As of September 2024,
@TrustCPDLeads
now has more than 170 member Trusts, serving over ONE MILLION young people across the UK. Thank you to
@Sam_LGibbs
@DrChrisWB
for being such brilliant Deputy Chairs for our exciting forum and for all who advocate for high quality PD
After
@shadylady222
's genius in creating AQA mock marksheets and DIRT, here's one for AQA Lit Paper 1. You may need to change some of the DIRT activities to suit your schools/ students but feel free...
Now that news has been shared at school, I'm delighted to announce that I've been appointed as Director of Teacher Development for
@TheMercianTrust
.I am unbelievably excited to be joining the central team in supporting the growing expertise and development of teachers in the MAT
Here's a quick, rough guide aimed at Subject Leaders to support purposeful discussions about curriculum intent and implementation with the teachers in their teams. Could be used as a QA/coaching tool.
@GauravDubay3
Sooooo happy with this transformation and pleased to see the back of that awful material 😍 and now to start the weekend in our happy place ♥️ need it after this week!
Would have LOVED to have found this when teaching English, brilliant support for writing poetry
@Team_English1
That mother's Memorial Day poem is stunning 💔
Really really looking forward to speaking at
#FestivalofEducation
on Friday for
@WomenEd
!I'm putting a case forward for coaching and profiling female leaders to enable them to flourish in their roles. Excited to meet so many friends from
#EduTwitter
in real life! Come and say hi!
New Blog Post: Our Comparative Judgement trial and how we fed back to students Would love to talk to other schools about this/ float some ideas!
@litdrive
@nmmarking
@daisychristo
What an evening at
#RENDBham
- an absolute privilege to meet the proud and pioneering parents of
@Malala
@ZiauddinY
.I enjoyed sharing the story of taking our Debate Club to EHS and the students seeing
@Malala
in the room , they whispered,"Miss,are we debating against Malala??"😳
I've missed my little family so much this week and have found it difficult to be as present as I should be. The hours spent together are a tonic and the best remedy and preparation for hard work. ❤️ Come on then, Monday 💪
CONFIRMED: Our next Trust-wide CPD Leaders' Forum features
@samlgibbs1
, who will be opening a discussion on values-led coaching and
@Mr_Crome
will be building on our work on Trust communities of practice and discussing his research on the Power of Teams. Excited doesn't cover it!
Excited to be en route to
@CofE_EduLead
to speak at the Flourishing Trusts Network to talk about Trust-Wide PD and growing our people. Keynoting alongside
@LeoraCruddas
and Dr Jane Craig, CEO at Otherkind is going to be pretty special! Thanks so much for the invitation
@mrawolfe
I got cold called by
@Doug_Lemov
today and it was joyous! I'm really excited to see the Priority Education Investment Area work come to life in Walsall and Sandwell to enable greater equity in education. A great morning
@educationgovuk
Our network of Trust Leaders of CPD is growing! Nothing shouts professional generosity louder than this fabulous group of professionals. If you lead CPD across a series of schools or a Multi Academy Trust, join our network. You won't regret it!
#PD
#TrustWideCPDLeads
There are now more than 80 Trust leaders in this network for Trust Leaders of CPD. If you lead PD at scale and want to join us, sign up at Looking forward to our next meeting on Monday 3rd July from 10-11:30am.
#cpd
#trustwidecpdleads
Mrs Stevenson was my Year 3 teacher (and is still my favourite!). This afternoon, I took my son to visit her to celebrate her new venture in opening a cafe. It was as warm and as welcoming as I remember her classroom being nearly 30 years ago.
#teachersforlife
#absolutelegend
@MissHPrimary_
Don't be embarrassed- the timing of everything, is everything. Schools require different things and different people at different times. You'll find the right fit, when the time is right. Go in proud tomorrow- interviews are difficult and draining and you'll have learnt tonnes.
