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Edinburgh, Scotland
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Tom Mackenzie-Chalmers retweeted
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In a few weeks I'll be starting a secondment supporting Learning and Teaching across a group of schools. I'm really excited for the opportunity. Has anyone with experience in a similar role got any advice?
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🎉 Steplab Summer Reads #3 – Bonus Round!
We’ve got more authors than summer weeks—so here’s a midweek giveaway!
Win The Scaffolding Effect by Rachel Ball (out today!) + a Steplab bundle: mug, notepad & pen.
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🎉 Steplab Summer Reads – Book #1
Win Responsive Coaching by Josh Goodrich - plus a Steplab bundle (mug, pen & notepad)!
Josh is Steplab CEO & former teacher/leader with deep coaching expertise.
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📚 Last week we asked about your summer reads – and most of you voted: fiction only!
But if you fancy stacking your shelves with brilliant CPD books by our expert team, we’ve got a giveaway for you!
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First book drops tomorrow!
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Still a few days left to take the CfTE National Teacher Survey and tell us how our work can best meet your needs
Share your views before Jun 30
(English) Take the survey now: uofg.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/…
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When you write a book your publisher gives you a few free author copies. Most of them are being given to people who helped me write it. But I have 1 spare. I’ll give it to someone after the 28th Feb. Retweet & follow to be in with a chance! 🌞
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I'm quite intrigued by the latest ACEL data, particularly in Literacy. While I've already tweeted about the unreliability of the data in its current form as a national measure, I'm quite interested particularly in the difference between (1/) 🧵
tes.com/magazine/news/genera…
I'm quite intrigued by the latest ACEL data, particularly in Literacy. While I've already tweeted about the unreliability of the data in its current form as a national measure, I'm quite interested particularly in the difference between (1/) 🧵
tes.com/magazine/news/genera…
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but does anyone ever use the exercise equipment they built in parks across Scotland? Has it been a big waste of public funds? @LauraFMcConnell, do you know anything about them/how much they are used vs cost?
My not-so-hot take on education is if we used iPads only to help teachers effectively check for understanding, flashcards and some accessibility features, they would have had a much bigger impact on outcomes.
The things we use them for instead have become a distracting sideshow.
Recent statistics highlight the grave state of attendance in Scottish education. Earlier this year I wrote about the challenges and some solutions in Scottish primaries. It is in no way an isolated issue. tes.com/magazine/analysis/pr…
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I love supporting trainees & ECTs and most mentors do a brilliant job. Occasionally though I hear of mentors telling trainees they have to spend hours reinventing the wheel because they did. For me, we want things to be easier for future generations so I find this an odd take.