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Rachel Ball
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Rachel Ball
@MrsBallAP
Hubs Lead @steplab_co Former Ass. Principal i/c T&L, SLE, FCCT, History teacher, Author and Consultant. All views my own.
- One of the bits of CPD this year which has had the most positive feedback is our T and L briefings where each week I remind staff of one strategy which feeds into our Great Teaching principles. None of these are my own ideas but I add any I hear in podcasts or in my reading 1/
- Last ever Teaching and Learning tip in Staff Briefing today! I've updated the PowerPoint I use every week if it's useful to anyone. Special mention to the brilliant Tips for Teachers podcast where many tips came from. It's in my Google drive here docs.google.com/presentation/d…
- This might not mean much to some but I am over the moon tonight to get home to this: my first ever article in @tes Thanks to everyone who's been so kind about it and thanks to @Helen_Amass and @heymrshallahan 😊tes.com/magazine/artic…
- Replying to @MrsBallAPThanks for all the interest. I must repeat - these are not my ideas, all I've done is collated others brilliant tips. This is a copy of what I'm sure will be a growing document! You can find it in my google drive linked in my pinned post or here docs.google.com/presentation/d…
- Have been thinking about helpful ways to show different ways and approaches to scaffolding across school, and to help teachers know how to reduce support. I adapted a broader school document into much more depth for History and the main tasks used in the subject
- *NEW BLOG POST* Teach to the Top, where I discuss differentiated learning objectives and high expectations.
- *NEW BLOG POST* How my retrieval practice has changed this year, with some examples.
- Thanks for all the interest. I must repeat - these are not my ideas, all I've done is collated others brilliant tips. This is a copy of what I'm sure will be a growing document! You can find it in my google drive linked in my pinned post or here docs.google.com/presentation/d…One of the bits of CPD this year which has had the most positive feedback is our T and L briefings where each week I remind staff of one strategy which feeds into our Great Teaching principles. None of these are my own ideas but I add any I hear in podcasts or in my reading 1/
- This is such an excellent podcast with @dylanwiliam ! Had to stop listening in the car and get a pen and paper because it is just SO good. Here are some of my key takeaways in a 🧵in case it's helpful! 1. Teaching is very complicated - so much can go wrong!In case you missed it.. Listen to "Designing Teaching & Understanding Learners with @dylanwiliam for Mind the Gap, Ep. 55 (S3E11)" with me and @Emma_Turner75 on the podcast platform you prefer: ⚓ anchor.fm/mindthegap-edu…
- I read a lot of education books but I'd go so far as to say this is one of the best I've read. It's utterly packed with brilliant practical wisdom like the useful phrases glossary and covers everything from de-personalising behaviour to subject knowledge 5⭐ @teachgratitude1
- Delighted to share that I’ll soon be joining @Steplab_co as Coaching Development Lead helping schools effectively implement Instructional Coaching and PD. The impact of Steplab in my school has been huge & I can’t wait to work with more schools who are on a similar journey😀
- This retrieval practice worked really well today. 1 minute for each section. The red is points they missed.
