Ed Consult/Thinker.Ed Research(DCU).Self eval/School Imp/cluster develop. Sch networking/ improvement.Ed Assoc. NICIE/CSSC. President ASE(NI)Ex NI Inspectorate
Northern Ireland
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Colleagues , just to say you can now also access posts on LinkedIN from myself Patrick Shevlin . Some of these are additional
Dr Paddy Shevlin retweeted
High-quality teaching is for everyone. But what does it look like in the context of SEND?
We've published a SEND guide for teachers looking to use the Great Teaching Toolkit (GTT) to improve inclusive practice and provision.
The guide provides questions teachers can use to shape collaborative conversations about teaching of learners with SEND, and signposts resources within the GTT to explore this area further.
Download here hubs.la/Q04CKf8c0
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One last booklet for this half term. More to follow but won’t be this week! Use/chuck as you see fit.
Power and Conflict guide for grades 4-6: dropbox.com/scl/fi/c4d007qtb…
Grade 7 to 9 version available here: dropbox.com/scl/fi/aklvfi0q2…
Dr Paddy Shevlin retweeted
Create an Oracy Curriculum by Amy Gaunt and Alice Stott is out today. It answers all the questions you might have about learning through talk and developing a knowledge-rich oracy curriculum. Oh yes! @Hachette_Learn amzn.eu/d/0dz4qgGR
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🗣️ ORACY! This edition, I break down oracy: what it actually is, why it matters, and exactly how to build purposeful talk into your classroom. Plus, it includes a FREE planning tool.
newsletter.jamieleeclark.com…
![Oracy: The Ultimate Guide to Talk for Learning [FREE PLANNING TOOL]](https://pbs.twimg.com/card_img/2116141302626861056/eojaKsef?format=png&name=800x419)
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1 page ABSAME action plans can be adjusted if needed depending on what the school’s collegiate evaluation of the LEARNING set out in the action plans is saying.Indeed they should be adjusted if outcomes not being sufficiently reached
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1 page ABSAME action plans are invaluable WORKING PAPER
ABSAME action plans actually focus on OUTCOMES that result from actions and their monitoring and evaluation. This a crucial point
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1 page ABSAME action plans designed to minimise everyone working “in isolation in every direction”
This is a key point and this is why 1 page ABSAME action plans are invaluable WORKING PAPER
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ABSAME actions plans guide a group of teachers from a common baseline position B (expressed QVQ way ) to (after a specified period of time ) to a common success target (S) - QVQ written
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1 page ABSAME action plans need to be useful/known/used by classroom teachers - they are working classroom documents
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1 page ABSAME plans (indeed the linked school development plan which action plans underpin ) cannot be produced in isolation in “a back room” somewhere.
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1 page ABSAME action plans need to be useful/able to be used easily by classroom teachers who need to co-produce/or be fully involved/or be informed fully in this process.
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The sharp/unremitting focus in ABSAME action plans is about the LEARNING (in particular the levels/standards the children/pupils/learners are reaching/achieving. So the words/non jargon language used in the minimum paper/no bureaucracy plan vital
Dr Paddy Shevlin retweeted
LOVE the annotated forgetting curve diagram from @Doug_Lemov!
teachlikeachampion.org/blog/…
... and wondering if it would be a fun resources if you're teaching them how learning happens...
itsalearningcurve.education/…
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