Sam Strickland

The issue here isn’t about doing fun things with kids. The issue is that this is being used as a tool to promote positive behaviour, which sends all the wrong messages out to kids i.e. if you behave teacher X gets dunked. So what happens when kids cease to behave….

@BarryNSmith79 I’m sure some very driven kids do/can get great grades whilst in chaotic classes but I still hold the impact we have is significant, both positively and negatively.

@SamStrickers181 It’s interesting. Those studies always surface. I don’t want to believe it’s 90% what kid brings in terms of IQ & attitude. But I know I’ve taught kids who got great grades with me & great grades with really really dreadful teachers in chaotic classes.

As the summer term looms let’s remember that the intensity for pupils in exam years will step up. The potential impact we can have as educators on our pupils in this final phase is huge. Some will say I’m wrong but I think it’s utter nonsense to suggest we have no impact.

@coachacademics Depends on the levels of pressure expected.

@SamStrickers181 Can we not talk about high ambitions rather than expectations? One creates hope, the other creates pressure.

Having an additional need doesn’t automatically mean… - Children can’t behave - We shouldn’t have high expectations of children - Children can’t achieve We need to be careful here & not impose glass ceilings via our inner bias.

@DudeAdhd Why the need to tweet horrifically? Awful!

This is a child abusing knob👇🏻

@BarryNSmith79 Fully agree

@SamStrickers181 Decades of this! Why we even talk to people who see adult authority as oppression. Let the ‘communication’ crowd show us how their schools run! That’d be worth seeing to clarify what ‘kind’ really means in their eyes.

Being firm & consistent with behaviour doesn’t mean you don’t care about children nor does it mean you are ignoring needs. But sometimes children just need clearly upheld boundaries and to hear the word no.

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When you are in a classroom with 30 kids there's only so much theory that will work. When you lead a year group or are a DSL there's only so much theory that will work. When you run a school there's only so much theory that will work. Theory & reality are often not the same.

@ShakinthatChalk Relationships are hugely important but what I object to are people who cite this as though they’ve discovered fire & cannot articulate how to build them & get defensive &/or offensive when you ask the how question.

For the cult that insists that relationships aren’t important in teaching children.

With the summer term set to start behaviour invariably raises its head as a concern again for some colleagues. Need a book to support you as a leader, middle leader and class teacher? Try this… amzn.eu/d/0advfl7G

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@sciantificnew I took over a school where behaviour was chaotic . Virtue signalling was not going to help anyone.

@SamStrickers181 And I'm pretty sure the people who do say clear rules = not caring have never worked in a sch with very challenging behaviour. If you do care about children's wellbeing, you have to address behaviour in a sch. Lamenting how much you 'care' while chaos unfolds around you?

Third time lucky! Having lost my @strickomaster account & my recent new account too here is yet again my new X account. Please retweet….

@sciantificnew Sadly a chunk of the discourse on X is dislocated from reality & how schools actually operate. Some of these voices are borderline dangerous if people take them seriously.

Teacher bashing will always be a thing on here. But when it's perpetrated by those in (or formerly in) the profession who claim to promote wellbeing in schools and whose experience suggests they really should know better, it's very disappointing and also highly hypocritical.

@lcgeography Hello

@SamStrickers181 Hello again!

@JAlexanderPrin1 Belonging is hugely subjective and very much open to interpretation. It’s like trying to measure if someone likes you and to what degree.

@SamStrickers181 Can measure through academic\instructional data. Previously worked for a district pushing belonging through clubs, sports, and every elective under the sun which stretched us too thin. That's not it. It's engaging EVERY kid EVERY lesson in instruction and academic success.

I fear that belonging is a term that will lose its meaning and become an overused buzzword in due course. I really question how it can be meaningfully measured.