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Jennifer Barker

3 years

New post: what do we know about designing effective professional development

Designing effective professional development

Jennifer Barker, Dean of Learning Design, sets out some foundational knowledge and potential implications for those leading professional development here.

www.ambition.org.uk

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

3 years

The new EEF report is out today... a thread

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

3 years

We're going to be getting stuck into the full report and thinking hard about what it means for Ambition's programmes. You can read the full report here:

Effective Professional Development | EEF

Promote, deliver, and design high-quality learning opportunities.

educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

3 years

7. What are the mechanisms I hear you ask?! Here they are, organised into the 4 categories:

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

4 months

Absolutely delighted and privileged to be joining @OrmistonAcads and play a part in building an amazing professional development offer for its staff. I’m incredibly proud of what we’ve achieved at @Ambition_Inst and excited to build on this with the OAT team.

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. @OrmistonAcads has appointed its first national director for learning – @Barker_J , who will be responsible for ‘providing high-quality professional development’

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

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And I’m done! 5 wonderful years at @Ambition_Inst . Thank you to everyone for making it such a brilliant journey. I am incredibly excited about my next step in the journey: joining @OrmistonAcads . See you in a couple of weeks!

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

2 years

Professional Development in School Trusts – capacity, conditions and culture, a CST ‘Bridge to the Future’ paper (with @katypatten ) is out today…a thread. Thanks to @LeoraCruddas and @steverollett of @CSTvoice for this opportunity.

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

3 years

4. Today marks the release of the EEF paper 'What are the characteristics of effective teacher professional development? A systematic review and meta-analysis'. At Ambition we are SUPER excited about it. Ambition's @HFletcherWood is a co-author.

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

3 years

1. We know PD makes a difference: 'the effect of professional development on student learning is similar to estimates of the effect of having a more experienced teacher' ...

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

3 years

'Culture' is difficult to define and yet widely used to describe the environment within a school. This paper looks at what might be helpful to consider when trying to create the culture, or conditions within which pupils can meet the high expectations we set for them...

Ambition Institute

@Ambition_Inst

3 years

The Expert Edit: Building School Culture is here 🏫 🧠Compelling research extracts on school culture and conditions handpicked by @Barker_J 💡Insight from @EducEndowFoundn 's @Sharples_J 📝Reflective prompts to hone the culture in your school. Download your FREE copy now🔽

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

3 years

2. and represents a' greater improvement than estimates for the effect of other school-based interventions' POWERFUL STUFF Fletcher-Wood and Zucollo (2020)

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

1 year

🚨NEWS!!🚨 For those of you familiar with @Ambition_Inst 's work, you'll know how much we care about the research and evidence that underpins our programmes.

Ambition Institute

@Ambition_Inst

1 year

📣Introducing our new research team Evidence is at the heart of what we do at Ambition. Our new research team will explore: ✅what makes effective professional development ✅how we can tackle educational inequality through expert teaching and leadership

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

5 years

A bit gutted not to be there in person for this... being kept busy by this little one for now.

Ambition Institute

@Ambition_Inst

5 years

Today we kick off our Teaching Leaders 2019 residential in Warwick. Over the last year @hamer_marie , @TomRees_77 , @PepsMccrea , @Barker_J , @melissathomlin1 , @miss_marcinko + @HeenaDave12 have transformed the programme using the latest evidence from international experts 1/2

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

4 years

And we’re done! Super happy/excited/nervous to see it in print.

Tom Rees

@TomRees_77

4 years

After almost 10 months of discussion and drafting, @Barker_J and I submitted our final chapters for the @researchED1 Guide to School Leadership earlier this week. A privilege to have been asked by @StuartLock & @tombennett71 . Really looking forward to the book!

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

2 years

@TomRees_77 and I spoke today at the @CSTvoice inaugural Directors of Education conference. Director of Education roles have such an important role to play in the education system, I have SO enjoyed speaking to delegates.

