Frogs and posteriorties (part 2b)
It has been a bit more of a task than I had anticipated. This frog has been cut up into two parts and twenty-one mouthfuls. We are over half way now… Upgrade Your Key Skills Continuous learning is the minimum …
Frogs and posteriorties (part 2a)
For term, I had been reaping the benefits of a 4:45am start. Gained time from a shortened commute, health benefits from a daily 5 key run, a more conscious diet, improved sleep cycle,whilst enjoying the beauty and solace of the …
Frogs and posteriorties (part 1)
Back in late March, having heard about “Marine time,” (4:30am alarm), I decided to move my morning alarm back to 5am from 6am. At that point, the prospect of my morning alarm starting with a four, seemed… unsociable. If you …
Threshold concepts
The term ‘threshold concept’ has made an appearance in three teaching practice conversations this past week. Not a new education practice term, like Cognitive Load Theory, there has been interest in this construct for ten or more years, it is …
International education leadership
I studied for my Masters at SIUE, USA. I purposefully connected with educators on social media outside my echo chamber. More recently, like many UK teachers I suspect, I have keep an eye on the development of international education (recruitment …
Those small things again
Friday evening (Dec 14th) I fell into a conversation with a former teaching colleague via a Twitter follow that continued over the weekend. I am not going to sugar-coat it, the conversation that followed was the highlight of my day, possibly …
Upstreaming
Time is a precious resource. When I started teaching, Tesco’s didn’t deliver and Amazon was a rainforest under threat, and all of my time belonged to me. Time was at my disposal, thought I accept that I had no personal …
38% difference – strong teacher PD
There are a whole lot of things in this world of ours you haven’t started wondering about yet. Old-Green-Grasshopper Time to read, write, reflect and connect-the-dots this past month has deepen my conviction that teaching and the leading the development …