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Just in case you're new here...
We're Teacher Tapp 👋
⏰ Answer 3 daily questions
📊 View results and influence policy
📣 Quick CPD & monthly prizes
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Eldest children are much more likely to become teachers 🍎🎓
So... shoutout to the eldest children keeping the tradition alive
and hurrah to the youngest children breaking the mould!
Which one are you? Let us know below! 🤔
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Help! We need more teachers to join the daily free learning experience of
@TeacherTapp
.
RT this message to encourage downloads & not only will you do good but one retweeter will win a £120+ gift bundle... INCLUDING A HUE HD VISUALISER. *
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The heartbreak 🫣
Show or tell us something only teachers will understand below👇
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The COVID-19 pandemic hasn't been easy for teachers. We wanted to check in on you guys… are you ok?
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"I'm going to plan some lessons tomorrow and definitely not spend the day eating chocolate in front of the tv"
My brain:
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It is in children's interests to return to school "as soon as possible", says the head of England's schools watchdog, Ofsted. Would you like us to ask a question about this? ❓❓❓
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Come on… admit it. How many of you are dressing for the webcam, but with pyjamas bottoms on?
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🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
Our questions today were all about lessons tomorrow. But A LOT of you don't have lessons tomorrow... not our greatest planning!
Anyone got a story of where you've messed up on timing to make us feel better?
(Usual on-point service will return tomorrow...)
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Trying to switch up the seating arrangement without causing more problems
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Would you like to win a prize worth over £100? It includes a £50 John Catt Voucher, a Hue HD Visualiser, and cinema tickets! Just retweet this tweet and encourage others to download the Teacher Tapp app.
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As it's the season of giving we are delighted to announce that we are launching a new voucher scheme. For every 100 questions you answer from the 1st December 2019, you'll get a £10 John Catt book voucher. Retweet to spread the word! 🤳 📲 📚 💰
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🔊 WATCH our co-founder
@profbeckyallen
give evidence at the
@CommonsEd
.
Over the past five years, we've collected thousands of data points on teacher's views around recruitment and retention.
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We ask teachers 3 questions at 3:30pm every day. Answering gives us daily insight into teachers' lives. In return, we give teachers a little daily dose of CPD.
Apple store:
Google play:
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We'd like to say a massive thank you to everyone for their support during lockdown. Since January your answers on remote learning have been featured in the media over 80 times (!!!) and our community is growing everyday. Tapping really does matter! 👏👏👏
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Did you know that 70% of teachers struggle to visit the toilet during the day? 🧻
And it’s much worse among women!
What are your thoughts?
#TeacherTappChat
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It's Baaaack! 🎉🎉
We are (again) running the
@TeacherTapp
CPD Canon August Raffle.
Rules: Every day in August you answer on the app you get a raffle ticket 🤓
Prize: One winner receives a £300 CPD library for their school 😲
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The
@TeacherTapp
team is growing!
Today we can announce that
@KarenWespieser
is coming onboard, bringing more research clout (and SEND experience to boot) 🎉
Who else is in the team? Meet us all here!
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The most consistent users on Teacher Tapp are…. maths teachers, however scientists aren't far behind!
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Right Tappsters, who is getting into the app now? Can you give us a gif to show that all is okay?
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It’s that time of year
@TeacherTapp
-ers. The annual question of which is the best marker pen: chisel or bullet.
Starts today at 3.30pm
#teamchisel
#teambullet
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It's our 2nd Birthday tomorrow at
@researchED1
So... we are having a bit party at our stand. Bring us your phone, show us the app, and get swag. 💰💰< Ok, not actual bags of cash. But, like, pens, and mugs, and stuff.
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It’s International Left Handers Day! ✋
Teachers are more likely to be left-handed than the general population!
Tag a left-handed teacher below! 👇
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On any given day, around 7,000 teachers answer questions on Teacher Tapp. Retweet if you're one of them!
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For the past 6 months we’ve sent Poster & Coaster packs to new users who wanted to spread the word in their schools. Now, we can’t do that! So what have we got instead? PANDEMIC PACKS! 🦠 Check out what’s inside...
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Intriguing:
Most teachers agree that without written comments the students would learn as much as they do at the moment.
