Secondary Deputy Head | @DerwentLangHub lead | English teacher | MHFAider | Future Leaders ‘19 | NPQH | MA Ed | Wrestling fan | Hana’s mum
Nov 5, 2023 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
Tomorrow is the first of our new T&L meetings.
I feel like it’s the moment I put my money where my mouth is and show what I think really great CPD looks like.
🧵 Here’s an attempt to distil the thinking behind it and why it took a year to get this point.
1.I tried hard to listen and learn.
One of the hardest lessons as a leader is when to do nothing. When you join a sch it’s as important to work out what’s working well as where it can be even better. I did two full terms of this before starting to plan.
Nov 10, 2019 • 18 tweets • 8 min read
THREAD: a quick tour through one Year 10 pupil’s English book...
If you walked into my classroom and picked up a book, what would you see?
Marking with highlighters both in and out of lesson for speed and efficiency