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

3 years

8. And it is these mechanisms we should be concentrating on, the authors argue, rather than the PD form or programme. For example, they found no evidence that lesson study, instructional coaching, or teacher learning communities were more or less effective than each other.

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

4 years

KNOW YOUR STUFF. Sage advice in managing uncertainty from @621carly as she delivers the @Ambition_Inst EML keynote. #ExpertMiddleLeaders

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

3 years

5. The research project identifies 14 'mechanisms' which the authors define as 'empirically-evidenced general principles about how people learn and change their practice.'

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

3 years

3. However, we know that the quality of PD is varied. There are some great things happening, but evidence shows that some PD has negligible effects. This is because it is not understood what it is about PD that is causing the changes we want PD to achieve. UNTIL NOW.

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

4 years

JOB ALERT!! We have vacancies for fellows in the Learning Design Team at Ambition Institute. For anyone interested in teacher and leader development we'd love to hear from you...

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

3 years

6. These mechanisms are grouped into one of 4 categories and PD programmes that include at least one mechanism from each category are three times more likely to have an impact upon pupil standardised test scores. VERY EXCITING, eh?

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

3 years

9. Rather, all three (LS/IC/TLCs) have similar, small, positive overall effects. Crucially, it was the mechanisms employed within these forms of PD that made the difference.

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

2 years

Super excited to welcome Neil to the team. 2022 is looking even more exciting!!

Dr. Neil Gilbride

@nmgilbride

2 years

🚨Exciting News! 🚨 In January, I'll be taking up the post of Associate Dean at @Ambition_Inst I am so excited to be working so many fabulous and inspiring people including @katypatten @Barker_J @TomRees_77 @PepsMccrea and I couldn't be more excited!!

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

6 years

Too many great sessions! #GTDF how do we create great environments, use deliberate practice to support development and the right systems and structures to make it all happen #solvingalltheproblems

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

3 years

The authors are careful to state that there is some statistical uncertainty associated with their results and that more research is needed, but the report is a hugely exciting start towards a better understanding of what it is about PD that is making the difference.

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

4 years

Happy/proud to have been able to contribute to this. Its been a (really) long time in the making, but good things come to those who wait.

Ambition Institute

@Ambition_Inst

4 years

📚 Grab yourself a copy of the new @researchED1 Guide to Leadership 📚 Edited by @StuartLock it includes contributions from our very own @Barker_J and @TomRees_77 . Pre-order a copy below and check out the best bits from our launch webinar here:

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

4 years

Revealing the hidden knowledge of experts to enable the development of leaders' expertise......

The hidden knowledge of experts

In this blog, we focus on the types of knowledge that school leaders need in order to respond effectively to the persistent problems in their school.

www.ambition.org.uk

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

2 years

You can access the paper here: . At @Ambition_Inst we're thinking constantly about how to develop the most effective approaches to PD, we hope this is a useful contribution to this work.

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

7 years

Want to be part of the team that designs the Teach First LDP?

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

2 years

JOB ALERT! Are you interested in: ✅ Learning lots about the development of expertise in teaching and leadership? ✅ Working alongside a group of amazingly skilled curriculum designers? Last chance to apply for a design manager or fellow role...

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

2 months

Super excited to be presenting with the amazing @Sam_LGibbs in Birmingham tomo. We’ll be talking about why teachers’/leaders’ roles are so challenging and - importantly - what we can do about it.

Sam Gibbs

@Sam_LGibbs

2 months

How lucky am I to work with two such brilliant women in one day! @Barker_J and I will be sharing 4 proposals for building a powerful PD culture, including why removing the ‘fluffload’ is one of the most important things school leaders should do. @researchEDBrum

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

4 years

Welcome #ExpertMiddleLeaders to @Ambition_Inst . You are in for an amazing few days.

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

5 years

Today the IfT/ASL begin as Ambition Institute. Exciting times ahead for us all.

