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Vice Principal @coopbellevue โ€ข C Geog โ€ข Principal Examiner โ€ข Author @JohnCattEd @CrownHousePub @RoutledgeED โ€ข @charteredcoll Fellow โ€ข Governor @jtfreeschool

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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
1 year
***WHOLE CLASS FEEDBACK*** Thread ๐Ÿงต All too often feedback doesnโ€™t create opportunities for pupils to feedforward and allow application to different contexts from across the curriculum. It ends up looking at isolated components / composites creating a 1/
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
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I canโ€™t believe Iโ€™m writing this. Life is so fragile and sometimes people canโ€™t go on. My brother couldnโ€™t carry on yesterday and left this world. Iโ€™m beyond heartbroken ๐Ÿ’” Please if you feel you need help talk and reach out to someone.
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
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This is one of the last photos I have of my brother ๐Ÿ’” He was trying so hard to overcome what was going on in his head. He was reading books to try and help. Hold your family tight especially today. He leaves behind two beautiful children who have lost their father. ๐Ÿ’”
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
11 months
I canโ€™t believe Iโ€™m writing this. Life is so fragile and sometimes people canโ€™t go on. My brother couldnโ€™t carry on yesterday and left this world. Iโ€™m beyond heartbroken ๐Ÿ’” Please if you feel you need help talk and reach out to someone.
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
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The most pointless comment by a teacher to a teacher? In at #1 โ€œThey behave for meโ€ ๐Ÿ‘€
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
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How to NOT solve the recruitment crisis ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
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Last week I watched a colleague use a combination of cold call, hands up and scaffolded questions in a sequence It was fantastic to watch but was possible because of the strong culture ๐Ÿ‘Œ
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
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***REMOTE TEACHING CPD*** There's a lot of fantastic online courses and books available at the moment. I thought I'd put them together for my department and available here if it's helpful for fellow colleagues ๐Ÿ™‚ #remotelearning #CPD #teacherdevelopment
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
8 months
We donโ€™t know what someone is thinking even if they appear happy. It was so hard to hear today that my brother reached out three days before he made his decision to leave. The doctors surgery on that day didnโ€™t have an appointment for him. It breaks my heart to think he mightโ€ฆ
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
2 years
Iโ€™ve said it many times and talked to @educationgovuk We need ONE standard teacher application form ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
11 months
If just one person from this post reaches out it will bring some comfort to what is so heartbreaking. ๐Ÿ’” Thank you so much for all the kind words it means the world ๐ŸŒ to my family and my mum is so grateful to each and everyone of you. Iโ€™ve decided Iโ€™m going to cycle a 100โ€ฆ
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
11 months
I canโ€™t believe Iโ€™m writing this. Life is so fragile and sometimes people canโ€™t go on. My brother couldnโ€™t carry on yesterday and left this world. Iโ€™m beyond heartbroken ๐Ÿ’” Please if you feel you need help talk and reach out to someone.
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
2 years
Differentiation is a poison in our education system It needs eradicating - teach to the top and scaffold up
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Only took 8 years to get to a sensible place on differentiation. So glad that @Ofstednews has smashed through the nonsense around differentiation.
