Our school was recently inspected. The result of this has been a lot of time and effort spent thinking about how we can reimagine a lot of what we do. In terms of school improvement, it is impossible not to consider the work of John Hattie. But who is he, why is he so important, […]
Did you know about John Hattie’s Research? Read More »
I’ve written posts like this before, declarations of returning to blogging, promises to share thoughts with the wider world. This time feels different, though, and I have a decent excuse. Over the past year, I’ve been immersed in the final module of my MSc in Leadership. This culminated in a 15,000-word dissertation based on original
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The end of the last term was difficult. I had to reapply for the position of Principal Teacher (basically a re-run of the process three months earlier with the same people) and failed. The short version was, on the day, my interview wasn’t good enough. I spent a couple of sleepless nights angry. I was
Once more into the classroom 2022 Read More »
From August 2020, in Scotland, gaining the Into Headship Certificate became a requirement for an individual to become a headteacher. It has always been an ambition of mine, since returning to education, to become, at some point a headteacher. Towards that end, I applied to join the program in 2019 only to be told that
Over the next couple of weeks, I will be looking at moderation and its implications for teachers and learners. Last year I was fortunate enough to be selected for QAMSO (Quality Assurance and Moderation Support Officer) training provided by Education Scotland. It consisted of six twilight sessions delivered online with colleagues from across the authority.
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The pernicious nature of learning styles means that this idea is one of the most widely propagated educational myths. It is one that refuses to dissipate despite the mountains of evidence that they have no impact on individual learning. I was reminded of this during a course I recently attended where there was a section
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This blog is a designed for easy sharing of some of the more popular recent blogs from this site to help teachers reflect on their practice and to access some key research papers. 1. Read the Research Teaching and Learning Research Summaries: A collection for easy access. Source: Teacher Tools. Five @teacherhead blogs about teaching
Teacher Tools. Five @teacherhead blogs about teaching for easy sharing. Read More »
I have got two of my last three positions by asking on Twitter if anyone wants a traditionalist maths teacher. This hasn’t always worked, but if you have enough followers it might. Generally, however, Twitter is not great for finding employment because while people do tweet adverts or tweet that they are available for work,
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This is the original version of the article published today in The Conversation ( https://theconversation.com/in-britains-battle-over-school-curriculum-celtic-nations-have-got-it-right-90277 ) – before all the editorial to-ing and fro-ing, and with its original title. Source: The school curriculum in the UK: divergence on the Celtic fringe
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I’m pleased to say that teacherhead-consulting is now up and running. If you are interested in the kind of support I can provide, here is a run down of some of the work I’ve done in the last two months. If you would like to contact me to discuss possible work, please use the contact
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