This article was written for SecEd Magazine My work necessitates a lot of travel. Before you conjure images of me in a smoking jacket sipping martinis in the first-class cabin of a transatlantic flight, let me describe a recent journey… Imagine, if you will, an intercity train from the 1970s. You know the type: aContinue reading “Tackling low level disruption”
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Tricks of the teaching trade…
If you’re due to start your teacher training or NQT year in September, this is for you… I bought a Border Collie pup recently and, at eight weeks, have just begun training her. I don’t want to sound disparaging but the experience has reminded me a lot of my teacher-training. I’ve christened my dog MegContinue reading “Tricks of the teaching trade…”
Key Stage 3: Effective homework
This article was written for SecEd magazine and first published in September 2016. You can read the original version on the SecEd website here. You can read more of my monthly columns for SecEd here. Ofsted’s 2015 report KS3: The Wasted Years? claims that key stage 3 is not a high priority for secondary school leaders in termsContinue reading “Key Stage 3: Effective homework”
The octagon of excellence
The most effective way to raise student attainment, according to Ron Berger in his book An Ethic of Excellence, is to create a culture in which every child strives to create his or her very best work every day and has a stake in the collective success or failure of his or her class. I’veContinue reading “The octagon of excellence”
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