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
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Dear @educationgovuk , We are now in the final half term of the academic year. It would be really helpful to know what the plan is for Year 11 and 13 next summer BEFORE we start the new academic year. A bit of advice. This doesn't mean announcing it during the HOLIDAYS. Thanks
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
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If exams are going to be different in summer 2022 teachers deserve to know NOW โœ… We shouldnโ€™t be going into the new academic year not knowing what Year 11 will be doing โœ…
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
5 years
Year 9 today. โ€œAre we having a fun lesson today?โ€ Me, โ€œYes, weโ€™re discovering the reasons for population distribution in the Middle East.โ€ Year 9, โ€œItโ€™s our last lesson though.โ€ Me, โ€œNo, your last lesson is just before your first GCSE exam in Year 11.โ€ Year 9, SPEECHLESS ๐Ÿคฃ
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
2 years
My usual new academic year focus tweet ๐Ÿ‘‡ Teach to the top ๐Ÿ” Scaffold up ๐Ÿชœ Ask lots of questions โ‰๏ธ Check for understanding ๐Ÿ‘€ Activate regular spaced retrieval ๐Ÿ“‚ Provide guided feedback ๐Ÿ” Explain with precision ๐ŸŽฏ Model excellence ๐Ÿ” Develop self-regulation ๐Ÿง
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
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My usual new academic year focus tweet ๐Ÿ‘‡ Teach to the top ๐Ÿ” Scaffold up ๐Ÿชœ Ask lots of questions โ‰๏ธ Check for understanding ๐Ÿ‘€ Activate regular spaced retrieval ๐Ÿ“‚ Provide guided feedback ๐Ÿ” Explain with precision ๐ŸŽฏ Model excellence ๐Ÿ” Develop self-regulation ๐Ÿง ๐Ÿ˜Ž
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
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Start of spring term consistency ๐Ÿ‘Œ Teach to the top ๐Ÿ” Scaffold up ๐Ÿชœ Ask lots of questions โ‰๏ธ Check for understanding ๐Ÿ‘€ Activate regular spaced retrieval ๐Ÿ“‚ Provide guided feedback ๐Ÿ” Explain with precision ๐ŸŽฏ Model excellence ๐Ÿ” Develop self-regulation ๐Ÿง
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
1 year
***๐ŸšจGIVEAWAY๐Ÿšจ*** To celebrate the upcoming release of my new book ๐Ÿ“– Iโ€™m giving away a copy. Just retweet and like this post to enter! ๐Ÿ˜Š #PowerfulQuestioning
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
1 year
*Leadership* โ€˜The standard you walk past is the standard you acceptโ€™ This is so important for all levels of leadership in schools. Model this to colleagues when walking the school When leaders accept standards against the school expectations it weakens the culture
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
3 years
Interesting infographic #geographyteacher for class discussion ๐Ÿ‘Œ
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
3 years
Where are we putting the other 20 students per class... Asking for a friend
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
1 year
The idea that schools are at competition with each other in local areas bothers me. EVERY child in EVERY school deserves a high quality education. Itโ€™s NOT a competition for who can be the best. All schools should work collaboratively to make this happen.
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
2 years
***WHOLE CLASS FEEDBACK*** A few examples of feedback that prompts pupils to feedforward Explicit success criteria โœ… Misconceptions โœ… Vocab upgrades โœ… Model answers โœ… Explanation extenders โœ…
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
3 years
Iโ€™m struggling to understand @BorisJohnson @MattHancock IF schools are back on the 8th March WHY are teachers yet to be vaccinated! ๐Ÿคจ
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
1 year
***SCAFFOLDING*** Thread ๐Ÿงต Teaching is a complex activity with lots of factors interrupting learning. Scaffolding is a strategy that allows teachers to be responsive during lessons to support students to move towards the same end goal. The route each students takes can lookโ€ฆ
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
11 months
Losing someone is heartbreaking ๐Ÿ’” But, losing someone when you donโ€™t see it coming is beyond heartbreaking. To lose your father and brother both to suicide is so hard and it has resurfaced memories of my dad from years ago. We need more support for people who need help whenโ€ฆ
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
11 months
I canโ€™t believe Iโ€™m writing this. Life is so fragile and sometimes people canโ€™t go on. My brother couldnโ€™t carry on yesterday and left this world. Iโ€™m beyond heartbroken ๐Ÿ’” Please if you feel you need help talk and reach out to someone.
