Middle Leaders Course

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Middle Leaders Course
21 Ways to Raise Achievement
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Always give the Big Picture

• Share the benefits
• Ground rules
• Today - a 21 stage countdown
• You, HoD/HoY, Head

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The Most Important Resource

• Do you enjoy the job?
• Never underestimate the impact you have as a
  teacher
• Are you an adaptable learner?
• Are you prepared to get out of the comfort zone?
• Are you a cheerleader?
• Are you in the change business?
• The greatest influence on student behaviour is
  teacher behaviour

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Motivation

• Smile and tell them they can do it
• How important is this to them?
• External-present orientated versus
  Internal-future orientated
• Students are motivated by
• CHALLENGE
• SUPPORT
• ACHIEVEMENT
• CELEBRATION (in that order)

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Learning at the Centre

• How do your lessons begin and end?
• What are they going to learn? versus What am I
  going to teach?
• What do you talk about in meetings?
• Learning to learn
• Learning and Teaching in your school

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The SJB 10

• Big Picture
• High Expectations
• Speak to Every Student
• High Challenge, Low Stress
• Describe the Behaviour you want
• Positive Language (4 to 1)
• Optimal use of Time
• Input in 3 ways (no banned activities)
• Feedback, feedback, feedback
• Recap

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Accelerated Learning

• www.teacherspocketbooks.co.uk
• www.alite.co.uk
• H.O.T.
• Child of the Future

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Assessment for Learning

• Comment only marking students write the targets
• Peer and self assessment train the students
• What does good look like?

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Putting in the Hours

• Constantly available
• Extra lessons
• targeted students
• across the department
• Ban Study Leave
• No winding down!

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Involve the Parents

• What parents do with their children at home is
  the most significant factor
• Get on the phone
• Information booklets
• Set them work
• SLT interviews
• INSET How can I help my child learn?

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Target Setting

• Target Grades
• Value Added
• A-C
• Do they know which 5 theyre going for?
• Maths English set 5

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Mentoring and Coaching

• Mentoring-Coaching spectrum
• Sixth Form Mentors
• Departmental mentoring
• 40 student C-D list

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What does C,B,A,A look like?

• Exemplar work
• AfL
• Mark-schemes
• Examiners Report, moderation video
• Get the Chief Examiner in

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Get the Environment Right

• Interactive Displays
• Well lit, well laid out rooms
• Movement and music
• Jamie Oliver
• Hydration
• Home Environment (sleeping patterns)

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Effective use of Technology

• Interactive Whiteboards
• Blur the boundaries between education, TV and
  computer games
• email students, staff, parents
• Website
• Systems reports online

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Coursework

• 100 support
• Exemplar work, last years work
• Guides, writing frames
• Perpetual re-marking
• Timetable
• Coursework Hitman

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Quality Revision

• Mindmaps, speed dating, blockbusters, trivial
  pursuit, articulate, loop, brain gym,
  visualisation, colour coding, recordings
• Test 10 facts every lesson
• Make it memorable
• Top tips, techniques and jargon-busting
• Chunk the syllabus into their language
• Bribery and rewards
• Train for the exam!

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During the exams

• Breakfast Club
• Powerpoint
• Water and bananas
• Analyse Paper 1
• Create a positive atmosphere
• . pray

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Student Voice

• Lesson evaluations
• WWW, EBI
• Student Questionnaire

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Whats happening out there?

• Quality INSET?
• Peer observation
• Visit another school
• Read a book not about teaching!
• Education is about Hope

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Whats really important?

• If this is going to be the best department in
  the school, what are you going to do about it
  today?
• Does it benefit the students?
• paper, minutes, homework, marking.
• Look after your staff
• Work-life balance

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Recap, Reflect, Act.

• As a result of this session, what will I.
• Stop ?
• Start ?
• Do less of ?
• Do More of ?

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