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AI Lead @ Purposeful Ventures; Founder & Director of Innovation @TeacherDevTrust ; former physics/maths teacher, Trustee @TeachingAwards . 🏳️‍🌈 (he/him, cis)

London, England

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David Weston

2 months

After 12 years at TDT and our recent 'Outstanding' judgement, I'm taking up a new part time secondment Purposeful Ventures as their AI Lead. @GarethConyard becomes @TeacherDevTrust 's CEO and I'll be part time Director of Innovation for 6 months. Read more:

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New Horizons & Embracing Change at TDT

New Horizons & Embracing Change at TDT A personal blog from our co-CEO and founder, David Weston As I reflect on the incredible journey of the Teacher Development Trust since its inception in 2012, I...

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David Weston

10 years

I came out as a gay teacher in a whole-school assembly in 2010. Today, 4 years later, I just received this email. Wow http://t.co/Wdgzo4n3lf

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5 years

Absolutely wonderful example of pendulum waves and how different frequencies go temporarily in and out of phase.

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“A bar was walked into by the passive voice". Brilliant!

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7 years ago. 🌈

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David Weston

10 years

I came out as a gay teacher in a whole-school assembly in 2010. Today, 4 years later, I just received this email. Wow http://t.co/Wdgzo4n3lf

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4 years

6 years later and this is still getting retweets!

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David Weston

10 years

I came out as a gay teacher in a whole-school assembly in 2010. Today, 4 years later, I just received this email. Wow http://t.co/Wdgzo4n3lf

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David Weston

3 years

12 years ago today a woman who I don't know passed away and, as an organ donor, gave me the gift of life, with my liver transplant saving me from a potentially fatal disease. I'm raising money today for @LiverTrust if you'd kindly consider it.

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3 years

What an excellent poster of our innate biases. (Via @rparkerrees )

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David Weston

3 years

Just heard that my 85-year old Dad is scheduled for the vaccine next week and that's some of the most heart-warming news I've heard this year.

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David Weston

6 years

Had to withdraw from a future speaking engagement because the organisers had a line up of 8 men. Fortunately managed to get them to agree to replace me with a superb (female) speaker. To their credit they're now overhauling policies BUT it shouldn't happen in the first place.

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David Weston

6 years

Have just heard that my nephew (9) is newly obsessed with Excel and is currently creating a data table to record the likeability factors of his various teddies. This is the most amazing news I've heard this year - the future of civilisation looks bright.

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4 years

Hillary warned us.

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David Weston

3 years

I know there’s people celebrating tonight. But since I can remember I’ve been a proud European and Europhile. I’m sure there are benefits and I accept democracy but, for me, this is a treasured part of my identity that has been forcibly taken from me. 🇪🇺💔🇬🇧

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5 years

Discovery learning 😂

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7 years

Saying a conference is "great CPD" is like saying a trip to Tesco is a "great meal". It's what you do with what you bring back that counts.

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5 years

OUTRAGEOUSLY satisfying afternoon.

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5 years

I'm playing the "what else can I power wash" game this weekend 😂

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2 years

Oh my goodness, this live, interactive map of world winds is *fantastic*! What a resource for schools today! 💨🌍

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5 years

Full circle rainbow! 🌈

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6 years

Dynamite new @educationgovuk report from @profbeckyallen group. One of the most important things anyone in school, LA and MAT leadership should read right now.

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2 years

A period reminder/plea for school leaders to be wary of glossy documents purporting to be 'guidance for schools about trans issues' from pressure groups. Please check with national and local government advice or consult your union.

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5 years

What an amazing and wonderful image.

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David Weston

3 years

If one good thing comes out of all of this it will hopefully be that building standards for ventilation are completely overhauled. No more classrooms with stagnant air!

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3 years

2) To be clear, we’ve known #SARSCoV2 is airborne (and known for a while now, despite deniers & downplayers). But the #b117 is even more transmissible. aerosol study indicates that coronavirus is persistent and stable up to 16 hours in stagnant air.

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9 years

My TEDx talk is now uploaded. "Unleashing Greatness in Teachers" - http://t.co/MDwUpNsnYP #TEDxGR http://t.co/X3Nlj1XEKQ

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David Weston

3 years

VERY EXCITING NEWS. @TeacherDevTrust has been appointed by @educationgovuk as a Lead Provider of the reformed NPQs from September 2021.

