Author: Craig Barton
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Michael Pershan
You can download an mp3 of the podcast here. Michael Pershan’s tips: Begin your explanations as a series of questions that everyone can answer (03:12) The best feedback is a learning activity, and it’s much better than written feedback on the page (16:28) Get used to asking “what if” after explaining something (31:02) Use partner work…
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Tip 103. Sixteen ideas to improve the delivery of CPD
Summary of all 16 ideas: Tom Sherrington has written about structures of coaching and CPD here Tom also writes about the importance of building CPD around a learning model here Finally, Tom describes the power of non-examples in CPD here Sam Sims discusses what makes effective professional development with Ollie Lovell here Josh Goldrich shares…
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Tip 101. Five ideas to help tackle the negativity radio
You can find out more about David Goggin’s Cookie-Jar approach here Ian White has a great thread on supporting colleagues who are struggling here General links
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Tip 100. Four things to consider when trying something new
Harry Fletcher-Wood has a lovely blog post called Better teacher habits for better student learning here Dylan Wiliam shares some tips to help teachers and leaders change their practice in this video here If you want a colleague to observe the change you have enacted, they might find this post by Adam Boxer useful, available here…
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Tip 99. Revisit education books and podcast episodes
Here are links to the 3 things I revisited: General links
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Tip 98. Five different people to learn from
Adam Boxer describes his process for observing colleagues lessons here General links
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Tip 97. Find the expertise within your team
Tom Sherrington has a great post about using team meetings effectively here Adam Boxer describes his process for observing colleagues lessons here General links
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Tip 96. Twelve ideas to improve whole-class feedback
Summary of all 12 ideas: Joe Kirby wrote a seminal blog (for me, anyway!) on marking and feedback back in 2015, available here This article from Rebecca Lee is a great starting point when thinking about whole-class feedback, available here Adam Boxer describes what he does after a mock exam here Adam Robbins describes his…
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Tip 95. Consider recording verbal feedback
The Qwiqr website is here The EEF report on feedback is here General links