Ambition Institute

@Ambition_Inst

5 years

Ambition School Leadership and the Institute for Teaching have merged to create Ambition Institute, a graduate school for teachers, school leaders and system leaders

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

4 years

Ending the wk by shining a spotlight on the great work that school leaders do and exploring how we might be able to support them more effectively. It would be lovely if you could join us.

Ambition Institute

@Ambition_Inst

4 years

We're excited to have @Barker_J & @TomRees_77 hosting our #SummerSeries roundtable on leadership development this week. Tune in for discussion & insights from school leaders & education experts. Sign up to join us live or to get the recording:

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

3 years

We're recruiting! Are you interested in... ✔️developing your own knowledge/expertise of teacher/leader PD? ✔️designing content for a range of PD programmes? ✔️working with a team of incredibly knowledgeable and committed people? Take a look for more info...

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

5 years

Interested in a natter about expertise in school leadership? Come along and see ⁦ @Ambition_Inst ⁩ tomorrow

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

6 years

Passionate about teacher education? Subject specialist? Expertise in designing and delivering curriculum? Based in the NW or Yorkshire? Then this is most definitely for you: @TeachFirst

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

2 years

9.Thanks to Advantage Schools, Ark Schools and Dixons Academies Trusts for their insightful contributions and especially to @NbrownNatalie @DTCJGi and @Missis_SCS for sharing their work.

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

4 years

Looking forward to our brilliant headship cohort this afternoon.

Ambition Institute

@Ambition_Inst

4 years

Participants will explore the persistent problems headteachers face and how the programme will set them up to tackle these with @Barker_J and @TomRees_77 . And we’re excited to be joined by @621Carly and @head_teach who will be providing vital school-based knowledge and context.

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

5 years

We’re still looking for some brilliant people to come and work with our brilliant team-it’ll be an amazing role at an exciting new organisation.

IfT

@ifteaching

5 years

Do you love thinking really hard about what good teaching and educational leadership look like? If so, apply for the role of Fellow in our Learning Design team today:

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

4 years

Enormous effort by a group of incredibly talented people has gone into the design of our ECT resources. We are super happy to share them and super excited for the ECTs about to experience them.

Ambition Institute

@Ambition_Inst

4 years

Early Career Teachers resources launch today: we’ve spent 136 hours filming and 2,913 hours testing our resources in schools to make them the best they can be. Access our free tried-and-tested materials, based on the best available evidence and practice

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

5 years

Job alert!! A brilliant role in @Ambition_Inst 's Learning Design Team. See below for more info:

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

2 years

@CarlyWaterman21 @GemmaPenny2 @ZoeAndrews80 @moldman83 @lodgeparkacad Huge thanks to you @CarlyWaterman21 , @bennewmark and everyone who gave up their time to speak to us. You have been on an amazing journey and created such a wonderful culture at LPA, it was great to see #LPAspirit in action!

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

5 years

Happy retirement to a brilliant teacher, head, CEO (and lovely mum). The difference you’ve made to the lives of countless children and school staff can’t be quantified. You should be so proud.

Barbara Daykin

@barbaradaykin

5 years

My last week before retirement. It’s been quite a journey. Thanks to everyone who’s made it such an adventure and especially those who have stuck with me through the tough times. You really are the best.

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

5 years

In case you missed it, a helpful summary of the key points we made in our #EducationFest talk on teacher and leader expertise @Ambition_Inst

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

3 years

Interested in: ✅ Learning lots of interesting stuff about teaching and leadership? ✅ Joining a group of amazingly skilled facilitators? ✅ Delivering a brand new suite of NPQs? @Ambition_Inst would love to hear from you...

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

4 years

A great way to end the week, lovely to share our perspective on school leadership with so many curious leaders.

