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Steplab @steplab.bsky.social · 21h

🎉 We’re delighted to welcome Acer Trust as a new Steplab partner!

We’re excited to roll out in their schools, work with their leaders, and support their teachers and teaching assistants with professional development that really works.

Here’s to improving teaching and outcomes for students! ✨

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Steplab @steplab.bsky.social · 1d

💭 Getting culture right starts with the introduction of drop-ins and positive feedback.

Keep them appreciative, purposeful and collaborative — that’s how trust grows.

👉 See what makes drop-ins effective in this article: tinyurl.com/332mmefp

Steplab @steplab.bsky.social · 1d

Excited to team up for the Instructional Coaching Intensive in the Midlands! 🤩

📅 Mon 3 Nov 2025 | 9–4
📍 Queen Elizabeth Academy, Atherstone

A great chance for educators to connect & strengthen coaching practice. More info & booking 👇

ATT Institute @attinstitute.bsky.social · 2d

We can't wait to join forces with @steplab.bsky.social for this exciting event! 🤩✈️
It's a brilliant chance for educators to come together, collaborate & deep-dive into impactful #coaching practice.

📍 Find out more & join us: tinyurl.com/2mjjfkd7

#TransformingPD #TransformingLives

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Steplab @steplab.bsky.social · 2d

💬 Building a culture of positive feedback and professional trust.

With Steplab, lesson drop-ins and shoutouts help schools recognise great practice, strengthen collaboration and celebrate success.

👉 To learn more, book a demo: steplab.co/uk/book-a-demo

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Madeleine F-B @mxfb.bsky.social · 6d

Guiding principles of inclusive teaching (via recent @steplab.bsky.social report)
1. Clarity & explicit structure for all.
2. Make lessons accessible by default.
3. Effective teacher assessment - what are the actual barriers for the student(s) in front of you?
4. Adapt Minimally & appropriately
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Steplab @steplab.bsky.social · 3d

Brilliant insight from our Research Lead, Sarah Cottinghatt 👏

🎯 Refining the goal transforms coaching — moving from reflection to a deeper understanding of what drives effective teaching.

Check out this Coaching Cut to see how refining the goal reveals when actions support or overload learning.

scottinghatt.bsky.social @scottinghatt.bsky.social · 3d

🎦 Today's Coaching Cut substack is out!

Our logic is...
How can we know what to improve if we don’t know our coachee’s intentions?

Great coaching starts by asking our coachees their goal and helping them refine it!

🔗Watch it here! bit.ly/4n1H4hU

Coaching Cut #29 Refine the goal

Coaching cuts: bite-sized tips for better coaching

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Steplab @steplab.bsky.social · 4d

Personalised, expert support — it’s what every Steplab School gets. 💡

Here’s what Kellie Eaton from Ivanhoe Grammar School, VIC, Australia recently shared.

🔗 steplab.co/au/book-a-demo

Steplab @steplab.bsky.social · 5d

Visiting a Steplab Hub School is one of the best ways to see great PD in action 👏 With 23 Hubs across the UK, schools are opening their doors to share how they’re building powerful coaching cultures.

Find your nearest Hub and book your visit today!
🔗 steplab.co/news/steplab...

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Steplab @steplab.bsky.social · 5d

Leading PD across your school or trust?

Join us in London on 13 Nov for our PD Leadership Intensive – a practical day of strategies you can use straight away to lead impactful PD at scale.

💷 £155 + VAT
🎟️ Places limited – book now 👇
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Steplab @steplab.bsky.social · 7d

Before learning can happen, students must be paying attention.

Active listening routines — part of Steplab’s Securing Attention strand — help build focus and classroom culture.

📖 Read our latest newsletter by Sarah Cotthinghatt 👉 www.linkedin.com/pulse/stepla...

Steplab insight: attention for the win!

Discover why securing attention is the foundation of great teaching and how Steplab helps schools improve learning through evidence-informed PD.

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Steplab @steplab.bsky.social · 8d

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Steplab @steplab.bsky.social · 8d

💡 Steplab’s content library makes it easy to build PD that fits your school’s priorities.

“Steplab content is so flexible, allowing us to create sequences of action steps aligned with our focus for the term.” – @sarahdickinson.bsky.social, Woodham Academy

👉 Book a demo (link in thread).

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Steplab @steplab.bsky.social · 9d

Steplab’s content library gives teachers, TAs and leaders access to 1000s of evidence-informed techniques, model videos and learning modules – all broken down into precise, actionable steps for every phase and subject.

👀 Check out the most popular step in tomorrow’s newsletter!

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Haringey Education Partnership @haringeyeduc.bsky.social · 12d

📸 Check out some snaps from the @walkthrus.bsky.social symposium day at HEP HQ yesterday

More 👇 @steplab.bsky.social @innerdrive.bsky.social @collegeofteaching.bsky.social @ambitioninstitute.bsky.social @ssatuk.co.uk

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Steplab @steplab.bsky.social · 10d

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Steplab @steplab.bsky.social · 10d

✨ Hear from Jared Centenera of Saint Ignatius’ College, Adelaide 🇦🇺 on how the Group PD Builder helped his school deliver whole-staff PD.

👉 Want to see how the Group PD Builder can support your staff? Book your demo - link in comments.

#TeacherDevelopment #SchoolLeadership

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Steplab @steplab.bsky.social · 13d

👏 Yesterday our brilliant Rachel Ball and Rachel Sewell delivered a PD Leadership Intensive to leaders from across @danesedtrust.bsky.social.

A fantastic day of trust-wide collaboration, focused on building expertise in leading professional development. Thanks to everyone who contributed!

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Steplab @steplab.bsky.social · 13d

Sydney too far? Check out our other intensives across Australia →
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Steplab @steplab.bsky.social · 13d

🚀 Our Instructional Coaching Intensives are expanding across Australia — reaching more schools than ever!

🔹 Next up: Oct 23 – Intensive at Cranbrook Junior School, Sydney

⏳ Only 3 weeks left — don’t miss out. Secure your spot now 👉 buytickets.at/steplab/1701...

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ImpactEd Group @impactedgroup.bsky.social · 14d

We're pleased to announce our partnership with @steplab.bsky.social for their inaugural impact evaluation. The project will begin with developing their theory of change before progressing to an evaluation of pupil and teacher metrics.

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Steplab @steplab.bsky.social · 14d

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Steplab @steplab.bsky.social · 14d

✨ Planning whole-school PD just got easier!

“Using the Group PD Builder, it took me just 10 minutes to plan our INSET – from grouping staff to allocating study modules. Brilliant!” – Kate Hytner, Ridgeway High School

👉 Book a demo: link in comments

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Steplab @steplab.bsky.social · 15d

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Steplab @steplab.bsky.social · 15d

Every Steplab module unpacks the science of learning 🧠

Teachers learn how, when + why to apply strategies for maximum impact.

This is mechanism-rich PD, built to last. To find out more, book a demo. Link below👇

#PD #CPD #ScienceOfLearning

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Steplab @steplab.bsky.social · 16d

⏳ Josh creates a fully resourced PD session in just 3 minutes.

💡 With Steplab’s new Group PD Builder, what normally takes hours can be done in minutes.

👉 See how to plan, design and resource impactful PD sessions fast.

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Group PD Builder - create fully resourced group PD sessions under 5 minutes

Josh Goodrich, Steplab’s CEO and co-founder, demonstrates how to use the Group PD Builder to create a beautifully designed, fully resourced PD training session in just three minutes. Want to learn…

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