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'Made in #Lancashire' - Holland's Pies were founded in Haslingden in 1851 and are still going strong. Drivers in front of one of the iconic liveried vans (date unknown). @HollandsPies @MarketingLancs
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‘I rang my headteacher 10 minutes after my Dad died to say I would not be in the next day. Their reply was: “But it’s parents’ evening’”: Susan Douglas, CEO of Eden Academy Trust, shares the lessons she has learned about school leadership
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I love the way that @HughesHaili has framed, "Cake in the staffroom". It's not a bad thing, but we can't fool ourselves into thinking that it's going to genuinely improve our wellbeing.
Full episode 👇
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Well said Vic. I have just said much the same thing. Who does he think he is? He's a has-been with a dubious professional record. IMO. The man who turned history into a pub quiz and took the joy out of much of the rest of the curriculum. Turned pedagogy into teaching by numbers.
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Teaching is a craft, not a production line. Yet in some trusts, rigid systems, endless monitoring and compliance culture are stripping the profession of its creativity, judgement and soul.
Wrote this a while ago still stand by it smithsmm.wordpress.com/2018/…
“They just felt that there was no soul in it. So they just left”
Teacher Maud says she knows two young teachers who entered the profession but left after just one year.
She argues that a highly restrictive approach to teaching can leave some teachers feeling they lack the freedom to actually teach and says teachers are increasingly “voting with their feet.”
Is this part of the reason schools are struggling to retain teachers? 👇
#Teaching #Teachers #Education #TeacherLife #Schools #Teachertok #teachersoftiktok
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…Most teachers desperately want to do a good job. When people reject a process, it's often because it adds little value, not because they lack commitment. Trust, dialogue and support achieve far more than suspicion ever will.
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The way you talk about professionals is worrying. I was guilty myself as a new leader of assuming that if staff weren't engaging with something, it was because they were lazy or didn't care. I soon learnt the opposite…
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When the focus shifts from teaching and learning to policing systems, everyone loses. Great schools are built on trust, professional respect and support, not six observations a day. The best from teachers comes when leaders create the conditions for success, not constant scrutiny
“Teachers were being observed five or six times a day”
Former Athena teacher Robin Johnson claims SLT drop-ins were “relentless” and alleges staff who raised objections could find themselves being observed even more often.
He says the focus wasn’t primarily on the quality of teaching and learning, but on whether staff were following the trust’s systems consistently.
Robin says the pressure became so intense that, had he not found another job, he may have left teaching altogether.
Are frequent drop-ins useful for maintaining standards or can observation go too far? 👇
#teaching #teachers #education #teacherlife #teachertok #teachersoftiktok
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This is a difficult read, but one that should be compulsory reading for everyone running Scottish education. I met the teacher that wrote this and every word of it is true. Worse, it’s happening in countless schools in Scotland.
Behaviour in Scottish schools is in crisis, because teachers and leaders are prevented from doing anything about it. It’s a preventable tragedy, and children pay the price for the adults’ incompetence and blind allegiance to ideology. Everyone should be raging about this. This is all avoidable, at little cost but enormous gain.
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Dickens Timelines
Discover Dickens' life and work depicted graphically.
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I'm currently the subject of what's known on social media as a 'pile-on'
(Others may refer to it as bullying.)
My crime?
I posted photos & videos of Hedgehogs visiting my garden! 😱
As a result, I'm being accused of all sorts, from using my Hedgehogs for monetization, to not caring about wild animals. 🙄
I don't need to explain myself to my loyal followers who know the truth and understand totally my character and motivations.
Thank you to those defending me, it's greatly appreciated. 🙏🤗
To everyone else (mainly the followers of @HedgehogCabin) you really don't need to be so nasty.
You don't need to tell me how disappointed you are in me or advertise that you're unfollowing.
I will keep my eyes on the visiting Hedgehogs. If they show other signs of illness, if they come out during the day, if they stop eating.. anything, I will get them to our vets (our local wildlife rescue will not take Hedgehogs that haven't been looked over by a vet first... I know this as I've taken Hedgehogs to them in the past that I was concerned about, even though I don't care about animals apparently...)
In the meantime, I'll keep feeding them, keep putting water out for them and won't unnecessarily stress them out by catching, handling and taking them to an alien environment.
By the way, this particular Hedgehog broke out from its biscuit meal to very nimbly and efficiently catch and eat a passing moth! Something I'd never seen before... but a pretty good indicator that its not actually, in fact, close to death.
As for monetization, I make very small amounts, and it's all declared and added to my income as part of my little business. I do it for the love... I've been sharing my wildlife photography and experiences here for 11 years, in exactly the same way as I do now. I don't need or want to do or say anything controversial at all, the one sure way of earning more here.... my account is about the least offensive account you could possibly find on Twitter! 🐦🦔❤️
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I’ll add my two cents. I have found that the best decoration in my classroom is student-centered. Kids want to see their photos and their work. My focus is on them not me.
So if you were in my room at Open House, you would see their artwork, their writing, their names and their pictures all over the room. In the back you would see a giant bulletin board full of photos of them doing interesting and engaging learning activities inside and outside of the room starting the first day of school and continuing until day 180.
(I would post those pictures but I prefer to maintain student privacy.)
I do give myself one small bulletin board to show my pride in UC San Diego, APU and the San Diego Padres (I need to push back on all the Dodger fans.) ⚾️
My students love to be in my classroom because they know it’s about them. They know that I am focused on helping them love learning, connect with each other and have fun being kids.
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Husbands been working on his product photography using my ‘nice looking’ shelf 😂
An Inspector Calls Bookmark | “We don’t live alone. We are members of one body.” | GCSE English Literature | Personalised Message by ManyLayersCo via @Etsy etsy.com/uk/listing/44987181…
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This joyful cake was baked by new volunteer Jade for a girl celebrating her 8th birthday.
Referred to us by our friends at DARE, we hope this helped make her birthday extra special.
Thank you, Jade, for such a kind and thoughtful first cake with us.
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Parting Words #5: A Changed World
In this thread, I'm going to reflect a little on the impact that the pandemic has had on children, educators & schools.
I apologise at the outset if this is sensitive, particularly for those who have experienced loss, hardship or suffering.
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MY STUDENT TEACHER QUIT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCHOOL DAY.
A parent sent 14 emails overnight because their son got a zero after turning in a completely blank test.
Admin asked her if she had tried “building a relationship” before giving consequences.
She left her classroom lanyard on the desk and never came back.
The part that really got me was watching admin apologize to the parent before even asking to see the test.
Nobody in that meeting cared that the page was completely blank.
The entire conversation was about “repairing trust.”
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A water bottle was thrown at a science teacher's head.
Everybody knew. The kids knew. The teachers knew. The whole campus was talking about it.
He got complete silence from the administration.
I found out because the kids were laughing about it in my class. I stopped them and told them they were wrong. That a grown man was hit in the head, and that was not funny, and they needed to think about what kind of people they wanted to be.
Then, I thought about him walking back into that classroom. Standing in front of the same kids who watched it happen. Knowing nothing happened.
I have been there. Not a water bottle. A fart bomb in my classroom. I emailed admin the moment it happened. Three hours later, I got: I'm sorry that happened. That was it. I pushed for three days before anything moved. Eventually, a lunch detention. I will take it. But I had to fight for that nothing.
And it is not just admin.
The math teacher told my students she did not like my shoes. My shoes. To my students. A younger teacher told a class that an 80-year-old sub was my husband. Thought he was being funny. The kids spent the day whispering about it.
I stop kids from laughing at colleagues. I correct them when they disrespect someone else's classroom or name. I do that because it is right.
I am not sure everyone got that memo.
I am still here. Still showing up. Still defending people who do not always defend me.
Not because this building has earned it.
Because I have.
Link in comments.
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The Poor Proxies for Learning series is complete. 6 editions. 6 things that look like learning — but aren't. A full reading list 👇
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