Arv_Kaushal

@Arv_Kaushal

4 years

As we draw to the end of another week with #LDeduchat I’d like to say a big thank you to @Barker_J @TomRees_77 for a great session on Headship today. This week we’ve also seen @CliveWoodward @nigeldmorris @TimArmoo @teacherhead @vicgoddard @BobCox_SFE ...what a journey!

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

2 years

8.From carving out/protecting time for PD, building disciplinary communities, running trust-wide teams to drawing on central teams for additional capacity and much more, the paper includes thoughtful and thought-provoking ideas about how PD might be most effectively implemented.

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

4 years

@SLTchat The opportunity to get into different school settings and see how others were tackling similar problems #SLTchat

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

2 years

2.and represents a 'greater improvement than estimates for the effect of other school-based interventions' (Fletcher-Wood and Zucollo, 2020). The effects of PD are even more important for pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds.

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

3 years

Happy/excited to be speaking at @EducationFest tomorrow. Great summary from @TomRees_77 on what we'll be covering... 👇👇👇

Tom Rees

@TomRees_77

3 years

Really looking forward to presenting at @EducationFest tomorrow with @Barker_J . Our session is at 10.50am and we'll be presenting: 'What is expert school leadership and how do we get more of it?' A THREAD on 5 things we'll cover... #EducationFest

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

4 years

Most exciting thing thats happened in WAY too long.

John Catt Educational from Hodder Education

@JohnCattEd

4 years

@Ambition_Inst @researchED1 Huge thanks to Ambition for helping us launch the next book in the brilliant 'researchED Guide to...' series. @StuartLock edits contributors including @ragazza_inglese , @dylanwiliam , @TomRees_77 & @barker_j , @jon_hutchinson_ and more!

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

3 years

Engaging with Steve in such a respectful way gives me a lot of hope that we can make good progress in what is a deeply important topic: how can we develop leaders to enable them to achieve the best outcomes for pupils.

steve munby

@steve_munby

3 years

I attach a blog about why I think generic leadership skills matter and why we should maintain a balance between generic and domain-specific leadership ’s in response to some good blogs from @TomRees_77 @barker_j and @steverollett

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

2 years

4.A growing body of evidence identifies what it is about PD that leads to it being effective. ‘Active ingredients’ or ‘mechanisms’ i.e. ‘empirically evidence principles about how people learn and change their practice’ (EEF, 2021, p4) have been identified as being important.

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

2 years

3.We also know that PD is cheaper than other ways to improve pupil outcomes, it can reduce the likelihood a teacher will leave and can help teachers to enjoy their work more.

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

6 years

@ifteaching @Ambition_SL @TomRees_77 Totally brilliant and very excited to be joining. Two great organisations for the price of one and some excellent avengers memes to boot. What more could you ask for?

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

1 year

A formidable group of researchers, all working to produce high quality evidence about how to improve the quality of professional development. We're getting ready to release our first research output and we could not be more excited to share it with you. Watch. This. Space.

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

3 years

Lovely to talk with @DavidDidau this wk. And to top off the wk, this arrived in the post. Thanks @JohnCattEd

Tom Rees

@TomRees_77

3 years

Enjoyed talking about leadership development and the new @researchED1 guide to Leadership with @Barker_J and @DavidDidau earlier this week. Thanks for having us!

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

2 years

3. Effective PD should attend to what we know about ‘mechanisms’ or ‘active ingredients’ i.e. exactly what it is that is causing behaviour change. A helpful study () finds some empirical evidence for these mechanisms and what they look like in practice.

Effective Professional Development | EEF

Promote, deliver, and design high-quality learning opportunities.

educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

2 years

@DominicJ_Martin @researchEDBrum Of course and apologies for my tardy response. In order of mention: 1. Wu and Shen (2022) The association between principal leadership and student achievement: A multivariate meta-meta-analysis 2. Kraft & Papay (2016) The Myth of the Performance Plateau ....