If it had been socially acceptable to jump, woop and cheer at
@LeoraCruddas
' keynote, I'd have done. She has such an ability to get to the crux of knotty issues and inspire meaningful action in education. So lovely to catch up, Leora! 🙏
@CofE_EduLead
@mrawolfe
#hipsterlunch
NEW POST: What are the leadership ingredients of successful school improvement activities? I've benefitted greatly from academic boot camp with
@Anfieldexile
for my 1st masters essay!
The next Trust-wide CPD Leaders' Forum is taking place on 02.05.23 and we'll be hearing from
@Claire_Hill_
on how
@Steplab_co
can support Trust PD and also hear about sustaining effective subject communities of practice.If you lead PD at Trust level, join us!
#trustwidecpd
#cpd
I bought a
@WomenEd
themed jacket to wear at this evening's
@womened_WM
event but have decided I look too much like Paw Patrol's Mayor Humdinger. I'm purple in spirit tonight! Vinted, this jacket is en route!
What a pleasure it was to have the opportunity to speak to Trust leaders at the
@CSTvoice
School Improvement Conference today. Here's a few of the key messages from my talk today when considering Trust-wide approaches to PD...
With teacher judgements being the way of deciding grades this year,this HAS to be the time to use 's custom assessment feature. It's free! Here's info on a trial a couple of years ago. It's the way to go!
@daisychristo
@nomoremarking
I've just finished marking this latest phase of
@CharteredColl
CTeach assessments. It's been so fantastic to see teachers reflecting so purposefully on their practice, in spite of the challenges presented by COVID-- Brilliant!
#proudtoteach
#cteach
Spending a little time this morning reading the evaluations from the first year of the Trust-Wide CPD Leaders' Forum and what a year we have had! If you lead Professional Development at scale as part of a Trust/ family of schools, join us!
Now there are 44 Trusts represented in our Trust-Wide CPD Leaders' Forum. If you lead CPD across a Multi-Academy Trust or group of schools, join our community. We meet online monthly to discuss our roles, research and much more. Sign up here:
Our network of Trust leaders of CPD is growing and we now have more 60 Trust leaders as part of our network! If you lead CPD at scale and want to join our free, monthly meetings, please sign up at
#cpd
#everydaysaschoolday
If you ever need your faith restoring in education,find seek out one of this year's Chartered Leader cohort. After marking their first round of assessments,I'm stunned by their reflection, honesty and genuine passion for improving our schools. Wow.
@CharteredColl
@AlisonMPeacock
Loved being back at my old university
@unibirmingham
to deliver a clinic for ECTs this afternoon. Such a brilliant group of early career teachers who will go on to do amazing things.
Currently writing an article reviewing and sharing the best bits of this brilliant book from
@BradleyKBusch
@Inner_Drive
for our next
@MercianTrustCPD
Expertise Exchange... It's SUCH a useful resource for teachers and hard to choose best bits!
@EngChatUK
I really like asking the students why they want me to mark a piece. For essay writing, this is useful as it helps them to hone a particular skill over and over. These skills sheets ( developed from an idea in
@VESPAmindset
) help with that conversation.
#engchatuk
There are now more than 80 Trust leaders in this network for Trust Leaders of CPD. If you lead PD at scale and want to join us, sign up at Looking forward to our next meeting on Monday 3rd July from 10-11:30am.
#cpd
#trustwidecpdleads
There are no words... What a day of the most stimulating, challenging, deeply reflective dialogue about Professional Development. Will be buzzing about this all year. Thanks so much for the invitation- what a privilege.
#cpdjunkies
Fantastic to listen to Baroness Morris talk about ethical leadership and why it's now more important than ever. Great to connect and enrol some new members to the
@TrustCPDLeads
too at The House of Lords this afternoon.
What an incredible privilege and pleasure it was to speak alongside my formidable ex-student
@SophiaKBadhan
today
@CheltSciFest
. Her moving story of resilience and strength is proof that our young people and the activism they are undertaking will change the world. Proud moment!
What a year! Looking forward to discussing our collective successes tomorrow. Thank you to all our members for a brilliant year of collaboration, generosity and curiosity- there is much hope for our sector.
