It is widely acknowledged that improving the quality of teaching and leadership are two of the key levers for improving educational outcomes (Hattie, 2003; Leit...
Teachers acquire new skills in a number of ways: through experience, through working with other high-quality teachers and through participating in effective pro...
Across my career, I have experienced different formats of CPD. Some of these have been successful, where they have given staff the opportunity to discuss the im...
Since the end of the 19th century, journal clubs have been used in medicine as a social way to read and discuss new research. By the 1980s, many medical trainin...
In a climate where teachers’ response to traditional continuous professional development (CPD) and feedback from formal observations is often ‘passive’ (Daniels...
Why focus on continuous professional development?
Wiliam suggests that ‘teacher quality is the most important ingredient of an effective education system’ (201...
While working as a newly qualified teacher in Hong Kong, I often reflected upon, and explored with my colleagues, which classroom strategies might help to suppo...
This reflection describes the development of a trust-wide professional learning culture where ‘professionals continually developing and supporting each other s...
The best thing we can do for disadvantaged students is to give them-high quality teachers. Research from the Sutton Trust in 2011 showed the significant impact ...
Perhaps more than ever before, there is a real opportunity to develop communities of professional learning that instil habits of collaboration, deep thinking an...
Virtually everyone working in schools would agree that CPD is important, but in a Teacher Tapp survey, 40 per cent of secondary classroom teachers claimed that ...
It is difficult to use the word ‘love’ without risking alienating those who will immediately perceive it as a ‘fluffy’ concept, and one that has no place in lea...
Humour is a fundamental part of our everyday lives and is a shared characteristic across all cultures. We enjoy the playful humorous interactions that we have w...
Conflict of interest statement: The authors of this case study work for Challenge Partners, an education charity who operate a paid membership model for schools...
In this comparative case study, I examine how two expert American high school teachers design, organise and teach their classes to identify teacher pedagogical ...
In 2016, although our school was improving, we needed to do more. Faculty leaders reported spending too much time reactively managing behaviour; staff saw a nee...
"When students get to know that you care about them as individuals… then the teacher’s discipline is judged and accepted within the understanding that the teach...
We live in an age of rapid change, with pressures that are increasingly global alongside the everyday stresses and successes created by our individual lives. Th...
One of the biggest causes of stress for teachers is behaviour management (Education Endowment Foundation, 2019). This stress can be escalated when you use every...
Rationale
In May 2018, a cockapoo puppy, aged nine weeks old, was introduced to Our Lady’s Catholic High School, Lancashire. The dog was undergoing training to...