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

2 years

1.Professional development is really important. We know it makes a difference: 'the effect of professional development (PD) on student learning is similar to estimates of the effect of having a more experienced teacher'…

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

4 years

@LeeDonaghy @ClareSealy @olicav @PepsMccrea Me four

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

5 years

‘I hope we will develop our approach to value the knowledge and expertise we see in our most competent leaders’ more wise words from Tom Rees.

Tom Rees

@TomRees_77

5 years

New today for ⁦ @SchoolsWeek ⁩: Substance over style is the key to great school leadership. An argument for leadership expertise.

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

3 years

Looking forward to getting stuck into this @head_teach , @profbeckyallen and @Waldenkent

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

3 years

Looking at how we might better ensure high quality PD for school leaders with @TomRees_77 .

From the ‘what’ to the ‘how’ of school leadership development

Jen and Tom turn their attention to the ways in which expertise can be effectively developed - moving from the 'what' to the 'how' of leadership development.

www.ambition.org.uk

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

2 years

5.However, the evidence is much less clear about what schools and trusts might do to make sense of all this and help their teachers improve. On top of this, schools are busy, complex and sometimes challenging places to work.

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

3 years

End. That got a bit long! If anyone has anything they think is worth reading on culture, I'd love to hear it.

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

4 years

We think of expertise as the ability to consistently and effectively tackle the persistent problems of a role and we're thinking about what this means for the work of school leaders. Find out more....

The persistent problems of school leadership

Jen Barker and Tom Rees discuss the use of ‘persistent problems’ as the purpose for school leaders’ work. Learn more in this guide.

www.ambition.org.uk

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

3 years

Great role, great team, great org. Get in touch!

Tom Rees

@TomRees_77

3 years

We're hiring! This is a great opportunity to have system impact and to join my team as a Programme Director at @Ambition_Inst , leading on a suite of national school leadership development programmes. Please do share and DM with any questions!

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

3 years

@pollyweddle This is one of my favourites, and SO much relevance for EY:

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

3 years

@CarlyWaterman21 @TomRees_77 @KathrynMorgan_2 @MatthewAKraft 'Study less well understood phenomenon' we're winning with school leadership then 😂

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

7 years

Another day in the life of super head/super mum/super everything.

Barbara Daykin

@barbaradaykin

7 years

Delighted to have been selected as National Leader of Education #NLE #EndeavourTrust

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

2 years

@bennewmark @RoseUnwin @olicav @ShaunMbe @LeoraCruddas @nancygedge @Samfr @michael_merrick @SimonKnight100 @NDempseyDTA @AspieDeLaZouch @Saba_Salman @CarlyWaterman21 @teach_well @JamesHandscombe @miss_mcinerney @StarlightMcKenz @ciarale01 @DrBARAndrews Sorry not to be with you, it will be a great session.

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

4 years

@Ambition_Inst @KLMorgan_2 @helenamoore_ @researchEdhome Really looking forward to catching up with this!

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

4 years

This will be an hour well spent.....

Claire Stoneman

@stoneman_claire

4 years

On Tues this is my presentation for @researchEdhome . It’s a more developed version of one I gave at @cymru_ed & @researchEDBrum , this time with lots of practical ideas to help. Hat tips to @DTWillingham , @doctorwhy , @DrSumeracki , @DavidDidau , @Barker_J & @TomRees_77 🙌

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Jennifer Barker

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2 years

We talked about why professional development (PD) is important, what effective PD is (and isn’t), some of the barriers to effective PD and about how we can leverage the capacity and conditions within trusts to support more effective PD. A thread...

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

4 years

This is going to be an hour well spent.

Kathryn Morgan

@KathrynMorgan_2

4 years

Delighted to deliver the final #rEDHome with my Ambition buddy @helenamoore_ We’ll be exploring insights from Viviane Robinson’s ‘Reduce Change to Increase Improvement’: >student centred leadership >relational trust >mental models/theories of action >dialogic inquiry Do join us👇🏻

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2 years

7.Examples of what trusts can do (and indeed already do) are highlighted in the paper – each related to the capacity of the trust to provide expertise and the conditions and culture the trust can effect.

