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Teacher Inquiry Groups: Memory
Today was an INSET day at Durrington and as a part of this, we had the second of our ‘Teacher Inquiry Group’ (TIG) meetings. In September 2018 we began the implementation of ‘Inquiry Questions’ at Durrington. The idea was for … Continue reading
100 things 1% better
On Friday at our DMAT Leadership Conference, Humphrey Walters talked to us about his experience of working with winning teams – you can read more about it here. One of the points he made is that winning teams don’t make … Continue reading
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Learning from our most successful teams
Today’s INSET day had a very clear focus – ‘Getting better at getting better’. The quotes above were shared, because they summarise what it means to be a teacher at Durrington: Regardless of our experience, we are all committed to … Continue reading
Improving our subject knowledge
In the Sutton Trust research review (2014) ‘What makes great teaching?’ (extract above) the subject content knowledge of a teacher is at the top of the six components of great teaching. ‘Teachers cannot help children learn things they themselves do … Continue reading
Growing a culture of great teaching
These are the slides that Andy Tharby and I talked through at the Wellington Festival of Education on Friday. Andy talked about how we used the wisdom of great teachers we had worked with over the years, alongside evidence from … Continue reading
Five reasons I like this Post-It
My job requires me to spend a considerable amount of time in the classrooms of my colleagues. Last week I saw this Post-It note stuck to the computer screen of one my colleagues. This made me feel happy for a … Continue reading
Now that’s what I call CPD
Today was the first day back after the spring break and we had one of our fortnightly ‘Subject Planning & Development Sessions’. I have blogged about these before here. The purpose of them is simple – for subject teams to … Continue reading
Getting that little bit better – supporting teachers with personalised CPD
Since September we (Shaun Allison, Martyn Simmonds & Chris Runeckles) have been working with staff at Durrington, to plan their CPD. Whilst we put in a place a number of general CPD activities for staff to engage with, such as 15 minute … Continue reading
Getting to the heart of teacher led CPD
Over the last few years at Durrington we have developed a range of approaches to CPD – you can get an overview of them here and in my book ‘Perfect Teacher Led CPD’. As the title of the book suggests, all … Continue reading
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