I've finally got round to blogging my ideas about Professional Vision and the implications for teacher coaching.
With reference to
@teacherhead
@WALKTHRUs_5
@Josh_CPD
@MissTBegum
Building Teacher Vision: A Core Purpose for Coaching?
Here’s the first in a series of one-page guides produced in partnership with
@HeoldduLearning
@EAS_ProfLearn
, exploring the implementation of The Learning Scientists’ 6 core cognitive strategies. Check out their brilliant resources generously shared here:
Had a go at following
@teacherhead
‘s guidance on managing live writing on Google Slides and it worked like a dream. Assigned a single slide to each pupil on a shared Slides resource, and used grid view to monitor pupils’ writing in real time. Lovely stuff 👍🏼
*NEW* Teaching in the Online Classroom
@Doug_Lemov
@TeachLikeAChamp
fish-bone summaries
@olicav
@MrGoodwin23
✅Dissolve the Screen (new)
✅Means of Participation
✅Pause Points
✅Checking for Understanding (new)
Download a full colour PDF:
The product of two hours in soft play on a rainy Saturday! An
@olicav
-inspired walk-through of
@Doug_Lemov
's 'Right is Right' strategy from the brilliant
#TeachLikeAChampion
I plan to do a series over half term, so feedback welcome!
The next instalment of my
@olicav
@Doug_Lemov
@TeachLikeAChamp
-inspired walk through focuses on 'No Opt Out'. A slightly different approach due to the number of variables in the strategy, but I think it works quite well.
#NoOptOut
5 things that have helped be manage my workload:
1. Live marking
2. Visualiser
3. Whole class feedback
4. ‘I do, We do, You do’ planning
5. Early nights and early starts
#teacherlife
#WorkLifeBalance
Wicked response to the first two, here’s
#3
PERSISTENT LEARNING PROBLEMS
How do coaches and teachers diagnose the problem that most needs addressing?
Based on the thinking of the brilliant
@overpractised
- highly recommend digging in to her blog too 👍🏼
🧵THREAD: In partnership with
@EAS_ProfLearn
@HeoldduLearning
we've produced a series of one-page guides to support students' metacognition.
☑️ Cognitive Learning Strategies
☑️ Metacognitive Strategies
☑️ Self-Regulation
☑️ Motivation
Run-down and link below⬇️
Lots of interest in our series of one-page coaching summaries. More to come over the next few weeks, but here's a download link to:
🔵INSTRUCTIONAL MODELLING
🟡REVIEWING STUDENT PERFORMANCE
🔵PERSISTENT LEARNING PROBLEMS
⬇️
EXPERT TEACHING | This paper by
@PepsMccrea
is a brilliant short read, and a great precursor to the book, due next year:
Here's a summary to accompany your reading:
My collection of one-page coaching summaries is growing, and will soon be available as a free download for
@WALKTHRUs_5
members via the Google Site. Watch this space!
🟨🟦🟩
@HeoldduLearning
My latest one-page coaching summary looks at the importance of cognitive reframing and student-focused feedback in coaching conversations.
Thanks again to
@olicav
for allowing me to borrow
@WALKTHRUs_5
Jenny for the illustrations!
@HeoldduLearning
Just re-read
@PepsMccrea
Lean Lesson Planning - such a helpful little book. Highly recommend the whole series. Here are my summaries:
🏋️♀️NEW: Lean Lesson Planning
🧠 Memorable Teaching
💪🏻 Motivated Teaching
🤓 Expert Teaching
Check out Peps’ books here:
Here's the second in a series of one-page guides produced in partnership with
@EAS_ProfLearn
, exploring how teachers can promote metacognition. Draws on guidance from
@EducEndowFoundn
and the excellent
@RethinkingJames
. Read James' full article here:
Things my new cohort of trainee teachers have been told in Uni:
- Plan 3 part lessons
- Deliver lit, num and ICT every lesson
- Cut teacher talk to a minimum
- Group work as default
- Teach problem solving
🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
Putting the final touches to our new
@HeoldduLearning
@WALKTHRUs_5
Professional Learning Journal to support teachers' development through coaching with WalkThrus, self-directed learning and research enquiry. Printed for all staff for September
#TimHeolddu
@teacherhead
@olicav
I am very privileged to be an officially accredited
@WALKTHRUs_5
trainer. If you’re just getting started, or you’d like some support pushing on, please get in touch - experienced trainers are available across the UK👌
I really enjoyed
@PepsMccrea
Memorable Teaching, and I’d recommend it as a brilliant quick read. If you’ve read it, you might like this snapshot of Peps’ 9 principles:
@PEgeekscorner
@MrGoodwin23
UPDATED: Getting Started With Coaching
A collection of 70+ recommendations of blogs, videos, podcasts, books and academic papers to help schools get started with coaching.
