Right now, we need to get ready for the incoming term. You’ve had a rest, you’ve done the planning that needs doing, and now you’re ready to get back to what you do best: teaching. Here’s my shopping list of essentials from my teacher toolkit. … More The essential back to school teacher toolkit
Here are the most productive things that you can spend your summer doing as a teacher. I’ve broken this into two halves, with some actionable steps in the second half of the article. … More How to spend your summer as a teacher
Sometimes, students need time outside of the classroom. Sometimes, that doesn’t work. In trying to develop more self-regulated learners, I’ve been trialling an app called How We Feel, which aims to get us all to know ourselves just a little bit better. Have a read to see what it’s like, how it works, and whether it could fit into your behaviour toolkit. … More Regulating emotions in the classroom with How We Feel
I was standing in the staff workroom when I received an email from one of our Deputy Headteachers. Her email didn’t leave me guessing: it was asking for a quick chat to see if I was interested in joining the Apple Learning Coach programme.
Here’s how it completely transformed my teaching. … More Becoming an Apple Learning Coach changed my teaching
Two minutes might feel like an insignificant amount of time, but applying the rule consistently will lead to significant improvements in your productivity as a teacher. Here’s how. … More The 2-Minute Teaching Rule
To help you to maintain a healthy work-life balance, and to keep you in the classroom longer, take a look at these practical tips to avoid burnout. … More Tips to Avoid Burnout for a Secondary School Teacher
This is such a divisive topic. The more that I use AI, and the better that I get at using it, the more that I like it. It’s imperative, though, that we continue to ensure that we’re the ones in charge of AI. … More Is it ethical to use AI in teaching?
When I saw that the Holocaust Educational Trust was offering a 1-day trip to Poland for Sixth Formers, I felt that it was my duty to secure a place. I was lucky enough to be able to go with the students for what was an exhausting, informative, day. … More I took 6 students to Poland…for the day
It’s no secret that being a teacher can be busy. Incredibly busy. Like any job, that busyness ebbs and flows, but there’s no escaping that it takes a lot of hard work to stay on top of everything that needs doing – and getting it done well. Here are the processes, tools and apps that I use to stay organised a teacher. … More How I stay organised as a teacher
Not too long ago, I embarked upon my first trip abroad. I was one of several teachers accompanying students from years 10-13 to France and Belgium. We toured around the battlefields that were left behind in the aftermath of World War One and absorbed so, so much. Here’s what it was like for a teacher to go on his first ever school trip abroad. … More Taking on a school trip to Belgium – a teacher’s experience
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