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TDT selected as a national NPQ Lead Provider

Wednesday, 31st March 2020 We are delighted to announce that the Teacher Development Trust has been appointed by the Department for Education in England to be a new Lead Provider for the new suite of...

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David Weston

3 years

If anyone outside the UK wonders why we like to talk about the weather so much, you need to understand that last Tuesday it was 22°C🥵 and ☀ while today it's 5°C🥶 and ❄🌨.

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3 years

From today, days will get longer and lighter every day #SpringIsComing 🌱☀️

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4 years

Love this

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4 years

Omg!!!! 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

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Steve Stewart-Williams

4 years

One of my all-time favourites. Stare at the red dot on the woman's nose for 30 seconds, then look at an empty wall while blinking quickly. I promise it's worth it...

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6 years

Well, that was nice. Cheeky little Pride event in Number 10. An unexpected and welcome public apology from @theresa_may for Section 28.

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4 years

Baked a lemon cake and had issues turning it out. But I reckon you can’t tell as I’ve covered it up with icing. #IsolationBaking

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4 years

Well, this will be an image of me in my safe bubble for the next 12 weeks as I'm now officially on medical isolation, being post-transplant and on immune suppression. Here goes!

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3 years

Huge sense of relief - just been called for my first vaccination tomorrow morning. 💉

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7 years

3 years ago today I was having a very weird but lovely day as a result of this tweet.

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I came out as a gay teacher in a whole-school assembly in 2010. Today, 4 years later, I just received this email. Wow http://t.co/Wdgzo4n3lf

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5 years

Well now, this is quite the view from my balcony. #Grindelwald

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4 years

Tell you what, that was pitch-perfect there by Her Majesty.

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David Weston

3 years

Thinking of my amazing mum who passed away nearly 16 years ago. I think this is the first time I’ve wanted to mark Mother’s Day since then - time is a healer... but it does take time.

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David Weston

3 years

I would hate for anyone to read this and think this is a remotely mainstream view. The campaign to demonise trans identity and trans people harms us all. #LGBWithTheT

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Mark Jenkinson MP 🇬🇧

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3 years

I will continue to stand up for the hard-won rights of women and the LGB community. It’s not heterosexual men that suffer when we erase the notion of biological sex, but women and those that are same-sex attracted.

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David Weston

3 years

Currently one of the 3200 people watching the Handforth Parish Council meeting.

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4 years

As a sector, we need to be seriously worried about headteachers' wellbeing right now. The pressure they're under from all sides is absolutely extraordinary and relentless.

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Laura McInerney

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4 years

A comparison of teacher burnout ratings last year to this year. The covid crisis seems to have made life generally less stressful for classroom teachers but more stressful for headteachers - a pattern we have seen since lockdown began.

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6 years

Thought for the day: Wellbeing doesn't mean trying to be happy all of the time... ... it's having the social, emotional and physical resources to surf life's wave.

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4 years

NEWS: Delighted to announce that the wonderful @KLMorgan_2 has just joined the @TeacherDevTrust team as our newest Expert Adviser. 🥳 Find out more:

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4 years

No idea where this is from but it's genius.

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6 years

Are you planning loads of new ideas in 2018? Here's something to bear in mind....

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5 years

Every class in the IT lab when the teacher leaves. (Before they replaced the nice but unwise chairs with bog standard ones)

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7 years

Toxic Schools and how to avoid running them. My slides from yesterday's #rED17 with additional links + tweets.

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David Weston

8 years

My friends & family with depression tell me this video is, sadly, spot on. Please share. via @lifehackorg

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David Weston

3 years

Dealing with these late, huge operational demands would be hard enough for schools when leaders are rested and with weeks of notice. But at this stage of term? I hope colleagues at DfE really understand what's being asked here, however well intentioned. This is without parallel.

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David Weston

4 years

Just learned the Japanese word kuchisabishii. Can relate.

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5 years

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Terrible, terrible decision. Best chef sent home. ARGH! #MasterChefTheProfessionals

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David Weston

3 years

Seriously, this sheet is amazing. SO many resources.

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David Weston

4 years

Today I begin my 42nd year with a cup of coffee in my new @TheBiancaDelRio mug. Quite happy to start afresh after a year of pandemic, separation/divorce and other shenanigans! New beginnings, much contentment. 🎈🎂

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6 years

*Happy/tired co-author finally has copy of own book* ⭐️🎉👏😎

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@KirstieMAllsopp Thank you, Kirstie, for taking a stand. While hardened minds may attack you because you disagree with them, regular people who are yet to make up their minds will find your thoughtful advocacy persuasive.