@HeoldduLearning
NEW: CHARACTERISTICS OF A DIALOGICAL COACH
It's all about instructional coaching at the moment. I really like this from the man himself
@jimknight99
#TheImpactCycle
NEW: MOTIVATED TEACHING by
@PepsMccrea
is another absolute gem!
A much more challenging illustration to build, given the nuance of the text, and I am very grateful to
@MrGoodwin23
for the guidance and
@PEgeekscorner
for creating a brilliant 'intrinsic motivation' icon👌
Still working through my notes and accessing the brilliant 'on-demand' content from
#TLC2023
. This session by
@coachandteach
was just BRILLIANT!🤩
Nicole's website is a treasure trove of coaching resources -- check it out!
@CoachingPD
@jimknight99
Today was my final day at
#T
îmHeolddu 🥹& what a wonderful few years it has been! Lots of happy memories & a huge amount to feel proud about too. Grateful to the fantastic pupils, colleagues & community. Massive thank you to
@NerysDavies
@DHTHeolddu
@GDavies75
for your support 🤩
It's been a busy week since the excitement of
#TLC2023
, but managed to find a bit of time to wrap up my notes on this brilliant keynote from
@jimknight99
A Year in the Life of a Coach.
'Be the coach you needed when you were in the classroom.'
@CoachingPD
@WALKTHRUs_5
@olicav
I’m working on a series of wraps to capture some of the great sessions I attended at
#TLC2023
Here’s the first one: A Deep Dive into Goals & Teaching Strategies, from the main man himself
@jimknight99
@CoachingPD
@WALKTHRUs_5
Providing social support for teachers involved in coaching is a key mechanism for success. Here's a summary by the brilliant
@Nikki__Sullivan
Four ways for schools and coaches to provide social support 🤩
THREAD | How We Coach
We coach teachers using
@jimknight99
Impact Cycle, supported by
@WALKTHRUs_5
. We’ve also produced a range of ‘homegrown’ WalkThrus to plug some gaps in our playbook. Coaching is a whole-school enterprise, involving TAs, LSAs, teachers and leaders. /1
My New Year's Resolution (last year😳) was to get started with a blog page. Better late than never!
NEW: Five reasons why I think that technical, pedagogical coaching matters.
All captured in a downloadable, one-page summary at the end of the post.
Had a go at redesigning my
#Literature
knowledge map template, taking
@olicav
advice to remove box lines and employ a more explicit sequence model. Thoughts?
📢📢📢 MORE NEWS!! 📢📢📢
We are also excited to announce that Matt Stone
@MrStoneEnglish
will be joining us at
#rEDCymru
.
Matt is currently favourite to win the “Best Beard” award (although
@thelivingbeard
may provide challenge if he managed to get a ticket)
My New Year's Resolution (last year😳) was to get started with a blog page. Better late than never!
NEW: Five reasons why I think that technical, pedagogical coaching matters.
All captured in a downloadable, one-page summary at the end of the post.
Really enjoyed getting stuck into Seven Factors For Success by
@jimknight99
today. It’s a great distillation of a career’s worth of coaching experience and a sure reference point for any school running a coaching programme🤩
Explicitly planning means of participation to build think ratio with Y12 worked really well today. Silent solo, turn and talk and formative writing 👍🏼
@TeachLikeAChamp
@Doug_Lemov
WJEC Eng Lang U2 interleaved reading and writing resource. Reading approach based on RR Interactive Reading. Writing uses art of the sentence-style approach. 100 slides free to download and edit. A work in progress, but has worked well for my Y11 so far.
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#BrewEdCYMRU
HAS LANDED***
Save the date, educators of Wales! INTERESTED IN ATTENDING? Tickets released shortly ✅ INTERESTED IN SPEAKING? Submit an expression of interest 👇
This is the first time in 16 yrs that I’ve not been involved in preparing students for their exams. In solidarity, here's a blog post where you can download some (hopefully) useful WJEC (Wales) English Lang revision materials ⬇️
@EnglishWales