Hiked Mt Ishizuchi (1982m) - tallest on Japan's Island of Shikoku. 🖤

Transforming literacy with insights from #ResearchED Warrington: Embrace complexity in texts to enhance reading fluency & engage students' curiosity. Are we doing enough to listen to what young readers truly want? Sarah Donarski
#Literacy
#EducationReform
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Shikoku Easter reads ✈️📚

‘I’m so sick of running as fast as I can, wondering if I’d get there quicker if I was a man….’

3 years as Head of Department with this beautiful group of people coming to its end this week. It's been ace 🫶

Thriller to be guest editing an edition of @pr1stjournal later this year focused on all things assessment and the line up is really quite staggering. Huge thanks to Prof Michael Green FCCT for the opportunity. Emma Turner FCCT Ruth Swailes Lekha Sharma FCCT Sarah Donarski Chris Passey FCCT

'AI-generated content is beginning to fill the internet, and that could be bad news for future AI models.'

Now, expression and thought is eating itself, too. 🕳

Via Prof Damien Page popularmechanics.com/technology/a44…

This 👇

This is absolutely everything. Grades have no meaning... until they do.

📣New blog: 'Are we even doing deliberate practice in teacher development?'

Part 2 of my series on practice: I compare how 'deliberate practice' is done in teaching vs. the original definition from the literature.

Thoughts, questions, pushes all welcome!
nickpointer.com/are-we-even-do…

'We need to interrogate the extent to which low-stakes practice is relevant to the challenges of developing expertise in teachers.'

ONE of the best blogs on Professional Development I've read in a while. Thanks for publishing Nick Pointer. Superb read!

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Two trains to London Euston cancelled from Crewe.

Now, 3 trains worth of people waiting for one service. And we each paid £100 for this ticket 🤦‍♀️ Just awful. Avanti West Coast

From last week at researchED Warrington:

A blog post and slides about dysfunctional teams

Enjoy!

My job is up! This school has been brilliant and the dept is outstanding!

Second in English Department eteach.com/job/second-in-…

*NEW* Reading Fluency, Leadership, and Video PD: 3 Lessons from researchED Warrington
Thanks & mentions to: Mr Crome Michael Chiles 🌍 Haili Hughes Chief Executive Officer Nick Pointer Andy Buck Alex Quigley Dylan Wiliam Stephen Chiger Doug Lemov Kate Jones
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Two new ones from us in the #EduWeeklyRoundUp including a cracker from Samuel Atkins, #BOTW from Pete Foster and:
Rachael Cattrall Norfolk Research School @MorgsEd Nikki Sullivan Jo Castelino (drjcastelino on threads) Mr Crome Sarah Donarski Nick Pointer Alex Quigley
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Things I believe:

Teachers are professionals, and should act as such

Teachers should have high expectations of their students, and of themselves

That includes academic expectations

Whilst teachers might be entertaining at points, they aren't entertainers

Some teaching…

Brilliant Episode coming your way. Carl Hendrick was fabulous. You're going to love it. Such a lovely knowledgeable person; this will be ace! (Secretly relieved we managed to avoid Emma Turner FCCT and Carl getting into their mutual LFC devotion!)

Sarah Donarski Carl Hendrick Sam Gibbs Charlotte Wright Robin Macpherson FRSA 🧡 Zoe Helman Co-Author: 'The Trouble with English... Tim Head Denise Elizabeth James J Breen A pleasure always, Sarah. As you know!

On the point about “upwards but sometimes aimlessly” I do think it’s crucial for coaches and mentors to be able to support both. Often the journey of growth and discovery leads to the realisation of a destination.

▪️ Literacy Instruction
▪️ Inspired by Timothy Shanahan & Alex Quigley
▪️ Six principles
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