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

3 years

Part 2!!

Tom Rees

@TomRees_77

3 years

@Barker_J Post 2: Complexity, Purpose and Problems within School Leadership @Barker_J @Ambition_Inst

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

3 years

Associate Dean: Fellow: Design Manager: DM for more info / informal chat.

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

3 years

Interesting report from @deansforimpact demonstrating the impact of a redesigned teacher prep programme (rooted in the science of learning) on the understanding and practice of teachers.

Benjamin Riley

@benjaminjriley

3 years

It’s taken a few years, but @deansforimpact now has evidence that hundreds of future teachers are learning about learning science, and on path to deepen meaning & learning with their students. Our new report — longest one yet! — has the details:

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6.The paper looks at how trusts – by virtue of their potential to provide capacity and manage the conditions within which PD takes place - are well placed to mitigate some of the challenges associated with designing and implementing PD effectively.

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

7 years

Why mythbusting fails: A guide to influencing education with science | Deans for Impact

News & Blog | Deans for Impact (DFI)

www.deansforimpact.org

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

4 months

@DavidDidau @OrmistonAcads @Ambition_Inst And you too David.

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

7 years

@catherine_butt @palacealiced @mrkylebailey @RJDClark -lots of interesting things here!

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

7 years

@reuben_moore @catherine_butt a great read and we have nearly all on our own reading list!

Michael Fordham

@mfordhamhistory

7 years

Download my Guided Bibliography for the Traditional Teacher. Comments and feedback welcome on first edition.

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

2 years

7. Conditions: research suggests attending to the following criteria might enable a more effective PD experience; PD that: a. is aligned with school and educator need (addresses the persistent problems of educators’ work /core improvement challenges across the school/trust)

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

8 years

Interesting research into why attitudes to learning matter @RJDClark @catherine_butt @SophieMorganW

🇬🇧 TeacherToolkit.co.uk

@TeacherToolkit

8 years

Why and How do Attitudes to Learning Improve Academic Performance? via @TeacherToolkit

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

2 months

@adamboxer1 These are excellent points. @Sam_LGibbs lots of relevance to our thinking on implementation.

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

3 years

@KLMorgan_2 You're too kind. And also no pressure!!

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

4 years

@StuartLock I wrote my speech and nipped into town to buy a wedding ring on the morning of my wedding. Its totes doable.

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

2 years

@DominicJ_Martin @researchEDBrum 3. Sims et al (2021) What are the characteristics of effective teacher professional development. A systematic review and meta-analysis I hope you enjoy them!

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

3 years

@SaysMiss @TomRees_77 This is such a great question. I think we have a lot to learn about how different 'types' of knowledge are developed. I think you're right about FK acting as a type of lever. I also think experience/coaching/ reflection/setting implementation intentions are esp important for SRK.

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

2 years

8. @katypatten and I have written more about this here:

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

5 years

@helenamoore_ @olicav You know you’ve made it when....

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

2 years

6. Capacity is a key issue for the delivery of high quality PD. Trusts, as they scale, have the opportunity to pool resources and expertise, and to build capacity in areas such as tech, event delivery and research/evaluation.

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

6 years

Amazing job working for our Research & Strategy dept -

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

2 years

b. is supported effectively (high quality resources that can be assimilated into educators' practice simply / effectively) c. fits well into the school’s content (leaders’ support, understanding (and possibly involvement), enough time so that PD doesn’t add significant work.

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

5 years

@SLTchat Just started reading this, authors argue that it is ‘effortfully acquired abilities’ those ‘that carry us beyond what nature has specifically prepared us to do, that we properly refer to as expertise’ #SLTChat

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Jennifer Barker

@Barker_J

7 years

Great role in a great team @TeachFirst

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