Posts by Mark Taylor
Year review and 2021 conference – NAPE 057
This week we look back at what the National Association for Primary Education has achieved in 2020 and take a glimpse into 2021.
Our FREE resources have expanded for you in forms of:
- Podcasts
- YouTube
- e-copies of our journal Primary First
TEACHING HANDWRITING BY CHRISTOPHER JARMAN
There is now a new, 3rd Edition Teachers’ Handwriting Book, containing the; teaching and practice handwriting pages to copy, children’s development chart and the history of handwriting.
Our 2021 virtual conference is called ‘TOWARDS A BALANCED AND BROADLY-BASED CURRICULUM’
The Conference, embracing a theme which has always been central to debate about children’s entitlements, has been highlighted by OfSTED as critical in curriculum development and its central importance has been further accentuated by the pressures under which primary schools are working in the post-lockdown phase as they prioritise what is perceived as essential in educational recovery.
Full details of how to get tickets coming in January 2021.
To find out more about NAPE please visit https://nape.org.uk/
179: Master your mind master your life with Nicholas Lee
This week we explore an entrepreneurs view of how your upbringing and education can help but also limit your view of life.
Understanding how to master your mind and being aware of the stories you tell yourself can be life changing.
Nicholas is a Chartered Accountant, turned entrepreneur. His goal is to share information that school and society never taught us about our own minds and how to use this powerful tool to achieve whatever we desire in life. He helps business owners elevate their thinking in order to grow their business and profits, and live the life they want.
https://www.masteryourmindmasteryourlife.co.uk/negativethoughts
www.facebook.com/nicholasleeofficial/
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The National Association for Primary Education speaks for young children and all who live and work with them. This includes parents, teachers, governors and all those interested in primary education. Get their FREE professional journal at nape.org.uk/journal
178: The Sport of School with Christian Buck
How to raise your game on the field, in the classroom and in your life by improving your mindset.
Do you recognise yourself as one of these types of people?
- The Workhorse
- The intellectual
- The Rookie
- The Natural Talent
- The Spectator
Today we explore how understanding who we are, where we are and what we want in life can propel us forward to achieve the life we desire.
For ten years, performance consultant, Christian Buck, has worked with college teams from Brown, Harvard, Yale, and Amherst, some of which reached the NCAA Final Four and National Championship. Alumni of Coach Buck’s academic coaching program, The Sport of School Academy, have gone on to elite schools such as Cornell, Dartmouth, Notre Dame, Georgetown, Penn, Columbia, Johns Hopkins, Tufts, Wesleyan, Michigan, Colgate, and many more.
Coach Buck is also the author of Thinking Inside the Crease: The Mental Secrets to Becoming a Dominant Lacrosse Goalie.
Twitter @CBuckConsulting.
If you would like to support our GoFundMe campaign to create a valuable resource for our children based on the wisdom of our inspiring guests please click below.
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The National Association for Primary Education speaks for young children and all who live and work with them. This includes parents, teachers, governors and all those interested in primary education. Get their FREE professional journal at nape.org.uk/journal
177: How to improve teacher observations with Craig Randall
The teacher observation evaluation process is supposed to improve teaching and learning, but research makes it clear that it doesn’t. In fact, it creates fear, which stifles teacher innovation and risk-taking.
Today I chat with Craig Randall about how ‘Trust-Based Observations’ changes that.
- Using emotional intelligence to build trusting relationships.
- Focusing on strengths.
- Eliminating evaluative grading of pedagogy.
- Using a manageable observation form.
- Committing time to make frequent observations of all teachers.
- Listening actively during timely, reflective conversations.
Craig Randall is a Counselor, Coach, Teacher, Principal, Author, Trainer, and Consultant.
Education
Craig Randall received his Bachelor’s degree, yes in English, from the University of Washington, his Master’s in Education in Guidance and Counseling from Saint Martin’s University, and his principal certification from Western Washington University.
