Cracking blog here on one of my bugbears. The standard practice of expecting trainee teachers to plan *and* teach lessons is not a good way to train people. #Edusky open.substack.com/pub/dremanue...

🚨BIG day on the BLOG🚨 MY 100th POST‼️ Never thought I'd get to 10, let alone 100.😮 A new blog for #ITT #ECT #mentors #coaches on setting meaningful targets for their #mentees. Particularly helpful for #ITAP follow-up! uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2025/11/03/s... #TeacherEducation

How the teaching of adults varies from the teaching of children. More specifically the teaching of teachers i.e. teacher CPD. "... adults bring prior knowledge, seek relevance and want agency in their learning"

www.racheljohnson.org.uk/articles/wha... How to make meetings meaningful by @rachelpixl.bsky.social

And another on the challenges some #ITT beginning teachers face when #TeacherTraining is not quite what they expected and they don't feel how they anticipated they would feel about their new endeavour... uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2025/10/08/r... #TeacherEducation #EduBlogUK 2/2

I'm in a bit of a blog writing frenzy atm. Here are two new ones today for #TeacherMentor s working working with #ITT beginning teachers in this early phase of their #TeacherTraining year. First up, Effective #Mentor Meetings: uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2025/10/08/u... #EdublogUK 1/2

The government has swung the axe on teacher training incentives – including cutting funding for shortage subjects such as maths and foreign languages schoolsweek.co.uk/dfe-swings-a...

"Having a mentor increased the likelihood of people accepting their accomplishments, being reassured that impostor feelings were normal and avoiding unrealistic comparison with others." From @mrenglishteach.bsky.social in @tesmagazine.bsky.social

This is interesting!

I'm reading again about psychological safety in the school environment. What is it and what are the misconceptions around having/developing psychological safety within a team? t.co/4HqxsnhNdM

"Just as bones grow stronger when stressed and the immune system matures through exposure to pathogens, so too do character, judgment, and resilience deepen when tested." Am important message from @markmccourt.bsky.social

Smartphones change children in ways that aren’t immediately obvious. Slowly, over time, their characters change. And it’s not for the better. My latest blog details my pastoral experiences with smartphones in school. bunsenblue.com/2025/09/04/w...

New Blog… open.substack.com/pub/petejack...

📫 New Post Recently, I've been posting about attention and decision-making as key aspects of leadership development. In this post, I discuss the role of institutional and interpersonal holding, and expertise in helping schools grow. researcherteacher.home.blog/2025/09/14/l...

I'm reading again about psychological safety in the school environment. What is it and what are the misconceptions around having/developing psychological safety within a team? t.co/4HqxsnhNdM

Have student's attention spans been decimated by digital technologies? In @educationnext.bsky.social I look at the data and conclude that's not the problem. www.educationnext.org/pay-attentio...

With AI being EVRYWHERE now, and with me being a novice, I am enjoying snippets of info via @mralmonded.bsky.social weekly Teacher Prompts email. Have a look or sign up here news.teacherprompts.ai/subscribe?re...

I like these people in Molly Burford's book Moments to Hold Close

🏆 Technique of the Week: Drill Down Further details here: teachingpowerups.com/teachniqueof... If you find this useful, you might be interested in a Teaching PowerUps membership for your school, local authority or trust: teachingpowerups.com

I finally got around to making a new visual for precision and accuracy that doesn't use a target!! I'm looking forward to introducing these concepts alongside uncertainty in a way that is a little more authentic to scientific measurements 🧪 #iteachphysics

"Its about creating informal opportunities for teachers to talk about their practice in unstructured ways." 🙌 - @claireharley.bsky.social www.researchtoclassroom.com/post/creatin...

📢 New Post 📢 Reflecting on the 2023 paper, "Communication miscalibration: The price leaders pay for not sharing enough", read my thoughts here: Too Quiet at the Top? What Happens When School Leaders Don’t Say Enough: researcherteacher.home.blog/2025/08/24/t...

TIL that we wouldn't have tequila if it wasn't for bats pollinating the agave flowers, at night. It turns out that ecosystems are very busy in the dark, up to all sorts of things. Next week's Rare Earth is all about noctural ecology - what is it, why does it matter & how is it affected by us?

Preparing to welcome a new #ECT into your department (or any new #teacher colleague for that matter)? If you're heading into school over next couple of weeks, think about how you can support them in making a positive start in their new role. uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2019/08/12/n...

HELP! The winner has a special message in the app...but she or he haven't messaged in! Open your app and check NOW to see if it is you!! You have won our mystery prize...£100 gift card! 🤩

🎉 Steplab Summer Reads #5 Win "The Classroom Management Handbook" by Ollie Lovell + the Steplab bundle (mug, notepad, pen)! Ollie, Steplab Australia Director, shares 10 principles & 18 routines for calm, focused classrooms. 1️⃣ Follow 2️⃣ Like 3️⃣ Share 🏆 Winner Tues!

