Raymond Williams

Chartered Teacher. Live and work in the Scottish Borders. Married with 3 children. Views are my own.

[BBC Question Time @bbcquestiontime]

“Whatever your politics, you can agree that punishing disabled and sick people for falling on hard times is absolutely morally wrong and they have blood on their hands”

@chessmartinez on the government’s austerity policy. #bbcqt

[Raymond Williams @rwilliamsvocals]

Had a whole day without broadband or landline due to a ‘system error’. Nightmare. Thanks @bt_uk for not doing your job. Who knows when I’ll get my service back.

[Fiona Williams @fwilliams45]

Yet again @bt_uk lets us down 😡

[Carmella Brown @CarmellaBrown91]

This serious boy doesn't know it's Friday, because he's a dog. He's got that #FridayFeeling every day. #sausagedog

[Raymond Williams @rwilliams46]

Hmm...Chartered Teacher? https://t.co/jHoCZu9FGE

[Carmella Brown @CarmellaBrown91]

Mysterious... https://t.co/3zyeiqSd8O

[Raymond Williams @rwilliams46]

@Apple have wrecked my iPhone. All I wanted them to do was replace the battery. Apple advisor asked if I could borrow a phone while mine was away getting repaired. #genius

[EEF @EducEndowFoundn]

NEW BLOG: 'Setting and streaming in schools - what does the evidence say?' What the EEF Toolkit says and why: https://t.co/CBvThIR57N

[EIS @EISUnion]

"Our Conditions of Service are not up for grabs" - EIS Council continue discussions over progressing the 10% claim #ValueEducationValueTeachers

[Dr Jill Berry @jillberry102]

“Whole-class feedback works really well, but you need to validate it as a headteacher. You then have to tolerate that you won’t see marking in every book.” @teacherhead @HeadsRoundtable summit 2018.

[EEF @EducEndowFoundn]

"Teachers need to be able to distinguish between pedagogy that is evidence-based and 'fun ideas', says Ofsted's head of research" reports the TES: https://t.co/TkjirpiIb4

[Visible Learning @VisibleLearning]

Visible Learning News is out! https://t.co/j3jPeNLcMP Stories via @Georgetown @TED_ED @shaunhawthorne #edchat #hs4

[Alfie Kohn @alfiekohn]

Research shows that for qualitative feedback to help, it must replace grades. When students get a comment AND a grade, as Dylan William observed, the 1st thing they look at is the grade, and the 2nd thing they look at is…someone else’s grade

[Controlled Chaos UK @ControlChaosUK]

Next up is our Ariel played by Carmella Brown.
Carmella graduated with Distinction from Bird College's Acting course.
Credits include; 'Judy!' (West End), 'Foreign Goods' (Arcola), 'Women Redressed (Jermyn Street Theatre, Park Theatre), 'Through The Mill (Southwark Playhouse).

[EIS @EISUnion]

#ValueEducationValueTeachers

[Shirley Clarke FCCT @shirleyclarke_]

Welsh teachers in my teams are preparing to get rid of ability groups and comparative rewards! Increasing expectation and self-efficacy and giving all children a fighting chance.

[EIS @EISUnion]

Reason 2: Changes to pensions & NI, along with sub-inflation pay settlements, have led to cuts of around 24% in teachers’ take-home pay since 2009. Why punish teachers for the mistakes of the banks? Scotland’s teachers deserve a pay rise. #eis10for10 #ValueEducationValueTeachers

[Shirley Clarke FCCT @shirleyclarke_]

In the wonderful Crowmarsh School with the wonderful head Flora Barton. All verbal in class feedback and no teacher marking. Just watched group+teacher feedback in Year 6 focusing on fewer pieces of writing in more depth. Three drafts of an intro showing real progress.Stunning!

[EIS @EISUnion]

The EIS has launched its 2018 Pay Campaign: Value Education, Value Teachers. Today's meeting of EIS Council has also agreed the teachers' pay claim that the EIS will propose via the SNCT - calling for a 10% pay increase for all teachers. See https://t.co/ASiTkd59nc for more info.