Mike Allen NPQSL & SLE

Non-confrontational Behaviour Management impactcpdforteachers.wordpress.com/2016/02/11/non…

The IDSR can be useful — but only if you know what you’re looking at. This guide breaks down what it is, how to read it, what to set aside, and how to use it well in inspection preparation. Take a look: headteacher-chat.link/school-idsr

NEW ONE-PAGER! Collaborating with @C_Hendrick on Responsive Teaching—translating his excellent new @UNESCO guide into a clear, practical summary for busy teachers. Help share these important principles—repost 🔁 and download it FREE here 👇 jamieleeclark.com/graphics

Mini whiteboards won’t fix instruction on their own. But they can make student thinking visible. And that’s a powerful place to start. @AmberBHaven @AndrewWatsonTTB @SoLInTheWild @bamradionetwork bamradionetwork.com/track/maximizi…

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Why is there no sound on @itvfootball anyone else got the issue as well? 🙄🤣🤣

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The DfE’s Writing Framework: Our Review And Implications For Practice writing4pleasure.com/2025/08/30/the…

🔄 ADAPTIVE TEACHING! This week’s edition of ⚗️DistillED focuses on adaptive teaching — supporting ALL learners to reach the same ambitious goals through responsive, in-the-moment instructional decisions. Includes FREE one-page guide! newsletter.jamieleeclark.com/p/adaptive-tea…

Key Resource If you are tightening your SEF or refining leadership discussions, the Toolkit Evaluation Reference Sheet is a helpful guide. It brings safeguarding, curriculum, inclusion and leadership into one clear, structured view to support sharper decision-making. headteacher-chat.link/toolkit-eval

In this week’s edition of ⚗️DistillED, I’m looking at retrieval practice and covering: 🧠 Why thinking hard strengthens learning 📈 When retrieval helps (& when it doesn’t) 🧟 Common lethal mutations 🎓 How to design retrieval with fidelity newsletter.jamieleeclark.com/p/retrieval-pr…

***INCLUSION*** Inclusion isn’t just one room or in addition to our provision it is woven into our school tapestry. Quality first teaching is at the heart of this so every student feels empowered to thrive. Good teaching for students with SEND is good teaching for all and that additional interventions cannot be at the detriment of access to consistent good quality everyday teaching. What are we doing to build a fully inclusive culture? /1

“Train-the-trainers” (TTT) is one of the most common methods used to scale up improvement & change capability across organisations, yet we often fail to set it up for success. A recent article, drawing on teacher professional development & transfer-of-training research, argues TTT should always be based on an “offer-and-use” model: OFFER: what the programme provides—facilitator expertise, session design, practice opportunities, feedback, follow-up support & evaluation. USE: what participants do with those opportunities—what they notice, how they make sense of it, how much they engage, what they learn, & whether they apply it in real work. How to design TTT that works & sticks: 1. Design for real-world use: Clarify the practical outcome - what trainers should do differently in their next sessions & what that should improve for the organisation. Plan beyond the classroom with post-course support so people can apply learning. Space learning over time rather than delivering it in one intensive block, because spacing & follow-ups support sustained use. 2. Use strong facilitators: Select facilitators who know the topic & how adults learn, how groups work & how to give useful feedback. Ensure they teach “how to make this stick at work” (apply & sustain practices), not only “how to deliver a session.” 3. Make practice central: Build the programme around realistic rehearsal: deliver, get feedback, & practise again until skills become automatic. Use participants’ real scenarios (especially change situations) to strengthen transfer. Include safe practice for difficult moments (challenge, unexpected questions) & treat mistakes as learning. Build peer learning so participants learn with & from each other, not just the facilitator. 4. Prepare participants to succeed: Assess what participants already know & can do, then tailor the learning. Build confidence to use skills at work (confidence predicts application). Help each person create a simple, specific plan for when & how they will use the approaches in their next training sessions. 5. Ensure workplace transfer support: Enable quick application (opportunities to deliver training soon after the course), plus time & resources to do it well. Provide ongoing support (feedback, coaching, & encouragement) from leaders, peers &/or the wider organisation. 6. Evaluate what matters: Go beyond satisfaction scores - assess whether trainers changed their practice & whether this improved outcomes for learners & the organisation. Use findings to improve the next iteration as a continuous improvement cycle, not a one-off event. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…. By Susanne Wisshak & colleagues, sourced via John Whitfield.

Room to improve: addressing common challenges in classroom practice is the key to narrowing gaps teacherhead.com/2022/10/30/roo… via @teacherhead

Next time you’re talking with a colleague about retrieval practice and they say, “I already do this,” send them this article. The core of evidence-based practice isn’t just using the practice. It’s using it the way the evidence says it works.

The best save you’ll ever see 😂

This week won so here's the link (there are around 1200 files in all): bit.ly/DylanWiliamPow…. These are made available under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc…. This means you can Share and Adapt the material with the following conditions:

I think I am going to post these in my room, right next to Dr. Archer's Archerism chart. Responsive Teaching Principles by @C_Hendrick : "Adjust the teaching, not your expectations." "Reteach don't just repeat." "Feedback is a change, not a comment." "Slow down to speed up." "Make excellence explicit." "Use tasks to reveal, not just to assess." Gaurav is right, this is pure brilliance.

Please everyone help. I am trying to do a Christmas miracle and make someone happy. Yesterday (21/12/25) in @Bullring we found this lost platinum wedding band. It is name and date engraved, and has more detail. I want to reunite it with its rightful owner. Retweets might help.

*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…

Andy Robertson, this is truly heartbreaking 💔🥹

WOW AMY HUNT 🤩🤩 A simply stunning world silver medal over 200m! 🥈 #WCHTokyo25 | @amyghunt