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How outstanding is outstanding? | mylifeasacynicalteacher

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Some of thoughts on Education and the vagaries of politicians and managers. How outstanding is outstanding? Earlier this year I was observed teaching a lesson on fractions. I used resources and a lesson plan I have used many times before. I have been observed teaching this lesson several times. The outcome has always been a 2 or a 3. I used the lesson despite this for two reasons. The lesson went ok. I’ve taught it better before. Pupils have engaged with it better before. I agreed with ...The behavior in...

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Our new marking policy makes me feel stupid | mylifeasacynicalteacher

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Some of thoughts on Education and the vagaries of politicians and managers. Our new marking policy makes me feel stupid. This resulted in our new “one size fits all” marking policy. I also do not completely hate the marking policy. It suits some departments very well. It is a genuine attempt to reduce workload and for us in some regards it has (Ks4 for example) in Maths. Some departments say it has made an enormous difference to their workload. Different people in the department are filling in these grid...

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My experiences of Mocksteds | mylifeasacynicalteacher

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Some of thoughts on Education and the vagaries of politicians and managers. My experiences of Mocksteds. I was a supply teacher at the time. OFSTED were due so in my 3rd week they had a mock inspection. The school did not appear to have any systems in place for managing behavior. If they had policies to do with marking, planning etc then nobody told me what they were. If there was a scheme of work then nobody gave it to me. It was a highly dysfunctional school. This was at the school described here:.

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My experiences as a teacher of dealing with victim blaming | mylifeasacynicalteacher

https://mylifeasacynicalteacher.wordpress.com/2013/07/31/my-experiences-as-a-teacher-of-dealing-with-sexism-bullying-of-girls-and-victim-blaming-as-a-teacher-relating-tangentially-to-the-caroline-criado-perez-stuff

Some of thoughts on Education and the vagaries of politicians and managers. My experiences as a teacher of dealing with victim blaming. I believe I am familiar with one of the types of young man who is sending Caroline Criado-Perez and Stella Creasy death threats. It’s quite likely that I have taught some of them. Here I will outline my experiences and why I believe this. From this point on when I say “boys” I do not mean ALL boys but the boys who behaved in the way I am describing). If the girls won&#82...

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I’m better now. Hopefully for good | mylifeasacynicalteacher

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Some of thoughts on Education and the vagaries of politicians and managers. I’m better now. Hopefully for good. It’s been quite a while since I’ve been on Twitter for any length of time or blogged. I thought I would write about why that is. This probably won’t be the best written thing I’ve ever produced. So what brought on my depression? Having too much on my plate is the simple answer. The good news is all of my exam classes got fantastic results. The school has repeatedly assured me that I am a va...

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The Bigkid Taxonomy | mylifeasacynicalteacher

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Some of thoughts on Education and the vagaries of politicians and managers. Having given it a lot of thought I have come up with my own taxonomy:. In order of level of thinking required pupils should attempt the following:. If necessary ask some intelligent questions. Do a reasonable amount of work correctly. Some pupils have fallen down at steps 1 and 3 find the “intelligent” part of step 4 difficult to achieve. They then go on to fail at steps 5 and 6. This entry was posted in Uncategorized. You are co...

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Me and Brexit-My views before and after | mylifeasacynicalteacher

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Some of thoughts on Education and the vagaries of politicians and managers. Me and Brexit-My views before and after. While I was depressed I considered writing about Brexit repeatedly but I couldn’t face it. I also suspected that my views might not go down to well (particularly with the tone police) and I couldn’t be bothered with the argument. My view on Brexit before the referendum:. My view after the referendum:. I have either been personally involved in or witnessed over 20 incidents of racism. M...

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bigkid4 | mylifeasacynicalteacher

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Some of thoughts on Education and the vagaries of politicians and managers. Me and Brexit-My views before and after. While I was depressed I considered writing about Brexit repeatedly but I couldn’t face it. I also suspected that my views might not go down to well (particularly with the tone police) and I couldn’t be bothered with the argument. My view on Brexit before the referendum:. My view after the referendum:. I have either been personally involved in or witnessed over 20 incidents of racism. M...

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How I’ve voluntarily changed my teaching this year and the impact this has had on low ability pupils | mylifeasacynicalteacher

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Some of thoughts on Education and the vagaries of politicians and managers. How I’ve voluntarily changed my teaching this year and the impact this has had on low ability pupils. I’ve had to change certain things about the way I teach many times over the years to suit the many and varied policy changes, whims of OFSTED and vagaries of the many leaders I have worked for. I have recently changed my marking as we have the joy of a new marking policy for example. This year I am trying something different with...

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Key stage 2 results advice on Starterforfive- Some thoughts | mylifeasacynicalteacher

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Some of thoughts on Education and the vagaries of politicians and managers. Key stage 2 results advice on Starterforfive- Some thoughts. The advice offered was here https:/ starterforfive.wordpress.com/2015/11/05/key-stage-2-results-by-anonymous/. For those that have no seen it. I wrote this a while back about KS2 SATs and I think it is still relevant. Https:/ mylifeasacynicalteacher.wordpress.com/2013/06/01/what-are-exams-for-are-they-fit-for-purpose-ks2/. They have been well drilled and prepared for th...