🏆 TECHNIQUE OF THE WEEK: Chat To A Partner A technique to encourage more students to think, build confidence and a willingness to participate, and make teaching more interactive and collaborative. Explore it here: teachingpowerups.com/techniqueoft...

“Might just be the best CPD I’ve ever had” is an especially nice comment to read about the online session I delivered for NavigatED yesterday 😊 If you’re interested in working with me, get in touch here: nextleveleducational.com ➡️ Pedagogy ➡️ Curriculum ➡️ Assessment ➡️ Leadership

A super afternoon working with middle leaders at Our Lady And St Patrick’s College, Belfast, exploring principles and strategies to power up our leadership. ✅ Developing teams ✅ Difficult conversations ✅ Leading teaching and learning Great discussion from everyone 😊🎄

A great morning working with teachers at Our Lady And St Patrick’s College, Belfast. We were exploring principles and techniques to power up our questioning. ✅ More Questions, More Often ✅ Drill Down ✅ Bounce ✅ Spotlight Assessment Activities ✅ Show-me Boards ✅ …and more!

A great afternoon working with teachers at Wester Hailes High School, Edinburgh. We were focusing on practical approaches to power up our interactive teaching. ✅ Rosenshine’s Principles ✅ Show-me boards ✅ Chat To A Partner ✅ Spotlight Assessment Activities Brilliant discussion 😊

I always enjoy working with teachers at Banbridge Academy, Northern Ireland 😊 In this afternoon’s twilight, we were exploring Pedagogical Principles, Trusted Techniques and professional development strategies to power up our teaching. Brilliant contributions and discussion.

The Kindle edition of Power Up Your Pedagogy is currently available on Amazon for £0.99 - no better time to get yourself a copy! amzn.eu/d/cm6aQoO “So much powered into one book and covering all the hot topics using the best evidence from classrooms and the research literature.” -John Hattie

As we near the end of the year, it’s great to see ‘Power Up Your Pedagogy’ in Amazon’s top 10 😊 “A compelling description of what we know about how learning happens and what to do about it in the classroom… clear, practical, easy to apply” -Doug Lemov amzn.eu/d/aBudSoE

Great to get such a positive reaction to the new Teaching PowerUps Infographics 😊 Here’s another one, this time for the Trusted Technique, ‘Chat To A Partner’👇 Download it here: teachingpowerups.com/infographics If you’re interested in Teaching PowerUps membership: teachingpowerups.com/membership

🏆 Technique of the Week: Pique Interest A technique to get lessons off to an active start, with all students thinking. Explore it here: teachingpowerups.com/techniqueoft... There are over 100 Trusted Techniques like this on the new Teaching PowerUps website: teachingpowerups.com/membership

An exciting development for Teaching PowerUps: the website is evolving to include infographics 😊 Here’s the first one, focusing on show-me boards, which you can download for free: teachingpowerups.com/infographics

🏆 TECHNIQUE OF THE WEEK: Pique Interest A technique to support use of learning intentions, stimulate interest, and get lessons off to an ‘active start’ (focusing on thinking). Explore it here: teachingpowerups.com/techniqueoft... Want to become a PowerUps school? teachingpowerups.com/membership

I really enjoyed working with a brilliant group of teachers in Lochwinnoch Primary School this afternoon. Our 2-hour twilight focused on adaptive teaching, including use of show-me boards, visualisers and spotlight assessment activities. Super discussion from everyone 😊

It’s been a while since I’ve written a new blog post, but I’ve finally found time to do it: ‘What Makes A Great Lesson?’ Available here: nextleveleducational.com/blog/what-ma...

I’m delighted that every school in Shetland is now a PowerUps school 😊 If you are interested in Teaching PowerUps membership for your school, local authority or trust, get in touch here: teachingpowerups.com/membership Demos available on request.

