Miss W

She/her. HoF MFL. Have been ITT and ECT mentor. Keen amateur singer. All views my own and even they may change! #EPI #mfltwitterati 🇫🇷🇪🇸🇮🇹

[Miss W @teacherthunks]

@Strickomaster @emma_c_williams Sure. She's only responsible for about 12 of them too but the expectations and involvement of tutors with pastoral care are very high.

[Miss W @teacherthunks]

@Strickomaster @emma_c_williams It can be an extra payment in the private sector. My friend is paid £3k extra because they are a form tutor.

[Miss W @teacherthunks]

I would have used to think this because I didn't "get" how to be a form tutor or what the point of it was. Second form around and it's probably one of my favourite roles and in many cases very important too. It's a daily privilege to be a tutor.

[Miss W @teacherthunks]

@MAS653 @miss_mcinerney It's Ark Academies I know of that do it or at least they used to. Not bound by STPCD. My friend who worked there found it more like a "normal" job as a result but it attracts a certain demographic of teacher.

[Miss W @teacherthunks]

@miss_mcinerney You could set hard limits within that about how much time could be directed and how much was essentially PPA or enrichment time. I can see the value in it but then I have no immediate daily caring responsibilities.

[Miss W @teacherthunks]

@miss_mcinerney Plus then you'd have to acknowledge straight up that you're paying for 45 hours a week. I'm not sure there are any easy or palatable answers for any large staff demographic.

[Miss W @teacherthunks]

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[Miss W @teacherthunks]

@miss_mcinerney I've done it twice and coached two (women) to do it (successfully) too. One of the times I knew I was on parallel with a male colleague who had successfully negotiated similar and that gave me the push to push for it. Important to be open about these things I think.

[Carl Hendrick @C_Hendrick]

This is so important. Reading to your child is an interactive, responsive process: pointing out key words, spellings, images and deeper meaning. Also the sound of a parent's voice, their enthusiasm, their dedication, their passion for narrative and the written word means absolutely everything.

[Miss W @teacherthunks]

@greeborunner I call it "children in need advert" or "there, there" communication style. It can feel very patronising and full of preconceived ideas.

[Zoe Enser 🐉 @greeborunner]

2/2 when talking about our pupils & community. I think some will be mortified to be spoken about in those terms & for many, it simply is not true. Intentions, of course, are good, but we can support without stereotyping & reinforcing assumptions about our communities

[Zoe Enser 🐉 @greeborunner]

Another narrative which keeps emerging is the idea every pupil who is PP has a chaotic homelife with no space to revise, no support from family & will not be fed. While this is true for some & we want to scoop them up, I think we need to be cautious about pushing this view 1/2

[David Didau @DavidDidau]

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[Miss W @teacherthunks]

I may or may not have presented stats from this to my tutor group alongside chatting about the importance of v high attendance at the end of last term - they wanted proof.
Your wish, my command.

[Mr B @teacherslyceum]

This study uses recent data to look at how similar pupils with different attendance rates perform, isolating the impact of attendance on the likelihood of achieving successful outcomes at each key stage. #edutwitter https://t.co/4XVhyfckqz

[Miss W @teacherthunks]

@thefish64 This is where the culture part comes in. If they're bought in, they know that that's not going to help them. Providing a non judgemental "I'm not sure" or "I only did half of it" option is key.

[Miss W @teacherthunks]

@thefish64 Agreed - but is it not better to know who is/is not getting the pattern with greater certainty? And the listening to the teacher and others can still happen via the teacher showing and discussing what's on certain boards.

[Miss W @teacherthunks]

@thefish64 on MWBs is transient and easier to give it a go, always including an option for "don't know" and explaining this is the information you are looking for to help everyone. I am evangelical about MWBs (this is true) but usually criticism of them has easy ways round it Vs benefits!

[Miss W @teacherthunks]

@thefish64 colleague recently also insist that students all changed/underlined the ER of the infinitive to check they were fully engaging with the feedback. Again, they then went again with a similar question to check understanding. Not a test. Errors normalised and neutral. What they write