 (reaffirming support for trans rights) including several @EISGlasgow delegates speaking, after our comrades from @EdinburghEIS proposed and seconded.

The motion passed unanimously! ✊🏻

#EISAGM24

[EIS @EISUnion]

A national approach would allow teachers to have clear guidelines on reporting violent incidents on a national level says Lorna Stewart speaking in support of motion 55 calling for a consistent approach for reporting & recording violent incidents. The motion is carried #EISAGM24

[Highland EIS @EisHighland]

Tom Coles, Highland delegate, speaking to motion 55- calling upon council to to negotiate with COSLA/ScotGov for a national approach on reporting and recording violent incidents towards school staff members
#EISAGM24 #SU4QE

[EIS @EISUnion]

Standing in solidarity with College Lecturers at #EISAGM24, in their fight for the future of further education in Scotland. #FightingForFE #Deemedifwedo

[Jen Stout @jm_stout]

The postie braved the 70mph Shetland winds to deliver my mail this morning - and look what she brought. Publication is 3 months away but the advance review copies are real! Can't describe how this feels. Hope everyone reading is enjoying... @PolygonBooks

[ᴛᴏᴍ ᴄᴏʟᴇꜱ @mrtomcoles]

@Gemma_clark14 "She's a poor wee soul..." "Well they behave for me..." "They're just like their brother..."

[Bruce Robertson @BruceNextLevel]

📱Interval in Berwickshire High School: no mobile phones.

📱Classrooms: no mobile phones.

📱Corridors & transitions: no mobile phones.

Three and a half years after it was implemented, our ‘mobile phone free school’ policy continues to work really well: https://t.co/X1QPj4N7Ul

[Miss Sinclair 🌟📚🎥 @MissSinclairEng]

There’s something SO relaxing about annotating a poem ahead of teaching it.

Old Tongue is just heavenly.
I think S4 will really enjoy this one tomorrow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@JackieKayPoet

[ᴛᴏᴍ ᴄᴏʟᴇꜱ @mrtomcoles]

Amazing work on @BBC Scotland fighting for health equality from @now_its_nora Great communication on how the right thing to do is also the logical thing to do!

[ᴛᴏᴍ ᴄᴏʟᴇꜱ @mrtomcoles]

@MrD_UAE @HoDandHeart @AQA How so? To some extent I agree - if generalizing means using our blunt instruments to provide the greatest good for the greatest number. A system that works for the majority of working class pupils not the privileged few. Is it the worst thing if some rich kids fail sometimes?

[ᴛᴏᴍ ᴄᴏʟᴇꜱ @mrtomcoles]

@MrD_UAE @HoDandHeart @AQA Are rich kids really incapable of responding to a prompt such as "Write about the difficulties facing a family with a budget that doesn't allow them holidays."

[ᴛᴏᴍ ᴄᴏʟᴇꜱ @mrtomcoles]

@MrD_UAE @HoDandHeart @AQA But by not thinking about it, we disadvantage the already disadvantaged groups every day. Surely this is the greater crime than asking those with more resources to do a little bit more.

[Ms Costello @MsCostelloChem]

This morning's job...... #EISrep #standupforqualityeducation #standupforpenguins 🐧