Counseling, Coaching, Teaching
Craig has worked as an elementary and middle school counselor, including one intense year in the classroom with students with severe behavior issues. In addition he has served as an academic advisor at the college level. He has worked as a collegiate basketball coach. He has worked as a teacher at the elementary, middle, and high school levels as well as in college.
Leadership and Consulting
And, of course, Craig has worked in the job of his passion and calling: assistant principal and principal. Craig has done his work at schools both in the US and overseas. Now, as the author of the book and founder of the business with the same name: Trust-Based Observations, Craig’s goal is to transform the world of teacher observation and evaluation. He is dedicated to training and consulting school leaders on the use of Trust-Based Observations, empowering them to build supportive relationships with their teachers, relationships which foster risk-taking, which in turn, dramatically improve teaching and learning.
Family
Currently, Craig lives in the rainy but beautiful Pacific Northwest with the best educator he knows, his wife and new teacher mentor, Michele, and their just graduated high-school twins, Acalia and Craigo.
Twitter @TrustbasedCraig
LinkedIn Craig Randall
If you would like to support our GoFundMe campaign to create a valuable resource for our children based on the wisdom of our inspiring guests please click below.
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The National Association for Primary Education speaks for young children and all who live and work with them. This includes parents, teachers, governors and all those interested in primary education. Get their FREE professional journal at nape.org.uk/journal
National Tutoring Programme appoints Third Space Learning to provide subsidised maths support to disadvantaged children
Third Space Learning, the UK’s largest online maths tutoring provider for schools, has announced it has been selected by the National Tutoring Programme to provide essential maths support to disadvantaged children across England as an approved Tuition Partner. From today, state maintained primary and secondary schools can access Third Space Learning’s subsidised maths tutoring support, funded as part of the government’s £350 million allocation to tutoring.
Third Space Learning works closely with schools to provide online tuition from professional tutors to children who are struggling with maths. Since launching in 2013, the company has delivered over 800,000 online maths lessons to more than 66,000 children in 2,300 schools across the UK.
Tom Hooper, Founder and CEO of Third Space Learning said: “Recent research* suggests that the social attainment gap is widening, particularly in maths, with children from poor backgrounds falling further behind than their peers. We’ve found that our model for online tutoring helps children to make significant progress in maths, often as much as seven months in just 14 weeks**. More than half of the children we support come from disadvantaged backgrounds and working with the National Tutoring Programme will enable us to extend this to many more. We are delighted to have been appointed.”
To help close the maths attainment gap, Third Space Learning has pioneered a tutoring model which recruits STEM graduates from across the world. This improves access to specialist one-to-one tuition so that schools can provide greater support to those disadvantaged children who are struggling with maths.
Third Space Learning tutors are all STEM graduates who undertake a rigorous training programme covering subject knowledge, online tutoring guidelines and safeguarding policies. They are all vetted and meet the highest safeguarding standards, before joining one of the largest online communities of expert maths tutors.
Daniel Nelson, Headteacher at Choppington Primary School in Northumberland said: “The progress made by the children since receiving Third Space sessions has been superb with children accelerating their progress and now closing the attainment gap, closer to desired outcomes.”
Third Space Learning’s sophisticated virtual classroom allows pupils to talk to their dedicated tutor through a shared screen and audio headset, including personalised online lesson plans to align with core curriculum concepts and classroom learning. Online delivery also means that if schools are partially closed, or a child needs to stay off school, their maths learning can continue and not be disrupted.
Rose Luckin, Professor of Learner Centred Design at UCL said: “We need new thinking and clever technology to address the huge educational challenges the pandemic has presented. Third Space Learning’s innovative and research-informed approach to widening access to one-to-one maths tuition is a great example of this. It is excellent news for schools and children that Third Space Learning is a part of this national initiative.”
Schools can learn more about Third Space Learning’s subsidised spaces by visiting: https://thirdspacelearning.com/national-tutoring-programme/
Click here to listen to Tom talking to Mark Taylor on the Education on Fire Podcast