Secondary English teacher. NPQLT South West.👨🏫 (🧔🏻). Educator for life. Research is the key to our teaching salvation!
South West, England
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(1) This is what those who criticise ordinary classroom teachers don’t see. 63 mock examinations to be marked in 7 days. On average each paper has 7-8 pages of content. This is my weekend. I do it because I care and appreciate my students and their work…
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I'm doing a #FreeGiveaway of my latest book "The Ultimate Guide to Adaptive Teaching" to celebrate its publication! Retweet to enter. Winner announced on 10th April. UK only. #EduSky #inclusion #freebie
ALT Picture of a copy of The Ultimate Guide to Adaptive Teaching on a wooden desk next to a vase of dried flowers. The book has a black cover with colourful fingerprints.
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Every month this year, I intend to give away a full class set of one book via @ANewChapterBks - I truly believe a full class set is one of the most valuable resources a teacher can have when teaching reading.
No faff to enter, just retweet and consider yourself in.
January.
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This quote sums up better than I can what I feel about the situation in too many British schools and presents a call to arms for us about how to reverse these trends.
Who else is feeling the gut wrenching anxiety of going back on Monday? #teachertwitter #teaching #uk
I can’t explain it but there is something so humble about @RoryStewartUK. Is it strange I also find him quite attractive too. Such a gentleman.
Biggest mistake ever was choosing BJ over him. Looking forward to reading this over the coming days. #politics #UK
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Shout out to every teacher who has all the energy in the world as long as they’re up and moving but the moment they sit down on a sofa they fall asleep.
#edutwitter
Thanks for all the support and encouragement. It’s amazing to see how we all feel the same way and are not alone! Have a fabulous Sunday all! ❤️
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Sean, a teacher and one of our hosts described his typical day:
“get up 5am
Out of shower 5.30
Get breakfast and talk to partner about the day ahead (also a teacher)
Leave for work at 6.45
Arrive 7.10
Photocopying, all retrieval tasks prepared, hole punched, place in rooms where I am on the different sites, lessons in correct folders
Then briefings on Mondays/Thursdays
Then teaching
20 min break and 30 min lunch - if I don’t have a free, I am left with about an hour to do other stuff I need to do
Adding behaviour points on SIMs, interventions after school, twilights.
Time disappears into the ether - you still have loads to do when you get home!
I leave school 4.30-5pm
25 mins drive - only time I don’t think about school
5pm onwards - life stuff! I have 4 kids, cleaning, dinner etc
6.30pm dinner
7.15pm into office and work to around 10pm unless mock exams etc and then sometimes later to 11pm”
Sean describes his typical working day! Listen here - podbean.com/lsi/TTradio?lsid…
First read of the half term. Let’s go! History buff time 🕰️ #eastend #ukhistory
YES! 🙌
A passage from my upcoming book EXPERIENCING ENGLISH LITERATURE
I think this captures the overall argument of the book pretty well
Pre-order here if you like what you read! Out on November 16th! amazon.co.uk/Experiencing-En…
Time to become much more immersed in the world of English teaching. I’ve been inspired by so many around me but I have also been manipulated into thinking that there is one way of teaching. Hopefully my new school will allow me to flourish with my own ideas and methodologies.
Hmmmm and also in highly affluent areas.
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