Guest Blog – Positive praise and reward reaps success!
This guest blog is written by Jane Wilson who works in the SEND team at The Sheffield College. Context I have worked within the College
Crush Your Gremlin #WomenEd
A few months ago, I’d seen the advert online for WomenEd looking for workshop facilitators. I flagged the form for that evening, resolving that I
Working with ‘Novice’ and ‘Expert’ Teachers – David Weston
This is a rather delayed write-up of my notes and reflections on David Weston’s (@informed_edu) workshop at The Telegraph Festival of Education. Having heard David
Guest Post – Effective Collaboration of Teaching Staff and Learning Support Assistants in the Classroom
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
Dr S Miah – Overcoming the Challenges of Extremism
In July, a colleague in our maths department approached me and shared that he’d had an idea for an event. One that might support staff
Top 5 Reasons to Hold an Open Classrooms Week
First published in Teachers Matter Magazine, New Zealand in 2014 The best kind of professional development is that which is accessible, engaging, and provides sufficient
The right climate can allow students to blossom
First published in TES Magazine 22/09/16 Follow these tips to create the perfect ‘weather’ in your classroom and help your budding learners thrive. It’s reached
Get your new beginning off to a flying start
First published in TES Magazine in 2016 If you’re moving jobs, follow these six rules to ensure that you become a champion of your new
Teacher Wellbeing – Day 2
After Day 1 of this wellbeing CPD, offered by The Chartered College, I was really excited to meet up with everyone again, spend a day
How to Build a Culture of Professional Learning-Bridget Clay- #EducationFest
Seeing Bridget Clay was the first action of the first day of this year’s #EducationFest. Whilst some slots during the Festival posed a next to
Teacher Wellbeing- Day 1
On Friday 9th June, I got up at a ridiculously early hour and headed down to Cambridge for the day – all in pursuit of
Transforming Teacher Education – Reflective Practice and Research
This is the final set of notes from my Transforming Teacher Education course at Sheffield Hallam University, in partnership with The Education and TRaining Foundation.
Transforming Teacher Education – Mentoring
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
Coaching Teachers- Promoting Changes That Stick- Week 5
This was to be the final week of my Coursera course from Match Education. I knew when I began this learning that coaching was an
Coaching Teachers- Promoting Changes that Stick- Week 3
Clarity of Instructional Vision A reminder of the equation- Teacher change as generated by coaching = clarity of instructional vision of the coach X quality of
Coaching Teachers- Promoting Changes that Stick- Week 2
A few weeks ago, I completed week 1 of the coaching teachers MOOC from Match Education. I’ve known for some time that I need to
Getting Better at Feedback
The last few weeks have seen us progress through each of our Cornerstones of Teaching & Learning at The Sheffield College with drop-ins from the
Transforming Teacher Education – Technology
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
Coaching Teachers: Promoting Changes that Stick – Week 1
You can still sign-up to the MOOC here Learn about Match Education’s case for a student-facing rubric here A story Our first video depicts a
Practise, Practise, Practice
In my previous two blogs (part of a series of 4), I’ve been confident enough about my own practice to share reflections on planning learning
Engagement
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
Transforming Teacher Education – Week 2
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
How do you plan your lessons?
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
Back to School
Yesterday saw me go back to school. I had preconceived ideas about how it would feel to be back in school but none of this
Promoting British Values
Ever since I attended the development day @sheffcol on how to have conversations about Prevent and British Values with students, it occurred to me that
Revision
It’s that time of the year when teachers and students alike enter a frenzied state of revision, revision, revision. With many FE courses incorporating exams
Transforming Teacher Education – Week 1
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
10 things I learned from my first #WomenEd event
Image available from here This week marked International Women’s Day. The theme was #beboldforchange I took this to heart and pushed myself to be (even
#TSCornerstones opening speech
In planning the opening speech for our March Development Day, I planned it, changed it all, added to it, shared it with some educators on Twitter,
What makes great teaching? A student perspective
This is a blog written by my current work experience student, Ellie Townsend. It is her first blog. Please read, share and comment! @ellietwnsnd Relationships
Why we still need feminism #IWD17
I’ve had these words (most of them at least) sat in my phone notes for some months now; never feeling bold enough to post. It
GCSE English Language (WJEC Eduqas)
For much of this year, I spent a significant amount of time wrestling with how to organise my online learning environment for students. In September,
British Values
Most of us want to prepare our learners for life and British Values gives us another opportunity to do that. Although I’ve not heard any