Obsessed with PD | Founder/CEO @Steplab_co | English teacher, former SLT & MAT PD Lead | Blog → https://xitter.cf/t.co/F4YyMkysnb
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Always keep @Trivium21c as a staple role in your hype team. Happy book launch day 🎉
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If we’ve ensured that administrators have the knowledge to evaluate, let’s make sure that they have a proper tool.
open.substack.com/pub/benzul…
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We are recruiting for the position of Economics Subject Lead to join our team!
Location: Oasis Academy South Bank
Closing Date: 11th May 2026
Click the link for more information and to apply: oasisacademysouthbank.school…
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So excited to be speaking at my debut @Steplab_co conference this June 🎉
Delighted to be presenting alongside the brilliant @MrElliotHahn as we explore what equitable professional developmentreally looks like in practice.
Can’t wait for this one 👇
Last Few Tickets Remaining
🎟️ Steplab Conference 2026 | 19 June | London
Hear from 38 leading voices in education, including 21 school and trust leaders, plus a keynote from Daisy Christodoulou.
16 sessions. 4 strands. Practical ideas you can take straight back to your school.
🎟️ Tickets are limited. Book now: steplab.co/Conference
@daisychristo, @SiobhanMered123, @mradamkohlbeck, @C_Hendrick, @h_spencer, @NLad84, @MargaretMulhol2, @teacherhead, @PepsMccrea, @Josh_CPD, @Barker_J, @TomRees_77, @SaysMiss, @MrZachG
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Great paper from @PepsMccrea @Josh_CPD & @Barker_J.
Key phrase: Embrace Cognitive Similarity
“While every student brings unique experiences, strengths, and needs to the classroom, understanding the fundamental similarities in how we all learn provides a powerful foundation for inclusive teaching. This principle recognizes that the core mental processes involved in learning—how we pay attention, process information, and build understanding—are remarkably consistent across individuals. In short, how we learn is more similar than it is different (Willingham, 2012). Focusing on these shared mechanisms doesn't ignore individual differences; rather, it allows us to design core instruction that is effective for the widest possible range of students from the start.”
resources.steplab.co/content…
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Last year we set about capturing great coaches in action. Why?
Because there just aren’t enough models of great coaching out there. And, if you don’t know what you’re aiming for, it’s extremely hard to get there.
If you’re learning to coach with Steplab, this is the course for you!
With huge thank you to those who let us film them for this course! Including @catnew86 @mradamkohlbeck @Anyarthomas @sarah1daniel and many others!
Introducing Intro to Coaching on Steplab - a short, evidence-informed course for those new to coaching or new to Steplab.
Build coaching confidence in just a few hours with practical, step-by-step guidance.
Read more from from our research lead @SCottinghatt: steplab.co/resources/startin…
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We are delighted to be a @Steplab_co Hub School. Come and join us on the 24th June to learn how Steplab can supercharge your CPD
REGISTER✏️hubs.steplab.co/DurringtonHi… & JOIN @AnnieStutchbury
Visiting a @Steplab_co Hub School is one of the most effective ways for professional development (PD) leads and school leaders to strengthen or refine their PD approach.
Read more:
hubs.steplab.co/DurringtonHi…
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Join our webinar in collaboration with @TeachLikeAChamp, hosted by @Doug_Lemov and Josh Goodrich (@Josh_CPD).
📅 22 April
⏰ 4 - 5pm (UK) | 11am - 12pm (ET)
Explore what great teaching looks like through real classroom examples.
Can’t attend live? Sign up for the recording.
Book today: zoom.us/webinar/register/921…
Josh Goodrich retweeted
This is a really good blog from
@mradamkohlbeck
following on from our #bookmarkMonday post yesterday, which featured
@adamboxer1
blog on Instructional Coaching. (All the Adams!) Adam K, provides some excellent considerations and practical tips on how to mitigate against the challenges of implementing effective IC. Personally, I really liked this simple statement which, ultimately, is the goal of every school leader: Instructional coaching is one teacher working with another to get a bit better at teaching continuously (definition from Josh Goodrich)We all agree with that! Also, what a joy to be able to join in with a professional conversation on a really important subject. ☺️
@SCottinghatt
@HughesHaili
@Josh_CPD
@MrChrisPassey
Last week @adamboxer1 posted a great blog on the challenges of instructional coaching implementation. So… this week, here is my offering on how to overcome the challenges that Adam flagged. Getting IC right is hard but fruitful for school improvement
edupulse.co/post/answering-t…
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This is off the back of my blog post on improving results in English schools over the last twenty years.
improvingteaching.co.uk/2025…
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Just before Christmas, after 4 years, I finished my next book, Improving Teaching. It synthesises what I've learned in almost 15 years leading and studying professional development.
To end 2025, and as a heartfelt thank you, I'll share the acknowledgements...
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We’re thrilled to partner with @TeachForAU to support the PD of Associates nationwide!
After months of collaboration, @ollie_lovell & @MrMac85 led a training day for TFA Coaches at ACU Melbourne — with Steplab now powering TFA’s Initial Teacher Training across Australia.
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There aren’t enough models of great coaching out there.
Today we filmed more with the BRILLIANT @catnew86 and @Caroline_Alice_!
Soon to be up on @Steplab_co !
Dreamy day with @Steplab_co in school filming some of our PD offer with @catnew86 🤩 we feel really proud of the work we’re doing to offer our staff powerful PD 💪🏼 plus, super to spend some time with one of my favourite edu-friends @SCottinghatt ☕️ 🍪
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Dreamy day with @Steplab_co in school filming some of our PD offer with @catnew86 🤩 we feel really proud of the work we’re doing to offer our staff powerful PD 💪🏼 plus, super to spend some time with one of my favourite edu-friends @SCottinghatt ☕️ 🍪
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I'd love to see you join me January in NYC for a Steplab Instructional Coaching Intensive!
Not a bad way to spend a Saturday - explicit instruction through the day, discovery learning at the pub afterwards.
Registration below.
educationrickshaw.com/2025/1…
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What a lovely Monday surprise! A @Steplab_co mug - the best of the best when it comes to mugs! ☕️ Just like @Steplab_co is when it comes to professional development! 💪
I had the best time with the CCL group last week too.
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It's been a week of deep thinking and learning here at Educakers HQ - Anna and I have been passing ships in the night...
Shout outs to:
@KennyInclusion and @TeachLeadAAli for all things SEND and inclusion and a brilliant TA training session.
@Steplab_co @Josh_CPD @PepsMccrea @ReachFND @Mr_Raichura for their excellent documentary series Great Teaching Unpacked. This will be a real driver in building consistency across our school.
@Emma_Turner75 @Suchmo83 for your work that underpinned our reading staff meeting this week.
Thanks also goes to @jon_hutchinson_ and @edvainker for an inspiring introduction to their Cradle to Career Partnership (sorry, I don't have the handles for the rest of the team 🙃) Really looking forward to this one!
And last but by no means least, @jpembroke @daisychristo @InsightHQ for a day of data reflections, making data meaningful and use of AI.
We're exhausted but what a ride!
Now time for just this...
Happy Sunday everyone!
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According to a recent meta-analysis: “beginners benefit from higher-structure pedagogy; experts benefit from lower-structure pedagogy.”
I've crunche some numbers to explore the implications:
ow.ly/B9A750WZJnK
ALT Young boy in a black t-shirt climbing an indoor rock wall with colorful holds and marked routes on a wooden surface.
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We then turned to 🎥 Great Teaching Unpacked from Steplab — focusing on Participation. @Mr_Raichura
Over the coming weeks, we’ll be concentrating fully on this one area of practice.
🎯 Do Less, Better — deep and deliberate @MaryMyatt
We’re developing an Agreed Consistencies infographic — visual, quick-reference examples rooted in what we believe and how we teach. @MrZachG
#DoLessBetter #AgreedConsistencies #GreatTeaching #BehaviourMatters #Rosenshine #Steplab #TheEducakers
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🎬Coming soon…
Looking forward to seeing @catnew86 and @Caroline_Alice_ filming great coaching for @Steplab_co next week!
Off the back of a brilliant trip to @woodhamacademy with @sarah1daniel and @Anyarthomas last week where we got some brilliant footage.
A huge thank you!
Loved getting meta with @catnew86 rehearsing the rehearsal of rehearsal rounds ahead of @SCottinghatt and @Steplab_co’s visit next week.