In 2016/2017, colleagues at The Sheffield College were encouraged to participate in a Big Learning Project. A collaborative small-scale research project that would lead to
A few weeks ago now, I completed the ‘Transforming Teacher Education’ course with Sheffield Hallam University and the Education and Training Foundation. Week 1- From
This was one of the online weeks for our ‘Transforming Teacher Education’ programme and one of the easier weeks for me to engage in. It
Over the years, I have seen engagement take a variety of forms. When I first began teaching, I was an Associate Lecturer and was therefore
You can read about week 1 here In this face-to-face session as part of the Education and Training Foundation funded programme, delivered by a number
Whenever I ask colleagues the question, ‘How do you plan your lessons?’ I never get the answer I expect to get. Their immediate starting point
Last week saw me start a new learning journey- because the journeys of- Teaching new spec GCSE English Doing my job Photography …weren’t quite enough
Between April and July, a number of The Sheffield College staff volunteered to participate in a project that would help us to trial what will
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been working with the Olive Grove teams @sheffcol: Motor Vehicle, Engineering and Electrical Engineering staff.
The Mini Learning Project began life in my mind and then on a Piktochart as The Big Learning Project in January 2016. The project was
I first worked with Sally in my first year of teaching- 2009. It was a class I’ve referenced in other posts and one I still
Read the full report by clicking here ‘Brilliant teaching & training does not happen by accident,’ is the opening line of this report. I’m finding
What follows is a set of notes made during this week’s AoC free webinar on the subject of social media in teaching & learning.
I was at the AoC conference this year to discover whether we’d won a Beacon Award for staff development- we did and you can read
In a recent blog, written for @ThinkOutLoudClub on the subject of ‘Learning to Teach Online‘, I stated that the next MOOC I’d be studying would
Their portal contains best practice from the Colleges. Employer endorsement on everything! Guaranteed interviews etc. Preparing for the future involves qualifications but much more besides: