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Comment on From Plantation Thinking to Rainforest Thinking by What I learned from #SLTeachMeet | Teaching: Leading Learning

What I learned from #SLTeachMeet | Teaching: Leading Learning — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:13:51 +0000

[…] (@headguruteacher) and James Heale (@Heale2011) both expressed this key idea. In his “Plantation vs Rainforest Thinking” opener, Tom Sherrington outlined the benefits from thinking about schools as the latter, […]

Comment on KEGS House Music: The KEGS Spirit in Action by headguruteacher

headguruteacher — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:31:43 +0000

Apologies to Jasdeep. One of the ultimate KEGS legends. Thanks to Anonymous for pointing out the error.

Comment on KEGS House Music: The KEGS Spirit in Action by Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 20 May 2013 15:28:47 +0000

You are mistaken, Jasdeep was the Holland House Music captain, Chloe was the vice captain!

Comment on A Chinese Education by Philippa Edwards

Philippa Edwards — Sun, 19 May 2013 14:48:57 +0000

Fascinating! We can lot a lot from the Chinese example. I fear that the 7.30am- 5.30pm day structure may be the detail that Gove would take from this example, ignoring the fact that teachers are afforded more time to mark, plan and help within the working day!

Comment on Making Feedback Count: “Close the Gap” by jatkinson1977

jatkinson1977 — Sun, 19 May 2013 13:35:44 +0000

Reblogged this on Teaching or Learning.

Comment on POST 100: 12 steps to a ‘Great Teacher’ reputation. by headguruteacher

headguruteacher — Sun, 19 May 2013 11:19:36 +0000

I don’t think so. Nothing here is out of reach; in fact thousands of teachers deliver in all 12 areas every day. If we dismiss anything that suggests aspirational standards for teachers as unreasonable then we’re in real trouble. In any case, like it or not, our reputational standing is real in any context and we’re better off knowing this and using it to our advantage than relying on exam outcomes and snap-shot lesson observations.

Comment on POST 100: 12 steps to a ‘Great Teacher’ reputation. by paul martin (@paulmartin42)

paul martin (@paulmartin42) — Sun, 19 May 2013 05:22:21 +0000

Sorry to be -ve but this comes over a bit Gove see latest on TV. You are setting high standards, assuming sunlit uplands ….. life’s a bit more complex.

Comment on POST 100: 12 steps to a ‘Great Teacher’ reputation. by Ten things I’ve become sure of since becoming an NQT | Ramblings of a Teacher

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:28:27 +0000

[…] [1] Tom Sherrington (@headguruteacher) writes about teacher reputation in his excellent blog at http://headguruteacher.com/2013/04/09/post-100-12-steps-to-a-great-teacher-reputation/ […]

Comment on The final words of wisdom for Y13… by headguruteacher

headguruteacher — Thu, 16 May 2013 07:41:04 +0000

Don’t worry, the ‘some’ is meant ironically… as would be clear from the delivery!

Comment on The final words of wisdom for Y13… by Mary Whitehouse

Mary Whitehouse — Thu, 16 May 2013 07:40:42 +0000

Great messages, lucky students.