Great to be back working in Largs Academy for our second Power Up Your Pedagogy session of the year. We were continuing to explore principles and techniques to develop everyone’s teaching, including: ➡️ Novices and experts thinking and learn differently. Super discussion 😊

A super day with teachers and leaders from Oban and Tiree High Schools. This was our second day of work together, which comprised two sessions: 1. Power Up Your Pedagogy (part 2) 2. Power Up Your Leadership of Teaching and Learning (part 2) Great discussion from everyone 😊

🏆 TECHNIQUE OF THE WEEK: Multiple Concrete Examples A technique to support teacher presentations and guided practice. Explore it here: teachingpowerups.com/techniqueoft... Get in touch if your school is interested in becoming a Teaching PowerUps member: teachingpowerups.com

🏆 TECHNIQUE OF THE WEEK: Multiple Concrete Examples A technique to support teacher presentations and guided practice. Explore it here: teachingpowerups.com/techniqueoft... Get in touch if your school is interested in becoming a Teaching PowerUps member: teachingpowerups.com

Want to develop your use of learning intentions? Power Up Your Pedagogy can help 😊 The book unpacks teaching practice using sketchnotes summaries, such as this one👇 “To all teachers I would say: study this book, learn from it and act on it.” @profcoe.bsky.social

‘Power Up Your Pedagogy’ uses sketchnotes (produced by Finola Wilson) to summarise key messages from the text, such as this one👇 “Clear, practical, easy to apply and highly likely to improve your teaching practice.” -Doug Lemov Available here: amzn.eu/d/idUUT5T

A super afternoon with middle and senior leaders at Caldervale High School, exploring principles and strategies to power up our leadership of teaching and learning. ✅ Professional reading ✅ Professional learning at the heart of departmental meetings ✅ Coaching approaches

A great morning with teachers at Caldervale High School, exploring principles and techniques to power up our pedagogy. For example: ➡️ We learn what we think about. ➡️ Being busy and learning are not the same thing. ➡️ Novices and experts think and learn differently. Super discussion 😊

It’s always great to work with teachers at Boclair Academy. In our third session together this year, we were focusing on presenting content, practice and differentiated support and challenge. Great to hear our previous sessions have had such positive impact in the classroom 😊

Another great session with teachers at Whitehill Secondary School, Glasgow. We were exploring ways to power up students’ thinking. Super discussion and contributions from everyone. I’m looking forward to our next session in January 😊

🏆 Technique of the Week: Push for Perfect A technique to support questioning and help develop a culture of high expectations. Explore it here: teachingpowerups.com/techniqueoft... There are over 100 more techniques on the new Teaching PowerUps website. @PowerUps_Teach

I thoroughly enjoyed my two days in Moray, working with primary teachers from Kinloss, Pilmuir, Andersons, Applegrove, Dallas, Dyke, Logie, Mosstodloch and St. Gerardine, and secondary teachers from Elgin High, Elgin Academy and Keith Grammar 😊 nextleveleducational.com

A great afternoon working with teachers from Keith Grammar and Elgin Academy. We were building on previous sessions and focusing on how we can power up our: ✅ Interactive pedagogy ✅ Learning intentions ✅ Success criteria ✅ Plenaries ✅ Retrieval practice

A super morning working with teachers at Elgin High School. We were focusing on principles and techniques to power up our pedagogy, including: ✅Show-me Boards ✅Chat To A Partner ✅Explain It Back ✅Spotlight Assessment Activities Great input and discussion from everyone 😊

‘Power Up Your Questioning’ uses Common Pitfalls, Power-Up Prompts and Trusted Techniques to explore six questioning themes👇 “An enticing format, a dynamism of flow throughout the book, and a worthwhile addition to the teacher toolkit.” -John Hattie amzn.eu/d/1K5pMFo

All the staff from the eight primary schools at today’s professional development session have a copy of at least one of the Power Up books. 🟣 The Teaching Delusion 1 - 3 🟢 Power Up Your Pedagogy 🔵 Power Up Your Questioning Great to hear how useful everyone finds them all 😊

Power Up Your Questioning discusses questioning as a catalyst for learning and route map for responsive teaching👇 “Masterfully weaves the evidence-informed ideas of edu-greats into pedagogy that teachers can incorporate into daily practices.” @patricebain.bsky.social amzn.eu/d/bIcLeiT

