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5 psychological reasons for the fight you’re having on social media

by David Weston | 9 Aug, 2014 | Advice

Wondering why that person is violently disagreeing with you? Are they misguided, deliberately annoying or just a bad person? Surprisingly, you might actually disagree rather less than you think. 1. Interpretation errors In your brain, each word that you read is mapped...

The CPD Paradox: Addressing educational disadvantage through improving professional development in schools

by admin | 25 Jul, 2014 | Uncategorized

The CPD Paradox: Addressing educational disadvantage through improving professional development in schools Josh Goodrich – @Thecpdparadox What is ‘The CPD Paradox’? One thing that all schools have in common is some form of CPD. Over the country, a vast amount...

Views sought: how do we balance student and teacher needs?

by David Weston | 24 Jul, 2014 | Leadership, Teachers

At the Teacher Development Trust we have an explicit mission to promote powerful professional development that helps students succeed and teachers thrive. Sometimes there are examples of extraordinarily successful schools, especially in areas of greater deprivation,...

Summer Celebration – Tea with TDT in the Houses of Parliament

by admin | 10 Jul, 2014 | Uncategorized

On Monday 30th June, the Teacher Development Trust hosted our Summer Celebration Tea in the Members’ Dining Room in the Houses of Parliament. The event marked the launch of the trust’s Annual Report 2014, and the formal announcement of Lord Andrew...

Teacher Development Trust Annual Report 2014

by admin | 30 Jun, 2014 | Uncategorized

We are delighted to announce the launch of the Teacher Development Trust’s Annual Report 2014. In this report, to be publicly released later today at an event in the Houses of Parliament, we publish some important findings around how schools across England...

Announcement: Honorary President and Chair of Trustees

by admin | 30 Jun, 2014 | Uncategorized

The Teacher Development Trust is delighted to announce the following appointments: Lord Andrew Adonis, politician, academic, journalist and former Minister of State for Education, joins the Trust as our Honorary President Sir John Holman, Emeritus Professor of...

Key facts from TALIS – England versus the world

by David Weston | 25 Jun, 2014 | Data, Research

Here is a list of some key and important facts that our team at the Teacher Development Trust has pulled out of today’s report. Do check back for updates. You can read our press release here. School Leaders in England versus the average for TALIS countries...

Slides from Wellington Festival of Education

by David Weston | 22 Jun, 2014 | Advice, Events

On Saturday 21st June, our CEO David Weston presented a seminar on “How can we develop the world’s best teachers”. You can download the slides and notes from DropBox here. Here are a few of the slides:

TDT May Newsletter

by admin | 21 May, 2014 | May 2014

Welcome to the Teacher Development Trust May Newsletter. In this issue: NTEN ResearchED York Conference Materials can be found here Most materials from the superb event can be found from the link above. Many thanks to John Tomsett, Huntington school and ResearchED for...

NTEN ResearchED York – Resources

by admin | 19 May, 2014 | Events

NTEN RESEARCHED YORK – SATURDAY 3RD MAY 2014 A BIG thank you to all the speakers for making NTEN ResearchED York such a successful and fantastic day. Below are the links to presentations which have been collected and more presentations and video links will be...

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