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Teaching Websites Safe is risky. | @mrocallaghan_edu Safe is risky. Very good is bad. We must be remarkable. Our students deserve nothing less. Whatever your line of work it’s not enough to just follow instructions and be a cog in a bigger machine. Let me explain a bit further. Safe is risky. Very good is bad. We must be remarkable. Schools now more then ever need teachers who don’t see teaching as a job but an art form. In order to be remarkable in the classroom we need to take risks and challenge ourselves as teachers, just as we encourage our students to. I’m currently using the following cycle to take measured (and some not so measured!) 1. 2. 3. 4. #neverstoplearning Do the students light up when they enter your classroom or when they leave? What is your art? Like this: Like Loading...
User Generated Education | Education as it should be – passion-based. Why do we observe lessons? In this piece I will attempt to outline the reasoning behind formal lesson observations and moreover, the case for these lessons to be graded. There exists a human desire to measure, a need to rationalise an irrational world. In teaching, this manifests itself in the categorisation of lessons. Whilst this can sometimes be crude, I believe that it forms an important part of working out what it is that is going on in our organisations to make them either successful or unsuccessful. 1) The role of formal lesson observations 2) The case for graded lesson observations 3) Observation to support an un-standardised approach to teaching and learning The role of formal lesson observations 1) Personal development First and foremost observation serves as a developmental opportunity for the individual. 2) Sharing good practice Wherever good practice develops, it is our job to share and promote it effectively. 3) The value of the performance 4) A positive culture around observations
HookED — Pam Hook – HookED Educational Consultancy The #5MinReview by @TeacherToolkit and @shaun_allison The new ‘5 Minute Lesson Review’ produced by @TeacherToolkit and @shaun_allison, supports and encourages teachers to reflect on their own classroom practice. The template can also be used by a coach or mentor to help tease out reflection. “Every teacher needs to improve, not because they are not good enough, but because they can get even better.” Dylan Wiliam The above is a very simple, but very important statement. The following context walks you through how to complete each stage. My Personal Targets: This section is for the teacher to note down what aspect of their teaching they were looking to develop in the lesson. Examples: Behaviour management of small group of boys (named students);making sure my questioning involved a wide number of students and developed ‘deep thinking’;Ensuring that the more able students within the class were stretched and challenged. What Went Well? This is the first stage of the reflection process, following the lesson. The Big 4 Reflection: Development Points: