Monthly Archives: November 2015

Originally posted on Matthew Evans:
Any economist knows that people respond to incentives. Senior leaders in schools should bear this in mind when they seek to hold teachers to account. Pay attention to a behaviour and generally you’ll see more…

Remember that Time is Money. He that can earn Ten Shillings a Day by his Labour, and goes abroad, or sits idle one half of that Day, tho’ he spends but Sixpence during his Diversion or Idleness,… Continued here http://ift.tt/1MR8bGR

The opposite of talking isn’t listening. The opposite of talking is waiting. Fran Lebowitz One of the criticisms of my post about book monitoring is that I have omitted checks to see whether students… Continued here http://ift.tt/1NXxeWH

Originally posted on Governing Matters:
In this post I discuss Section Two of the new Governance handbook and Section One of the old Governors’ handbook (Jan 2015) as these sections discuss the core strategic functions of governing boards. Duties which…

Originally posted on Filling the pail:
There is a curious constituency out there who are desperate to make the case for learning styles, despite all of the evidence that we now have. Some recognise the issues with the way learning…

Originally posted on Class Teaching:
We are talking a great deal about the importance of high expectations, challenge for all and effort, at our school at the moment.  Rather than thinking about them in isolation though, we should probably be considering…

Originally posted on Starter for Five:
Name: Gwen Nelson Twitter:  @Gwenelope Sector:  FE Subject: English Position: Lecturer A-Level and GCSE English courses 5 Bits of Advice About: Teacher survival kit Thermos camping mug with lid: so that you can carry your caffeine elixir around…

Originally posted on Starter for Five:
Name: MissCranky Twitter:  @MissCranky Sector:  Secondary Subject: Position: Teacher 5 Bits of Advice About: Doing the job you’re employed to do Know your conditions of service. This might be School Teachers’ Pay & Conditions, or different if you’re…

Originally posted on Starter for Five:
Name: Bigkid4 Twitter:  @Bigkid4 Sector:  Secondary Subject: Maths Position: Teacher 5 Bits of Advice About: Teaching A Level Maths If pupils weren’t motivated, independent learners in year 11 then they still won’t be… Unless you teach them to…

Here’s last week’s posts. If you are a Labour supporting teacher and you’d like to write something for us, please get in touch. Also, remember that from today until Friday is Anonymous Week, so if you want to share something … Continue reading →