Talent or genius
Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see. – Arthur Schopenhauer Would it be fair to say that most target setting systems in most schools therefore directs talent? If that is indeed the …
Teaching
Applying teaching strategied, techniques and ideas.
ASCL Leadership of Data Conference Feedback
I was very pleased to receive the ASCL delegate feedback today. Of the ten delegates that attended my ‘New to the data’ role, 6 rated the session as excellent, 3 good and 1 average. The comments really made me feel …
Teaching Standard
When Jon Beck joined Hamble Community Sports College he led a series of Middle Leader meetings in which we discussed a “teaching standard,” to which all staff could aspire subscribe. Following a series of meeting and discussions we drafted an …
Praise and mastery
Great teachers praise students for their efforts but never confuse effort with mastery. Doug Lemov [qr_code_display]
Driven by data – Assessment
ASSESSMENTS – (Aligned, Interim, Reassess, Transparent) Standards (and objectives) are meaningless until you define how to assess them. Because of this, assessments are the starting point for instruction, not the end. And The difference between a formative and they submitted …
Driven by data – first impressions
Driven by Data: A Practical Guide to Improve Instruction – Paul Bambrick-Santoyo Paul Bambrick-Santoyo is the Managing Director of Uncommon Schools Newark, which is composed of seven North Star Academy schools. During Bambrick-Santoyo’s eight years at North Star, the schools …
Maximum Impact
With just two weeks under our belts, I wanted to create a framework to set the expectations of our Senior Heads of Curriculum, of myself even. A structured conversation in which I could reaffirm our aim and the expectation of …
Puffin Live, or so we thought
I understand the necessity for “rapid” progress however I am equally keen to anchor our progress on durable education practice and for me, there are few more important responsibilities than developing reading abilities. Instilling a love of reading a by-product. In a week …