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3 years

We've just had a huddle here at @TeacherDevTrust charity and we're releasing some of our paid-for content for free during this period of remote-schooling. Three free videos here at

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#CPDConnectUp: Register Now!

Free online video conference from Teacher Development Trust to hear from experts, connect with fellow leaders and find solutions. This series of live webinars brings a truly stellar line-up of CPD...

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6 years

Just seen this on a Facebook forum. We have to change this.

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3 years

Life changing information, if you use a Windows PC, is pressing SHIFT+<windows key>+S lets you copy any section of the screen to the clipboard, to paste into any document

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David Weston

3 years

Inconceivably, my boyfriend just claimed to have been unaware that there were dance moves to Whitfield's Saturday Night.

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7 years

Saying a conference is "great PD" … is like saying a shopping trip is a "good meal" It's what you do with what you bring back that counts

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4 years

Mob action makes me uneasy, but maybe if all British schools had, for the last few decades, taught all children the many shameful and dark aspects of Britain's historic role in slavery and colonisation, that statue would have been long gone already?

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3 years

Looking forward to properly celebrating my first ever Hanukkah with my new partner - he's started his mission to persuade me of its merits with these amazing home-made doughnuts. #HappyHanukkah 🕎

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4 years

Oops. In my talk I just referenced 'PPE time' instead of 'PPA time'. That's quite the sign of the times. 😂 #ldeduchat

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4 years

How to troll maths teachers.

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David Weston

4 years

As poppies grew from the WW1 battlefields, there may be some good that grows from these dark times. I've reflected on 11 things that may be silver linings.

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11 Silver Linings of the Pandemic

Famously, in Flanders’ fields, poppies grew from the devastation. John McRae’s beautiful poem tells us:

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David Weston

6 months

Lived my Travolta fantasy this weekend. I’m in purple, my brother in white. This was for an amazing 50th birthday party here in Belfast.

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7 years

Teacher required to submit week's detailed lesson plans in advance. Should Ofsted explicitly define as Inadequate leadership? I think yes.

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@informed_edu By 8am every Monday morning. Detailed for maths and literacy/reading.

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9 years

The life of a teacher

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4 years

Very exciting to see the new Early Career Framework induction materials made available - for free - from @IOE_London @TeachFirst @EdDevTrust_ECF and @Ambition_Inst - what a feast of resources:

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David Weston

6 years

That feeling when the hospital tells you that you're among the healthiest post-transplant patients they see with "amazingly perfect" blood test results.

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3 years

Seems like the whole of Google is down: mail, office, YouTube. 😱

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3 years

This is really quite a moment in the LGBT+ history of the UK. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🤍💖

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3 years

💷🏳️‍🌈NEW: This is the new Alan Turing £50 note- what a wonderful moment 🌈

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4 years

No idea where this from, but made me chuckle.

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5 years

All quite remarkable. Can you imagine a debate about "do you believe that women's rights should be taught?" Or "do you believe that Jew's rights should be taught?" Can you imagine how easy dismissed it would be even if someone said "ah, but my faith says women are lesser".

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This item discussed the parent protests against the teaching of LGBT sex education in English schools. We heard from a parent who disagrees with the policy & a Birmingham head teacher. Our earlier tweet didn't reflect the item & we have removed it.

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David Weston

4 years

Goodbye, unfinished evil jigsaw. After four weeks of trying, I can safely say that you gave me more pain than pleasure. #BackIntoTheBox

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7 years

Wow, strong PISA findings on inquiry versus teacher-directed classrooms.

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4 years

Amazing sunrise this morning here in Kent

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8 years

Making @StrongerIn more tangible? 😆

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3 years

Just finished #ItsASin and properly in pieces. Stunning TV.

