Jo Baker

Love these portraits from my Year 10. I always love seeing how the respond to this short task

NEW!! 1/4. The first one-pager in a new series is on GTT Dimension 1, Element 1 – Deep and Fluent Knowledge. Great professional development doesn’t just introduce new ideas, it helps teachers build, practise and sustain deep and fluent knowledge over time. There are six essential ingredients to help build expertise and translate it into sustained improvement: ✅ Get it – develop a secure understanding of the causal mechanics of teaching and learning. ✅ See it – build a clear picture of what effective practice looks like. ✅ Try it – rehearse and refine strategies through contextualised practice. ✅ Keep it – build fluency by repeating strategies until they become embedded routines and habits. ✅ Fit it – tailor development to the teacher, the task and the context. ✅ Own it – invest time, attention and effort in professional development so expertise can grow over time. This one-pager summarises the ideas and actionable strategies from @PepsMccrea's Developing Expert Teaching and the @EducEndowFoundn Effective Professional Development Guidance Report. Want a copy? Please repost! @EvidenceInEdu @ProfKime @ProfCoe

Received my copies of my new book 📕 🤩 by ⁦⁦@BloomsburyEd⁩.2 to giveaway on here (and save one for the school I’m training at on Monday). If you’d like a chance to win one of these copies. Please retweet by 20th March. Happy to post them anywhere! #CPD #Behaviour

Three paints turned into so many different colors. The paints are really beautiful.

"Leaders need to think carefully about how they model leadership & ensure that those who may aspire to leadership in the future see the rewards & the potential for joy in leadership, not just the stresses & the pressure." My piece on leadership for GSA: gsa.uk.com/2026/01/jill-b…

@jillberry102 Thanks Jill. I’m also completing the NPQsendco atm.

@Jobaker9 Wish I were a SENCO! I'd have loved to have been led by you!

A great school with an outstanding Vice Principal...

We are looking for a child-centered, inspiring SENCO who champions inclusion and has the skill and passion to elevate teaching and learning for all. teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/jobs/special-e…

@ICT_MrP I thought I had early onset dementia - until I went onto HRT. Felt normal again, after that!

Perimenopause is something I’m actively trying to learn and understand, as a colleague, a friend and a husband. After reading a TES article - tes.com/magazine/analy… It hit me how many teachers are

Yes! I love this book. We have also had staff training from both Kate and Caroline. Both amazing!

My @Strickomaster account has been hacked & cannot be salvaged. I’m having to essentially start again. Retweets appreciated @teacherhead @RogersHistory @tombennett71 @BarryNSmith79 @m_chiles @MrChrisPassey @Counsell_C @MaryMyatt @DrSarahMullin

I think a subtle but very real element of a teacher’s behaviour management craft is the capacity to maintain boundaries by noticing issues and communicating botheredness: a firm/kind/adult tone of voice; body language, facial expressions that say, with conviction, ‘no’, ‘that’s unacceptable’. It’s calm, deliberate, assertive. Can be warm or a bit stern or even cross if needed. But you need it, whatever the backup system is. Students should know that you’re going to be bothered about boundaries. Your personal disapproval should matter to them / it nearly always does! When kids say ‘you don’t mess with Ms Smith’ it’s because she’ll notice, she’s bothered and makes that absolutely clear - in the nicest possible way. I think this needs more explicit discussion and modelling in PD so it’s not seen as an ephemeral magic beans thing. I have met many ECTs who have this sorted already - but others need a ton of support. Sometimes it’s the noticing; sometimes it’s communicating the botheredness. It should be normal to discuss these things.

🎁 Just published: Free Christmas Gift! ⚗️ DistillED Playbook → 30 page, printable A4 booklet → 6 high-impact teaching strategies → Strategy checklists → QR codes to planning resources → Built from the most-read DistillED posts this year. If you want a copy, comment below and I’ll DM you the PDF. ⏰ Free until Boxing Day.

@XpatEducator @mobo40 Is this on your site for subscribers on DistillED? If not, I’d love a copy. Thank you!

*NEW* Parental Guide to Metacognition I've created a 6 page guide, specifically for parents/carers, all around the importance of metacognition, alongside almost a dozen approaches that can be incorporated at home (with examples). Please do share and tag - free to use (please just credit my work). Available here: mrmetacognition.com/_files/ugd/ecb…

Addressing disadvantage - ingredients for success. Hope these are helpful.

"..& how we can make it more accessible & coherent for our pupils. To support this, we’re creating a new Curriculum Conversations Reference Pack, drawn from 'Huh: Curriculum Conversations Between Subject & Senior Leaders.' " @MaryMyatt: marymyatt.substack.com/p/coming-soon?… @Jobaker9 2/2

.@MaryMyatt: "I’ve seen how much difference it makes when SLs & subject leaders have meaningful, informed conversations about the curriculum. The best discussions aren’t about spreadsheets or data drops, they’re about the substance of what we’re teaching, why it matters..." 1/2

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