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
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In the past, Iโ€™ve been told to โ€œF**k offโ€ for upholding a school mobile policy Iโ€™ve been barged (twice) by the same student for upholding a school uniform policy. I was told by a senior leader I was more consistent in applying the school policy compared to them. Systems andโ€ฆ
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
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When CPD starts with an icebreaker activity
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
3 years
***THE FEEDBACK PENDULUM*** Iโ€™m giving away two copies of my new book leading up to publication as a New Year gift! ๐Ÿ˜Š RT and like to enter the draw โœ… Winners announced on the 8th Jan ๐Ÿ˜ #thefeedbackpendulum
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
1 year
***WHOLE CLASS FEEDBACK*** A focus on using feedback to feedforward ๐Ÿ” Clear success criteria โœ… Clear action steps โœ… READ their feedback against the success criteria REVIEW their middle step REAPPLY to different knowledge to feedforward The Feedback Pendulum: Aโ€ฆ
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
2 years
The standard you walk past is the standard you accept A strong culture requires everyone to be pulling in the same direction ๐Ÿ‘Œ
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
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Iโ€™m delighted to announce Iโ€™ve been appointed Headteacher at @LHS_HighSchool for September ๐Ÿ˜Š Iโ€™m looking forward to working with the team at Longdendale and @mel_mwicks as well as the wider Stamford Park Trust @CEOStamford A big shoutout to @SFL2326 @ottleyoconnor @Plant4Sue โ€ฆ
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
3 years
Today two colleagues had a six lesson day. I checked in with them. I made coffee for them. Itโ€™s the little things that can make a differenceโ€ฆ
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
2 years
***QUESTIONING*** How can we create a culture of powerful questioning ๐Ÿ‘‡โ˜บ๏ธ Created by @XpatEducator for my upcoming book ๐Ÿ“– with @CrownHousePub ๐Ÿ‘
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
2 years
***WHOLE CLASS FEEDBACK*** A couple of examples of our WCF strategy Clear linked improvements to SC โœ… Deliberate vocabulary development โœ… Precise praise โœ… Misconceptions โœ… Feedforward next steps โœ…
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
3 years
So, I can teach up to 30 children in a class from the 8th March However, I can only meet 1 family member and this needs to be outside
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
7 months
Six core ingredients for powerful questioning in the classroom ๐Ÿ’กโ“
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
4 years
***NEW JOB*** Delighted to have been appointed Head of Geography an Trust Geography Lead! New chapter! Dream job!
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
3 years
A heartbreaking image of our Queen. No matter what people think of the Monarchy this is an elderly woman who has lost her husband
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
3 years
Rumours that the government are considering an additional 2 weeks extra for the summer term. InCReasINg TiME In SchOol dOES nOt eQUatE tO lEArnINg Especially when itโ€™s ONLY two weeks! ๐Ÿคจ
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
2 years
True ๐Ÿคฃ
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
3 years
***GIVEAWAY*** It feels like the start of a new term so Iโ€™m giving away a copy of CRAFT and The Feedback Pendulum ๐Ÿ˜Š Just retweet and like to enter ๐Ÿ‘Œ๐Ÿฅณ Draw will be next Thursday ๐Ÿ˜
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
4 years
***NATIONAL TEACHER APPLICATION FORM*** Iโ€™ve got an update ๐Ÿ˜ Iโ€™ll be working with a team at the DfE to look at making this possible โ˜บ๏ธ
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
1 year
***๐ŸšจGIVEAWAY๐Ÿšจ*** A trio of books ๐Ÿ“š Just retweet and like to enter ๐Ÿฅณ
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
2 years
Relentless routines are undervalued in schools. Students like routines and consistency in their application. Inconsistency often leads to behaviour issues and causes individual teachers to seen as โ€˜strictโ€™
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
3 years
A classic โ€œSir, can I work off the 3 if I behave the rest of the lesson?โ€ โ€œNo, that's not how it worksโ€ โ€œWell, teacher x let's me do itโ€ #consistencyiskey
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
2 years
A calm start to a lesson is important for both teachers and students. It sets the tone for the rest of the lesson. Meet and greet your students at the door ๐Ÿ‘Œ
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
5 years
***LEARNING JOURNEY*** Our 5-year curriculum journey. Inspired by @MrLPeachey - hereโ€™s a copy here if anyone would like to use for their curriculum โ˜บ๏ธ #learningjourney
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
5 months
Siri, find me the most pointless teacher purchase for ยฃ7.98โ€ฆ ๐Ÿ‘€
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
1 year
***FEEDBACK INGREDIENTS*** Six core ingredients for effective feedback to feedforward learning ๐Ÿงฉ
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
1 year
True ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
1 year
***CPD PRINCIPLES*** Iโ€™ve merged @PepsMccrea and @EducEndowFoundn โ€™s PD models to create a core set of CPD principles. #TheBelleVueDifference @SFL2326
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
2 years
Creating a culture of questioning for my upcoming book with @CrownHousePub by the brilliant @XpatEducator ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿ‘‡
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
1 year
One of the worst things you can do as a teacher is โ€˜let students offโ€™ when they donโ€™t meet your school values. It erodes school culture and creates challenges for everyone. Challenge their behaviour but provide the necessary support if itโ€™s needed.