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4 years

Watch this through. I can pretty much guarantee a jaw-dropping WTF moment, 5s before the end. I mean, absolute 🤯😱

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6 years

4 years since this tweet went viral and prompted the creation of OutTeacher which has now become @LGBTedUK 🏳️‍🌈

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10 years

I came out as a gay teacher in a whole-school assembly in 2010. Today, 4 years later, I just received this email. Wow http://t.co/Wdgzo4n3lf

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Happy Pride! #LondonPride2023 #LGBwithTheT 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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2 years

He tries to cover up his racism with “globalist” and “doesn’t love England” and “doesn’t pay tax here” but it ends up boiling down quite simply to “he’s not white”. Extraordinary interview, amazingly patient and courageous questioning @SangitaMyska

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'Rishi Sunak isn't even British!' Sangita Myska eviscerates this racist caller who says Tory party member won't vote for Sunak because 'he doesn't represent Britain'. @SangitaMyska

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David Weston

4 years

I'm struggling to put into words the deep sense of dread and sadness I feel at today's Daily Mail article. It's another 'teachers banned from promoting child-harming LGBT ideas' trope that completely echoes the horrors of the 80s and 90s that saw Section 28.

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The sound of NYC right now.

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David Weston

4 years

The response to "Black Lives Matter" isn't "actually, all lives matter" because the response to "That Burning House Is Important" is not "but All Houses Are Equally Important". Nice cartoon.

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David Weston

5 years

Anne Widdecombe's basic mistake is that she assumes that coming out and reassignment are acts of change, which they are not. They are acts of becoming authentic + revealing the previously hidden real self. There is no "change back", there is only return to hiding and deception.

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David Weston

4 years

@tombennett71 How about "women who haven't had a hysterectomy, some transgender men and some intersex individuals are recommended to start screening", etc. By the age of 60, more than one-third of all women in the US have had a hysterectomy. So perhaps this tweet is fine after all.

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David Weston

8 years

NOW PUBLISHED: The @educationgovuk Standard for Teachers' Professional Development

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Standard for teachers’ professional development

A description of effective practice in professional development for teachers.

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David Weston

8 years

How can schools create a culture where staff thrive? 6 ideas from @TeacherDevTrust schools.

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David Weston

3 years

That lad out at the front? That's my nephew, that is. <Proud Uncle>

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3 years

Patrick 200m District Champion

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David Weston

8 months

Here's my full talk from @researchED1 #rED23 London, now with slides. Expert Teaching: what it is and how to get more of it. I'd love your thoughts.

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David Weston

4 years

Interesting that so many ditching uniform completely for now. Could it be permanent? I've worked in a UK school with no uniform after working in one with a strict uniform and I was pleasantly surprised to see it made pretty much no difference.

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Sue Cowley

4 years

What are people doing about school uniform items that parents can't wash easily like ties and blazers?

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2 years

All dressed up for a Jewish wedding here in Cheshire.

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David Weston

7 years

I can't remember feeling so fiercely defiant for a long time. Watching #OneLoveManchester - what a powerful sense of togetherness.

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David Weston

4 years

Impressively, this list of "good ways to finish meetings" includes some of the very worst ideas I have ever seen for finishing meetings. 😂 < The last 4 are just *spectacularly* terrible ideas, not that the first 3 are that great either. Have a chuckle!

Closing Circles

Looking for fresh ideas for your closing circles? Here are some of our favorites that we have used with different groups! E-mail us with new closing circle favorites.

www.trainingforchange.org

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David Weston

6 years

Today I'm celebrating @NHSBT and @KingsCollegeNHS saving my life 9 years ago. I was at death's door with a rare liver disease @PSCSupportUK - a transplant saved me. Here's my story:

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David Weston

3 years

Oh my, this is stunning. Science teachers, you need this in your lives.

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David Weston

3 years

This is a great paper by Joseph E. Mroz and colleagues on the science of workplace meetings. (short thread 🧵) - this area is absolutely core to @TeacherDevTrust 's view on effective school leadership.

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David Weston

6 years

"We have to promote a culture of trust for teachers, not an audit and micromanagement culture" says @profbeckyallen 👏👏

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David Weston

6 years

I'm at the launch of @Sam_Sims_ and @profbeckyallen new book, The Teacher Gap. Great that the authors are so skillfull focusing policy debate on developing teachers and giving teachers a career worth having.

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David Weston

6 years

At risk of over-interpretation of a throwaway comment, this reflects badly on the media, frankly. The fact that it's seen as disappointing for professionals to behave professionally is rather depressing.

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Robert Peston

6 years

Memo to head teachers: next time you go on a protest march, it might be sensible to do some protesting. My colleagues tell me you were so well-behaved - presumably so as not to set a bad example to your students (!) - that you've made it almost for us to make a TV news piece.

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David Weston

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I've been reading Next Generation Performance Management today by @acolquitt - he reviews and summarises evidence on how to manage performance in ways that work, not based on "myth and superstition". (Thread)

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