#whatwill2025bring
#trustcpdleads
An exciting updated map of our 145+ member Trusts serving more than 939,000 students across the country. Really looking forward to reflecting on our year at the final meeting of this academic year tomorrow . Member invitations are in inboxes!
#generosity
#curiosity
#humility
Had the absolute pleasure of sitting next to Sarah for dinner the other night- I felt clever by osmosis...I reckon we have some spaces to watch- Congratulations on the new role,
@SCottinghatt
Some personal news:
After 5 yrs at the brilliant
@Ambition_Inst
, I'll be joining
@IRIS_Connect
in July as Head of Learning Design.
Looking forward to working with IRIS colleagues incl.
@HughesHaili
and
@IRIS_Founder
!
HUGE thanks to colleagues at Ambition - I've learned loads!
#nomoremarking
trial is set up for next lot of Year 7 assessments. I'm lucky to have such a forward-thinking and positive department. Let's transform assessment!
@daisychristo
would love to talk with any other secondary English HODs with experience of NMM.
So pleased that the TrustWide CPD Leads Blog is now up and running and it has launched with a bang with this thought-provoking 4-part series from
@DrChrisWB
, absolutely brilliant! Tune in for part 2 tomorrow! 🤯
To celebrate the launch of the Trust-wide CPD Leaders' Forum Blog, this week, we have a brilliant four-part series from
@DrChrisWB
on 'Telling the PD Travel Story'. Trust/ school CPD Leads, prepare to have your thinking challenged!
What an absolute pleasure and privilege it has been to teach Cohort 1 of the NPQLTD through their qualification. I wish them luck for their final assessment and success in their future roles. What absolute superstars! 🌟
@ArthurTerryTSH
@Ambition_Inst
And we're at it again... I'm really excited to be making the final touches to our first
@WomenEd
@womened_WM
event for 2024 with
@keziah70
and
@ASWHT15
! If you're in the West Midlands, come and join us
@Q3Tipton
on Wednesday 6th March.
It was an absolute privilege to assess at the
@CharteredColl
#CTeach
event at Sheffield Hallam Uni today. The teachers I met today are an absolute credit to the profession- what an exciting time to be involved. Bravo
@CharteredColl
!
#proudtoteach
Very saddened to hear of the passing of Benjamin Zephaniah- he was such an important figure in our
@KEVIHandsworth
community, an incredible advocate for social justice and equality and his contribution to the written and spoken word will not be forgotten.
#BenjaminZephaniah
Thank you to students,staff,ex students and parents for such a beautiful farewell.I'm sad to be leaving this incredible place where I really have felt part of something special- feel fortunate to have made friends and memories that will last a lifetime.Thank you,
@KEVIHandsworth
The final Trust-Wide CPD Leaders' Forum of this academic year took place this morning with
@jimrogers72
and
@DrChrisWB
presenting. It has been such a privilege to set up this network and here's why... 🧵
Really proud of what our Trust has achieved in supporting colleagues to work towards Chartered Teacher status in 22-23 and I am looking forward to our continued growth through this accreditation. Thank you,
@CharteredColl
#proudtoteach
#goodrighttrue
What an absolute privilege to hear so many inspiring voices, showing and advocating for inclusion in our schools. The energy (and food!) was amazing! Great work,
@keziah70
@Q3Tipton
Great opening from
@steverollett
sharing a conceptual model for Trust-led school improvement. Really exciting piece of work and such a fantastic move for the sector.
@CSTvoice
#cst
Really looking forward to talking all things Trust-wide CPD strategy with this group- we now have more than 20 Trusts represented! Do you lead Trust-wide professional development? If so, please get in touch and join our online community.
@AlisonMPeacock
@JonnyGoggs
@MatAssociation
Here's another thumbs up for CTeachers
@CharteredColl
, really enjoyed my afternoon reading about the research you've been doing and listening to the advice you'd give to others. Smashing job!
@AlisonMPeacock