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The Cult of Outstanding™: the problem with 'outstanding' lessons

Jan 16, 2014 | Category: learning

First of all I need to come clean. Up until pretty recently I was a fully paid up member of the Cult of Outstanding™. Last January I considered myself to be a teacher at the height of my powers. In th...

#Ofsted #lesson observations #Cristina Milos #outstanding lessons #Robert Bjork

Why can't we tell a good teacher through lesson observations?

Aug 23, 2013 | Category: leadership

No teacher is so good - or so bad - that he or she cannot improve. Dylan Wiliam The English education system is obsessed with ascertaining the quality of teachers. And what with the great and the good...

#lesson observations #Dylan Wiliam #Graham Nuthall

Where lesson observations go wrong

Jul 12, 2013 | Category: Featured

UPDATE: Since writing this post in July 2013 a lot has happened. Ofsted has stopped grading individual lessons and many schools have recognised the futility and harm caused by lesson grading. Here is...

#lesson observations #Sir Michael Wilshaw #outstanding lessons #progress

Live Lesson Obs: Making lesson observations formative

Feb 03, 2013 | Category: Featured

You can push and prod people into something better than mediocrity, but you have to encourage excellence.David Lammy We've all experienced the dread and agony of formal lesson observations, haven't we...

#lesson observations #Phil Beadle #Clevedon School #David Lammy #Live Lesson Obs

Myths: what Ofsted want

Mar 17, 2012 | Category: English

With galling hypocrisy and seemingly no sense of irony, Ofsted have released their latest subject report for English snappily titled, Moving English Forward. The report is a step by step guide on how...

#Ofsted #lesson observations #Gove

Are teacher observations a waste of time?

Feb 24, 2012 | Category: assessment

"I never allow teachers or school leaders to visit classrooms to observe teachers; I allow them to observe only students".John Hattie (2012)I've been mulling this statement over for the past few weeks...

#lesson observations #Hattie

What's the point of lesson observations?

Jul 17, 2011 | Category: Featured

I feel I need to start by saying that I am not questioning the need for lesson observations. They're a crucial part of developing our professional practice and ensure T&L is quality assured. No, what...

#learning #AfL #coaching #lesson observations