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On the generic vs. the specific
Why I think the subject-specific is important, what role the generic might play, and how we might balance the two
Matt Burnage
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Matt Burnage
@MJBurnage
Vice Principal, History Teacher and curriculum nerd @ArkSoaneAcademy
- 7 Alexander, Cicero and Augustus are on their way to see the Lion King musical this afternoon as a reward for being the forms with the most merits in the first three weeks of term!
- I actually think the JCQ guidance is brilliant, because I now have concrete examples of why level descriptors don’t work for every subject
- ‘You can’t talk about curriculum when behaviour isn’t right’ 👏👏@Strickomaster #researchEDN
- So, some news: I’m absolutely thrilled to say that I’ll be joining @ArkSoaneAcademy from September as Assistant Principal, where I’ll be overseeing our curriculum. I can’t wait to meet our *amazing* founding team, and to welcome our very first students!
- Following on from posting our readings booklet, I've written a brief summary of what we're doing to improve our teacher training at BFS - let me know if you have any feedback! inthenameofrigour.wordpress.com/2018/12/24/tea…
- Had a great day at the British Museum learning about the medieval Islamic world and Sutton Hoo with 7 Augustus! School trips are always tricky to get right, but here’s what we’ve done @ArkSoaneAcademy to try and make sure they are always purposeful and easy to run 🧵
- All ready for our new trainees in January - a greatest hits collection including Willingham, Wiliam, Lemov, Christodoulou, Didau/Rose and many more...
- For anyone who may have missed it over Christmas, here’s what we’re doing at BFS to improve our teacher training offer
- If anyone can tell me how this is better than letting schools exclude violent students, be my guest.
- 3% of schools start teaching GCSE content from Year 7. What this *doesn’t* tell us is how many impose GCSE-style assessment rubrics from Year 7. Both are highly problematic.Survey finds 3% of schools begin GCSE curriculum in year 7 schoolsweek.co.uk/half-of-school…
- Scripts are a massively useful tool for staff. Embedding routines or shared strategies that make teaching great lessons is a complex business, not least for teachers who already have so many plates to spin in the classroom. Here’s a few reasons why they SUPPORT teachers: 🧵
- Ofsted *will not* be looking for ITT planning organised around the Teachers' Standards because they are not a curriculum 👏👏👏
- Replying to @MJBurnage5. We explicitly teach students how to conduct themselves on trips - especially on the train. Students read in silence, and are taught to offer their seat to members of the public. The resulting great behaviour opens up options for trips, as we know we can jump on the tube!
