
Helen Costa #FE (she/her)
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A mother, VA PM EnglishTeacher,SEN CWO, E & ESOL Assessor IQALead Functional Skills #MTPTproject #FEParents. #FEReadingCircle. #PalmaParents Own opinions.
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Joined December 2013
Would you like to be part of #FEParents group? To discuss parenting/teaching/signpost to support. #AmplifyFE
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Invitation to FE teacher educators delivering level 3, 4, 5, 6 and/or 7 ITE qualifications in colleges, land-based colleges, and sixth form colleges to participate in national survey about their work. Click on https://t.co/Iv39I51xFc to access & complete the survey.
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To put it very bluntly, if your sector relies on a (mostly female) workforce of people who love people, don’t be surprised when they won’t sacrifice their own loved ones for work. Phillipson asks STRB to look at how pay can support flexibility | Tes
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It is unlikely the 2025-26 pay award will be announced before maintained schools set their budgets, the education secretary warns - but vows to reset timelines for 2026-27
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Annonymous post Would anyone be happy to talk through their perception of the landscape in VQ at present (and where they think improvements should be prioritised) with a contact of mine? Thanks
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IRL I met my #Shero 🖥Met AP course 🎤 podcast supporting other teacher parents @mtptproject 📱#FEParents Whatsapp group with Chloë took over the @The_WLN conference 🌟 Share wins and challenges with humour #SHero #IRL #LiftEachOtherUp #Support #Inclusivity #Edtech #Teacher
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There's so many great resources that you can use to create activities for the #FamilyLearningFestival! Explore some of our favourites including @LegoFoundation let's play activities to stimulate learning and imagination! https://t.co/ksYXIjRrxd
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We all know what it’s like to juggle multiple projects at once. It’s become a common part of modern work life. The problem is that managing too many tasks at once causes stress, slows progress, and negatively affects your overall wellbeing. What we should be doing is limiting
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All you big time authors, with tons of books etc, help a little guide out like me, first time, little book author! Share, RT or help me shout about it. I will appreciate it so much! https://t.co/ca3HWJYcyP
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THE READING LIST PROJECT is built BY teachers, FOR teachers so that we can find new books for students! If you’ve read a great book recently, please take 2 mins to fill in a form and we will do the rest! All phases & genres welcome! We NEED more primary! https://t.co/yRSr0PsJFu
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How are you really feeling? If you're struggling, it's good to talk – to family, to friends, to us 💙
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‘Mirroring the statutory six weeks of nearly full pay that colleagues on maternity leave enjoy would attract more men into the classroom, without breaking the bank,’ explains @mtpt_project founder @emma_au_soleil
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Bringing paternity pay in line with maternity pay would bring schools and trusts in line with similar public sector institutions that recognise the value in this approach, says Emma Sheppard
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@mtptproject has been temporarily locked out of our X / Twitter account. If you follow the #MTPTproject, please retweet this message so that our community know what has happened. We hope to have this resolved in a few days' time.
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The #MTPTproject Twitter / X handle has changed. Please follow us on our new handle @mtpt_project, and retweet to help us find all our previous follwers!
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My Key Stage 3 Recommended Reads for 2023-2024 is ready! I've spent several days putting this list together to ensure it is dynamic & diverse, with something for all students. I've now added interactive 'you choose' books (popular with reluctant readers) https://t.co/p7LHgClFz7
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Have you checked out 'The Reading List Project'? It's a collaborative effort by teachers, for teachers, with hundreds of book recommendations for teaching. It's filterable by age range etc, too... these are some of the most recent additions. https://t.co/yRSr0PsbPW
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Lots of teachers & leaders have reached out to me over the last year, wanting to implement: ✅ 'All hands up' rather than 'hands down' cold calling ✅ High frequency 'checks for listening' Here is a thread of resources (podcasts & blogs) to help, which I'll keep adding to 🧵 1/
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Supporting students who are at the Early Acquisition stage: How to teach content & language in mainstream lessons? 🧵 #multilingual #EAL #edutwitter
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