MrGreenw00d
@mrgreenw00d.bsky.social
Lead practitioner, ECT/ITT Lead, Teacher development enthusiast.
Obviously the first point is stupid, but schools are already doing the rest.
So what should schools do about this?
1. Don't fixate on grades. They dont matter as much as we're told.
2. Prioritise fostering warm, supportive relationships between staff and students.
3. Create an interesting, relevant & challenging curriculum.
4. Foster a love of learning
1. Don't fixate on grades. They dont matter as much as we're told.
2. Prioritise fostering warm, supportive relationships between staff and students.
3. Create an interesting, relevant & challenging curriculum.
4. Foster a love of learning
June 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Obviously the first point is stupid, but schools are already doing the rest.
Interesting interaction with a student. Had our standard 5 min chat while they were in detention. They accepted they had been rude in the lesson and deserved detention but also asked me to sit to help or correct rather than stand as they felt hemmed in. I did today and they were much calmer.
June 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Interesting interaction with a student. Had our standard 5 min chat while they were in detention. They accepted they had been rude in the lesson and deserved detention but also asked me to sit to help or correct rather than stand as they felt hemmed in. I did today and they were much calmer.
Easter holidays at last. Exhausted doesn't cover it.
April 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Easter holidays at last. Exhausted doesn't cover it.
Outstanding blog. Detailed explanation of why so many of the trainees I've met with excellent academic credentials struggle to explain complex/abstract material.
They don't know what the students should already know or what they need next.
They don't know what the students should already know or what they need next.
New blog! ‘The Teachers’ knowledge that has no name’.
What should we call this knowledge?
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With special thanks to @michaelfordham.bsky.social
What should we call this knowledge?
heatherfblog.wordpress.com/2025/02/23/t...
With special thanks to @michaelfordham.bsky.social
February 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Outstanding blog. Detailed explanation of why so many of the trainees I've met with excellent academic credentials struggle to explain complex/abstract material.
They don't know what the students should already know or what they need next.
They don't know what the students should already know or what they need next.
AI is bad for the environment, bad for our process of thinking and working and also ethically bad.
A thing I don't think people are getting with AI is that pointing out benefits of it isn't a gotcha winning argument. Of course there will be benefits. It's about the trade offs and these are massive and terrifying.
January 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM
AI is bad for the environment, bad for our process of thinking and working and also ethically bad.
This is a deeply painful read but every teacher (or government) that thinks AI can solve all of our problems should read this and then read it again.
Just in time for the AI policies to go into my syllabi - I've cleared my brain of all of its frustrations regarding generative AI.
I think it's important to resist the stuff. For all of us. And for no greater reason than preserving our humanity.
I think the stakes are that high.
I think it's important to resist the stuff. For all of us. And for no greater reason than preserving our humanity.
I think the stakes are that high.
The ethical case for resisting AI
I had my moment of reality regarding generative AI in my chemistry and physics classes this past term. I’ve always had the student frustration “I can’t Google your homework problems!” as a point of…
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January 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
This is a deeply painful read but every teacher (or government) that thinks AI can solve all of our problems should read this and then read it again.
This is one of the most important messages to all schools. Improving schools is hard and takes a long time, but even schools that aren't in poor shape can quickly decline without consistency.
I’ve taught in schools that decided to make a change and outcomes improved.
Then people got in their own way and outcomes went back down.
Education’s embarrassment is that we know how to turn schools around and we regularly fail to do it.
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Then people got in their own way and outcomes went back down.
Education’s embarrassment is that we know how to turn schools around and we regularly fail to do it.
educationrickshaw.com/2024/12/20/w...
Where are the Champions for Struggling Public Schools?
A few years ago, for not the first time, I found myself at the school at the bottom. Test scores were hovering around 18 percent proficiency, chronic absenteeism was rampant, and the school had the…
educationrickshaw.com
December 21, 2024 at 8:04 AM
This is one of the most important messages to all schools. Improving schools is hard and takes a long time, but even schools that aren't in poor shape can quickly decline without consistency.
Reposted by MrGreenw00d
'This binary, combative response has grown tiresome. While pay erosion is a pressing issue, the challenges we face demand a more nuanced approach'
The binary response to the pay award isn't helping schools
We deserve better representation than this short-termist, rehearsed and poorly considered response to government decisions
buff.ly
December 12, 2024 at 6:11 PM
'This binary, combative response has grown tiresome. While pay erosion is a pressing issue, the challenges we face demand a more nuanced approach'
With this sort of document being a very real possibility in my near future I also have concerns about the EHCP process. Lots of really well meaning people in these processes but I've read a few reports that seem to describe a completely different child to the one I recognise from my class.
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I've been form filling for B and quite worried about how the information asked for by professional agencies is pretty weak/unreliable and then assumes far more power and influence than it should when it goes into a sort of official or quasi official document.
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I've been form filling for B and quite worried about how the information asked for by professional agencies is pretty weak/unreliable and then assumes far more power and influence than it should when it goes into a sort of official or quasi official document.
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November 25, 2024 at 8:23 PM
With this sort of document being a very real possibility in my near future I also have concerns about the EHCP process. Lots of really well meaning people in these processes but I've read a few reports that seem to describe a completely different child to the one I recognise from my class.
From a thread about getting AI to plan lessons. . .
November 24, 2024 at 11:22 AM
From a thread about getting AI to plan lessons. . .
We do this through compassionate consistency. Kids need a framework of boundaries to hang that self-regulation and discipline from. Expecting one to magically develop without any perceivable rules and consequences is a mistake!
Teaching young people self-regulation & self-discipline is a gift that will help them succeed at almost every endeavor of their lives.
November 19, 2024 at 11:17 AM
We do this through compassionate consistency. Kids need a framework of boundaries to hang that self-regulation and discipline from. Expecting one to magically develop without any perceivable rules and consequences is a mistake!
@mrmountstevens.bsky.social has already made a lot of comments regarding this suggested inspection framework. This blog goes into a lot more detail about the potential pitfall of trying to judge the quality of teaching as a stand alone category.
New blog post
Why Ofsted should not separate teaching from curriculum
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Why Ofsted should not separate teaching from curriculum
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An Unwelcome Divide: Curriculum and Teaching
I remember a time, not so very long ago, when it would have been highly unusual in most English schools for a lesson observer to pay much attention at all to the content being taught. It was very r…
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November 16, 2024 at 11:53 AM
@mrmountstevens.bsky.social has already made a lot of comments regarding this suggested inspection framework. This blog goes into a lot more detail about the potential pitfall of trying to judge the quality of teaching as a stand alone category.
So, first post on Blue sky. It's genuinely like "the other app" when I first started using it. What a crying shame it's headed to a place that so many of us won't go to. Still, lovely to see you all here too. . .
November 15, 2024 at 4:02 PM
So, first post on Blue sky. It's genuinely like "the other app" when I first started using it. What a crying shame it's headed to a place that so many of us won't go to. Still, lovely to see you all here too. . .