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Is Twitter CPD?

by admin | 15 May, 2017 | Opinion, Teachers

This recent article outlines the many benefits of teachers engaging with other teachers through Twitter or social media. As it rightly outlines, Twitter is an excellent resource for finding ideas, hearing about new research, being informed and potentially challenging...

Where are the Mental Health First Aiders in our Schools?

by admin | 7 Dec, 2016 | Research, Teachers

Dr Helen Pote is a Clinical Psychologist with over 20 years experience in the NHS and schools helping young people with their mental health problems and supporting teachers to do the same. She has worked for over 15 years as an academic and researcher at the...

Guest Post: Simon Knight on Vulnerable Learners

by admin | 1 Dec, 2016 | Opinion, Teachers

Guest Post: Simon Knight on Vulnerable Learners Read an exclusive extract from the National Education Trust’s upcoming book ‘Learning without Labels’. This blog is an edited chapter from NET’s upcoming book ‘Learning without Labels’ due...

Appreciative Inquiry in Coaching

by admin | 29 Nov, 2016 | Advice, Leadership, Opinion, Teachers, Uncategorized

Appreciative Inquiry in Coaching How Tony Nicholls & Kathryn Morgan used this reflective model to improve one school’s professional learning culture This guest post sets out to explore the impact that the principles of Appreciative Inquiry (AI) can have in...

Is reading a virus?

by admin | 26 Sep, 2016 | Research, Teachers

Dr Jessie Ricketts (@ricketts_lara) In 1998, Uta Frith argued that reading, a cultural invention, is a ‘virus’ that ‘infects speech processing’. So how does learning to read impact on oral vocabulary learning? Infants begin by learning spoken labels (phonological...

Why TDT is helping the drive to #ClaimYourCollege

by David Weston | 2 Feb, 2015 | College of Teaching, News, Teachers

At the Teacher Development Trust our mission is to foster the sorts of powerful professional development that help children succeed and teachers thrive. We know that this happens when teachers are treated as autonomous professionals acting in a collaborative way,...