This may also be useful for anyone about to begin their #PGCE #ITT #ITE year: uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2019/09/15/o...

🚨NEW BLOG🚨 One for those about to start #TeacherTraining #ITT #ITE #PGCE #SCITT and #ECT #teaching Banish that imposter syndrome. You can do this. uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2025/08/13/y...

🎉 Steplab Summer Reads #5 Win "Ausubel’s Meaningful Learning in Action" by Sarah Cottingham! Our Research Lead & ex-teacher shares how meaningful learning builds deep, lasting knowledge. ✅ Follow ❤️ Like 🔁 Share 🏆 Winner Fri!

Some thoughts on working online, especially for MAT central teams. Videoconferencing: More Efficient or More Fatigued? researcherteacher.home.blog/2025/08/10/v...

Teaching: The Greatest Privilege. My first blogpost in a while. On an Uber journey, my newborn baby and my love for teaching. justonethingafteranotherblog.wordpress.com/2025/08/08/t...

🚨New Post Alert🚨 An update of a post from 2021, on why it's hard to ask for help, and what we can do about it. researcherteacher.home.blog/2025/08/05/s...

We think the teacher crisis is about recruitment. It’s not. We train thousands every year then watch a third leave within 5 years. Almost half of trained teachers are not teaching. The real crisis is retention. And we’re losing many who could have become great. open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...

🎉 Steplab Summer Reads #4 Win a copy of "Developing Expert Teaching" by Peps Mccrea—plus a Steplab bundle (mug, pen & notepad)! Peps is Steplab’s Director of Education & author of the "High Impact Teaching" series. ✅ Follow ❤️ Like 🔁 Share 🏆 Winner announced Friday!

If you’ve moved into a middle leadership role as a teacher, what were the things you noticed? Where there aspects of the role you weren’t expecting? How did your working life change? What would you tell your pre-ML self? Interested in your ideas!

Friendliness isn't always a sign of trustworthiness. Warmth is easy to fake. The foundations of trust are reliability and integrity. What counts isn't courtesy in the moment—it's keeping commitments over time. The best way to inspire confidence is to consistently walk our talk.

There is a fine balance when managing teams, between being informed and avoiding micromanaging. Digging deeper into this balance can be navigated by considering the depth and frequency of communication Read more here: researcherteacher.home.blog/2025/08/01/s...

Working my way through this book by @mrarobbins.bsky.social Currently in Chapter 2, Why is it so hard to improve teaching? Informative, with relevant research noted and concrete examples. Great so far!

🚨New Post🚨 Cohesion has been a common feature of many effective teams I've worked in, however cohesion is dynamic, and not constant. As Grossman et al. (2022) discuss in their paper, cohesion can mean many things. Check out my post in cohesion below: researcherteacher.home.blog/2025/07/28/c...

🎉 Steplab Summer Reads #2 Win Responsive Teaching by Harry Fletcher-Wood + Steplab bundle. Harry is Steplab’s Director of Training and a globally experienced educator. His book explores six key teaching challenges with research-backed strategies. ✅ Follow ❤️ Like 🔁 Share Winner announced Friday!

Being emotionally intelligent means being aware of how you feel and what you can do about it. Try out these five steps with your pupils. We provide professional learning for teachers and schools. Find out more http://impact.wales

Open Planet is doing some great stuff, and this is an incredible resource for anyone telling stories about the ocean: thousands of cinematic clips themed around marine issues and environments available to everyone. Seeing is believing, and this will help everyone see. openplanet.org/news/...

New post, on the professional discopline of saying "No". Inspired by some recent conversations with @scottinghatt.bsky.social researcherteacher.home.blog/2025/07/23/t...

📢 NEW POST: Navigating the Space Between Pessimism and Relentless Optimism researcherteacher.home.blog/2025/07/21/i...

My reply to @nimishlad.bsky.social 's post about the need to consider the emotional aspect of CPD. I think this is right, but we also need to consider the extent to which CPD is a political and social act in order to do this effectively. www.researchtoclassroom.com/post/cpd-as-...

Live coaching Vs instructional coaching. Interesting discussion over the use of each in improving teaching practice researcherteacher.home.blog/2025/07/08/t...

Looking at this it seems possible that the “they all forget everything over the summer holidays” mantra is a myth. Fact is, they struggle to learn anything in the second half of the summer term.

This is exactly what the internet is for.

Today's blog is by Dr Sarah Mullin MBE Leading with Heart: Why Humanity Belongs in Leadership www.diverseeducators.co.uk/leading-with... #DiverseEd

Systematic inclusion: is literally everyone thinkingtalking, practicing, learning? teacherhead.com/2025/06/25/s...