Philippa
@P__Hardy
Assistant Headteacher. TES author. English teacher.
Another waste of time,non evidence based technique @rlrossi64 @greeborunner and Bloom 🫣
NEW BLOG Why are teachers so hard to develop? This blog outlines three of the key reasons I explore and offers some solutions link below If you have received bad CPD or find it frustrating when staff revert back to old habits, then share this post to spread the word 🙏
“In other words, they were performing knowing without actually knowing. Ghostwriting their own ignorance.” @C_Hendrick, a master wordsmith
The Most Important Memory is Still the One Inside Your Head carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-most-imp…
Superb discussion on the importance of defining what scaffolding is, by the phenomenal @MrsBallAP S4E32: Rachel Ball on Scaffolded Instruction and Adaptive Teaching – Education Rickshaw educationrickshaw.com/2025/05/14/s4e…
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We need to start applying the science of learning to adult learning in schools - because it's the same science. Revisit prior learning frequently, distribute learning over time, use models and deliberate practice, and give teachers opportunities to act upon feedback.
Green penning is not teaching. In my view, from the back, it barely gets close to closing the knowledge gaps. In fact, I’d go as far as to say that it’s less likely to work than to work @teacherhead
The View From The Back: The Trouble With 'Green-Penning' (Corrections) teacherhead.com/2023/06/27/the…
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Thought experiment: Your entire assessment database is wiped. (Oops!) How long before this has an impact on a single student? #SLTchat
You can run CPD on metacognition and Mini-White-Boards and send out links to the latest research but if your students are not behaving and working hard you are fiddling with deckchairs.
'lessons are followed up with formal write-ups detailing ‘strengths’ and ‘areas for development’ as if those can be meaningfully established in an hour. (Sometimes, schools even grade the show-ponying but let’s not go there again this time.. ) teacherhead.com/2024/05/12/the…
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During the Great Marking Era, exercise books became disproportionately valued as a record of teacher performance. With that era ending, we must radically evaluate the purpose of exercise books and what we expect to see in them. In our dept, what we expect to see from books is:…
✍️NEW POST✍️ 6 questions for school leaders mrnickhart.wordpress.com/2024/05/10/6-q…
Best stuff to do to learn? Here it is! @C_Hendrick's brilliant keynote #researchEdG ... and so important to share with Ss. It's amazing how they respond when they know WHY.
Honest, humbling and resonant. A well deserved nod to @tombennett71 and those who "take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them" Bravo @teacherhead
A behaviour perspective. teacherhead.com/2024/04/02/a-b…
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Just reflecting on the extraordinary folly that is and was graded lesson observations. I think it’s the most toxicly stupid idea that has ever been foisted on the profession. Far worse than VAK. .. /n