Coherence, not consistency | Developing shared teaching approaches

We use the High Impact Teaching Strategies. We use the Great Teaching Toolkit. We use the Walkthrus. We use Rosenshine's Principles of Instruction. These authors and many more have parsed the practice of teaching, all seeking to communicate what it is that teachers do that leads to children's learning. They can be useful to leaders...

Do we need a teaching and learning policy?

Note: to start with, we'll use the terms teaching and learning policy and pedagogical framework interchangeably. Stick around to see how they diverge. What makes great teaching? Take a few minutes to indulge in some thinking about teaching. Grab a set of post it notes and write down all the things that you can think...

Leaders – what does your mental model of great teaching look like?

Quality first teaching is a strange phrase. I may be wrong but I think its origin can be traced back to the SEND code of practice. Its most recent iteration is 'high quality teaching' as a catch all for all the great things that should be under universal provision. Regardless of origin, it is certainly...