🏆 Technique of the Week: Push for Perfect A technique to support questioning and high expectations. Explore it here: teachingpowerups.com/techniqueoft... There are over 100 techniques on the new Teaching PowerUps website, which now has over 60 member schools. Get in touch if you’d like to join 😊

‘Power Up Your Questioning’ explores this topic as 6 themes👇 “A masterclass in transforming classroom questioning into a powerful tool for learning.” - Carl Hendrick “Every CPD library should include this book, and every teacher should read it!” - Rob Coe amzn.eu/d/2Jqijno

Amongst many lovely comments at Cardinal Wiseman School today, a particular standout was the headteacher saying that the ‘learning and how it happens’ section of Power Up Your Questioning is one of the best distillations of key messages he’s come across. Available here: amzn.eu/d/2KQvxVX

What a brilliant group of staff the Cardinal Wiseman School team in Birmingham were to work with! We were exploring principles and techniques to power up our interactive teaching. Superb contributions and discussion from everyone 😊

Every teacher at Cardinal Wiseman School, Birmingham, has a copy of Power Up Your Questioning - wonderful! We spent the day unpacking the book, focusing on the practical application of key themes.

I’m delighted so many people who attended my researchED session, Power Up Your Curriculum, in Edinburgh and Cambridge found it so useful. If you’re interested in similar input for your school, local authority or trust, please get in touch: nextleveleducational.com

Good to be working with teachers from Park Primary, Stranraer, and neighbouring primary schools for our third Power Up Your Pedagogy twilight. Today’s focus was presenting content and practice. We explored various Trusted Techniques that support both themes, such as this one👇

🏆 TECHNIQUE OF THE WEEK: Explain it Back A technique to encourage active participation (thinking) and help check understanding. Explore it here: teachingpowerups.com/techniqueoft... Get in touch if you’re interested in Teaching PowerUps membership for your school 😊

Really nice to get such positive feedback from George Heriot’s School, Edinburgh, about my days’ work with teachers last week👇 “…some of the best professional learning that we’ve had in recent times.” If you’d like to work with me, get in touch here: nextleveleducational.com

researchED Edinburgh was wonderful! So many great speakers and delegates. Hard to imagine how it could have been better. A huge well done to everyone involved in organising such a successful day of high-quality professional development 😊

🏆 TECHNIQUE OF THE WEEK: Explain it Back A technique to encourage active participation (thinking) and help check understanding. Explore it here: teachingpowerups.com/techniqueoft... Get in touch if you’re interested in Teaching PowerUps membership for your school 😊

Another great session with teachers at Glenwood High School, Glenrothes. This was the third in a series of Power Up Your Pedagogy inputs, with the focus today on learning intentions, success criteria and adaptive teaching. Great to hear about all the positive impact of the previous sessions 😊

And mine, that will show the mistakes we made in presentations, and how to do it better.

If you’re coming to researchED Edinburgh on Saturday, I’d love to see you at my session: Power Up Your Curriculum 😊

I really enjoyed working with primary and secondary teachers in the Bo’ness Cluster this afternoon. Our theme was ‘Power Up Your Adaptive Teaching’. ➡️Cognitive science ➡️Pedagogical Principles ➡️Trusted Techniques I’m looking forward to our next twilight next month 😊

🏆 TECHNIQUE OF THE WEEK: Return Visit A technique that can be useful if a student gets the answer to a question wrong or says ‘I don’t know’. Explore it here: teachingpowerups.com/techniqueoft... There are over 100 more techniques on the Teaching PowerUps website: teachingpowerups.com

A super day working with teachers at George Heriot’s School, Edinburgh. ➡️Knowledge vs skills ➡️Teacher-led vs student-led approaches ➡️Cognitive science ➡️Questioning ➡️Practice ➡️Retrieval ➡️Trusted Techniques A really great group of staff to work with 😊

🏆 TECHNIQUE OF THE WEEK: Return Visit A technique that can be useful if a student gets the answer to a question wrong or says ‘I don’t know’. Explore it here: teachingpowerups.com/techniqueoft... There are over 100 more techniques on the new Teaching PowerUps website: teachingpowerups.com