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
4 years
***WASTE OF TIME*** 1. Students writing out learning objectives ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ 2. Differentiated learning objectives ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ 2. Target grade stickers ๐Ÿ˜ 3. Flight paths ๐Ÿ™ƒ 4. Assessment tracking sheets ๐Ÿ˜’ 5. Grading mini assessments ๐Ÿ˜ฑ Instead... TEACH TO THE TOP SCAFFOLD UP 1/2
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
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***QUESTIONING INGREDIENTS*** Six core ingredients for asking powerful questions ๐Ÿงฉ
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
1 year
Creating a culture of powerful questioning โ“โ“ A few suggestions on what we can do in the classroom ๐Ÿค Designed by the brilliant @XpatEducator ๐Ÿฅณ #PowerfulQuestioning
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
2 years
***A-LEVEL TEACHERS*** A fantastic guide to support your students ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘‡ @HodderSchools
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
11 months
***ASKING BETTER QUESTIONS*** A guide in collaboration with @TheNatCollege ๐ŸŽฏ
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
2 years
If I had a top 10 list of recommendations this would be one of them ๐Ÿ‘ Normalise error Itโ€™s part of learning ๐Ÿ‘Œ
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
2 years
Another brilliant summary by @Inner_Drive on Interleaving ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
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โ€˜The standard you walk past is the standard you accept.โ€™ I remind myself and colleagues of this all the time. Shared values and social norms applied consistently are key ingredients to building school culture.
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
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You donโ€™t just lose someone once, you lose them every time you open your eyes to a new dawn, and as you awaken, so does your memory, so does the jolting bolt of lightning that rips into your heart, they are gone. Losing someone is a journey, not a one-off. There is no end toโ€ฆ
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
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Schools have RULES for a reason. Itโ€™s to keep everyone SAFE. Upholding the rules is part of our role as teachers and school leaders. When RULES are not followed repeatedly appropriate action must be taken. Itโ€™s about creating a safe and strong culture where everyone canโ€ฆ
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
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***CURRICULUM COMPANION*** Iโ€™ve been working on a guide to support our curriculum planning and delivery @coopbellevue ๐Ÿ˜Š Core principles โœ… Leadership questions โœ… Exemplars โœ… Leadership toolkit โœ… @SFL2326 @atcha_ms #TheBelleVueDifference
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
2 years
Creating a culture where teachers can teach and pupils can learn is so important in schools. The impact of low-level disruption is often overlooked but has big impacts on teaching and learning. Sweat the small stuff ๐Ÿ‘Œ
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
3 years
Very proud dad ๐Ÿคฉ
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
3 years
Dear @educationgovuk On behalf of all teachers, pupils and parents can we not go through a third exam season fiasco for 2022 please! ๐Ÿ‘€ TAGs and CAGs have created extra workload unnecessarily this summer. Clarity for 2022 would be much appreciated. โœ…
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
1 year
Iโ€™m baffled by the whole rhetoric that schools donโ€™t need behaviour management because relational approaches solve all the problems. A school culture is built on shared beliefs, values and strong relationships between all stakeholders. The most effective schools have consistentโ€ฆ
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
8 months
***QUESTIONING COMPONENTS*** Six core components for powerful questioning ๐Ÿ’ญโ“
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
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***NEW HALF TERM*** Teach to the top โคด๏ธ Scaffold up ๐Ÿง— Ask lots of questionsโ“ Model excellence ๐ŸŽฌ Check for understanding โœ… Activate lots of retrieval ๐Ÿ…ฐ๏ธ๐Ÿ…ฑ๏ธ๐Ÿ…ฐ๏ธ๐Ÿ…ฑ๏ธ Timely feedback ๐Ÿ‘ Just much of the same from last half term ๐Ÿ˜Ž #teaching
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
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A strong school culture is not created by accident. Itโ€™s taught not caught. Itโ€™s the whole school community knowing the schoolโ€™s core mission, values, principles and believing in them - โ€˜this is how we do things hereโ€™. Itโ€™s the whole school rowing in the same direction,โ€ฆ
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
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***STRONG START*** Thread ๐Ÿงต The start of a lesson should be purposeful and activate hard thinking as well as establishing a calm and orderly routine. A quick quiz is a useful way to do this but this is most effective when itโ€™s strategic and not random questions. 1/
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
3 years
When a pupil asks โ€˜whatโ€™s the date?โ€™ after youโ€™ve said it and itโ€™s on the board...
