Blog of the Week
Marc Rowland – Pupil Premium and SEND: learning without labels
This blog is going to be printed, distributed and referenced an awful lot in the coming months and years. A great reference point for how we respond to the needs of pupils who need us most.
Class Teaching
Chris Runeckles – Providing useful feedback for subject teams
Giving useful feedback to subject teams is a tricky part of whole-school secondary leadership. Here is an explanation of one way we try to get that right at Durrington.
Research School Blog
James Crane – Sorry sir, what was the question again?
James looks again at attention and how mini-whiteboards can be a useful tool in securing it.
Other Useful Links
- Tom Sherrington gives us two key considerations for coaching and PD – Two goals for coaching and CPD: Motivation + A Plan of Action. It needs to be both technical and personal.
- This week’s “most common actions” blog from Adam Boxer, is around who we target our questions at – Targeting indicators: MCA6
- Dan Nicholls, on why we need to “be the light” – Unwarranted Optimism
- Some practical advice on what to do with students who regularly miss lessons from Dawn Cox – ‘I can’t do this, I wasn’t here last lesson’ – Absence, lessons and learning
- A thread rather than a blog from Brad Busch, this one is about Cold Calling
- Tom Chillimamp deals with another of those seemingly innocuous things in education that gets people all riled up – Clipboards and control — the role of stationery in authority
- Pete Foster has this post on planning lessons – A well-planned lesson
- From Inner Drive comes this on MCQs – One simple tweak to maximise your multiple-choice quizzes
- Alex Quigley shares EEF guidance on supporting SEND students via the TES – We don’t need ‘magic bullets’ to help pupils with SEND
- Simon Botten gives us 10 ways to improve teaching – How to improve teaching (version 2)
- Claire Stoneman on why we want teachers to return to the profession – We’d love you to come back
- Evidence Based Education has this on tackling educational disadvantage – Strategies for disadvantaged students
Durrington Professional Development Twilights 2023 – 24
This year we are offering twilight training programmes on the following areas of evidence-informed practice. They will take the format of three 90 minute online sessions spread over 6 – 8 weeks. You can book via this form.
The one remaining bookable session is:
- Effective Professional Development
Class Teaching 