by admin | 1 Jan, 2014 | Leadership, Psychology, Teachers
I take real pleasure in watching people engage in debate around meaty questions in education. Should we be promoting independent, child-led learning or should we be building the scaffolds of knowledge, passed down the generations from teacher to student? Should we...
by admin | 24 Oct, 2013 | Events, Leadership, Media, News, Newsletter, October 2013
This blog summarises a meeting between members of the National Teacher Enquiry Network (NTEN) and the Secretary of State, Michael Gove. This is one of the articles in the TDT October Newsletter (sign up here). Six representatives of members of the National Teacher...
by admin | 5 Sep, 2013 | Advice, Leadership, Newsletter, September 2013
In this blog, John Tomsett discusses how to manage school Performance-Related Pay for Teachers in the best possible way. This is one of the articles in the TDT September Newsletter (sign up here). John is a Headteacher in York. This article originally appeared on his...
by admin | 5 Sep, 2013 | Advice, Leadership, Newsletter, Opinion, September 2013
In this blog, Tom Boulter discusses how he went about designing an INSET day. This first appeared here, and you can read more of his work on his own blog. This is one of the articles in the TDT September Newsletter (sign up here). Lots of recent blogs have expressed a...
by admin | 5 Sep, 2013 | Leadership, Newsletter, September 2013, Teachers
Cramlington Learning Village is a successful Comprehensive School in the North East of England that has been graded ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted in the last four inspections. Ken Brechin, Deputy Head of Cramlington Learning Village explains the CPD that is carried out in...
by admin | 5 Sep, 2013 | Leadership, September 2013, Teachers
Oakmere Primary School took part in the first phase of the NTEN Lesson Study pilot starting in January 2013 which encouraged schools to engage with the Lesson Study process. Here, Julie Lilly, the headteacher at Oakmere describes their experience. Following the...