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
4 years
A big thank you to everyone who joined. I'm so sorry it was interrupted by a mindless individual. ๐Ÿ˜” I will re-record the whole event because of the interruption and @SenecaLearn will post on YouTube when ready. ๐Ÿ™‚ Here's the PPT -
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
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Is it me or has the value of a Knighthood taken a substantial dip todayโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ‘€
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
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THREAD ๐Ÿงต If there was one bit of advice I would give a teacher itโ€™s to be relentless with your classroom routines. I started teaching this student in September for the first time. Kept telling me he didnโ€™t know anything, couldnโ€™t do it so lots of green pen. Left pic - Sep
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
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A strong school culture requires everyone rowing in the same direction. It requires a shared belief that this is how we do things here. A belief that the standard you walk past is the standard you accept. All staff have presence with purpose and over communicate the what andโ€ฆ
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
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A fews years since I tweeted about a national teacher application form. Still nothing from @educationgovuk ! A standard application form to stop the unnecessary filling in of name, DOB, etc. #nationalteacherapplicationform
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
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If schools want to use clipboards and it works leave them to it. If schools want to have silent corridors and it works leave them to it. If schools want to use TLAC strategies and it works leave them to it. If schools donโ€™t want to use any of these strategies and it worksโ€ฆ
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
2 years
Passed my NPQSL! A great way to end the week ๐Ÿฅณ
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
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***PEDAGOGY PRINCIPLES*** A guide to each principle to build knowledge to help support the โ€˜get itโ€™ and โ€˜see itโ€™ element of PD ๐Ÿงฉ @PepsMccrea Each guide contains The ingredients for success โœ… Research bites โœ… Classroom scenarios โœ… Scripts โœ… Videos โœ… Examples of studentโ€ฆ
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
4 years
I may divide Twitter with this post ๐Ÿ˜‰๐Ÿ˜‚
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
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Powerful Questioning โ“โ“ How can we ask better questions? A summary guide here from @TheNatCollege @CrownHousePub Powerful Questioning: Strategies for improving learning and retention in the classroom
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
3 years
When children of today complain about their wifi.... ๐Ÿ‘€
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
1 year
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
4 years
***CRAFT OF ASSESSMENT GIVEAWAY๐Ÿ“ข*** I'm joining @EduBookClub1 this week for a discussion and it will appear next month on @pagepracticepod . So, I've decided to give away another copy of my book. Simply like and retweet this post to enter. ๐Ÿ™‚ #CRAFT
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
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***QUESTIONING*** Six core components for asking questions in our classrooms โ”โ”
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
2 years
The Northern Lights came out tonight ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
10 months
When you hear a student shout your name after travelling around the world for a relaxing holidayโ€ฆ
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
2 years
***REVISION HABITS*** I've been working on developing powerful revision habits with students across the school this academic year. Assemblies โœ… Tutor resources โœ… Here's a link to them all if helpful for your own school #powerful #revision #habits
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
2 years
My new book on questioning with @CrownHousePub ๐Ÿ˜Š In this one pager @XpatEducator has summarised some of the key points in my chapter on creating the right culture ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿ‘‡ Looking forward to talking more about it at the World Education Summit @osirisedu
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
3 years
Dear @educationgovuk , Itโ€™s now only a week before the start of the new school year and we still have no final decisions on the exams for 2022. This is poor and a complete disregard for the teaching profession! And you wonder why we have a recruitment issue. ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
7 months
Six core ingredients for effective feedback in the classroom ๐Ÿ’ก
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
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Codifying culture ๐Ÿ’ก
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
2 years
Updated version of creating a questioning culture from my new book with @CrownHousePub by @XpatEducator ๐Ÿคฉ The question lag โฐ Factors affecting response ๐Ÿ—ฃ Building participation ๐Ÿ”„
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
3 years
New outdoor furniture for outdoor dining ๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿ˜
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
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School league tables out for all to see. Leaders and teachers celebrating success and rightly so. However, there will be some challenging schools with negative P8โ€™s where leaders and teachers are working day and night to change the culture and outcomes. Hats off to them! ๐ŸŽฉ
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Michael Chiles ๐ŸŒ
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***COMPETITION*** Who doesn't like a freebie ๐Ÿ˜Ž To celebrate my new book retweet this tweet and I will post two books out to the winners on the 27th ๐Ÿ˜Š #thesweetspot #competition #freebie The Sweet Spot:
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