So who or what are the written comments for?
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Don't forget, today is Brand Tracker day on
@TeacherTapp
! One person who answers today's questions on the app will win an entire CPD Library for their school - just like this one...
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Primary teachers would much rather languages and music were taught by specialist teachers!
What do you think? Let us know below👇
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Anyone else think the 20% who’ve never brought a mug to school might be causing the problem... 🧐
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Ok, with all the kerfuffle today, we've tried to write some questions today to help us get to the bottom of mock exams - and how they work in schools. A-levels up today, we will look at GCSEs later.
Also, how fair everyone feels the new system is.
Please do
@TeacherTapp
today!
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Tomorrow
@miss_mcinerney
is travelling with the 20 ‘Teacher Tapp CPD Canon’ books to give them to one lucky school. BUT WHERE IS THAT SCHOOL? Place your bets...
#whereslaura
#teachertappcanon
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Who remembers this tv moment?! A great example of the importance of teacher/student relationships.
#inspiration
Today I officially turn 25 YEARS OLD (a quarter of a century in the books). Which means 9 YEARS AGO I was on Educating Yorkshire. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the love throughout the years.
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How good is your streak on
@TeacherTapp
?
As of today there are:
18 people on 720+
363 people on 500+
692 people on 365+
😯🎉🏅
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Did you know that 40% of schools have a bucket catching drips from the ceiling? 🪣
Is your school one of them?
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What’s mine is y̶o̶u̶r̶s̶ school's 🤣
How many of your own pens do you get through in a week?
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We are delighted to announce that we are winners of the
#ToolsCompetition
2023
@ToolsCompete
!
We are the only company based in England to win the largest grant of $250k - the transform award 🏆
We can’t wait to get stuck in, developing and improving the app further! 🤩
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We want to grow Teacher Tapp! We are already the largest teacher survey in the country...but can you help us get even bigger? Retweet the download link and help us to help more teachers with their CPD -
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Your answer on
@TeacherTapp
ensuring the public can understand what’s happening in schools 🙌Thanks
@BBCNewsnight
for featuring.
@TeacherTapp
results for school attendance in this “lockdown” being shown in
@BBCNewsnight
Thank you for profiling this. Expect most schools only able covering the high number of “key worker children” thanks to TAs.
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Ok Tappsters, you wanted a quick way to tell colleagues about the awesome joy of Teacher Tapp... Now, share this tweet with them and they can download straight from their timeline.
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And the winner is...
Jo, a primary deputy head from Middlesbrough, who has been Tapping for over 2 years! 🥳
She's going to spend her prize money on 'treats for her family' and the staff in her school are really looking forward to the tea & coffee too! ☕️
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10,000 Tappers!! 🥳
We'll be emailing the winner first thing tomorrow, so check your contact preference in the app to make sure we can get in touch!
#TeacherTapp10k
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Quick reminder that teachers can submit questions to support their own studies/research. We can give you full breakdowns of the results by teacher characteristics and school type. Use feedback button on app or email us.
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1 in 3 secondary school teachers wears a hi-vis jacket at break time! 🦺
Do you wear a hi-vis? 🤔
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No "Sunday Scaries" here 🙅♀️
Today is our Golden Ticket Prize Draw where we're giving away £3,000!! 🥳
We'll be announcing the winner later on today...do you have your golden tickets ready? 🎟
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‼️ 42% of teachers said behaviour of pupils has deteriorated significantly in 2023. It was 13% in 2018.
💭 any thoughts? 🤔
#oeMATs
@miss_mcinerney
#TeacherTappChat
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Teachers in England do around 1.7 million hours of marking per week!
I think we're gonna need a bigger bag... 🫣
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Hi! You've told us the last few weeks have been exhausting and we know how hard it's been!
If you would like to have your streak restored over the last half term for any reason then just send us a message via the app with
#SMS
(for Save My Streak!) and we'll fill in the gap!
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Hurray! Teacher Tapp has been shortlisted for the Teach Secondary Awards in the CPD category.
We now reach 4,000 teachers every day who, between them, spend an estimated 50 hours a day reading our specially curated blogs to help with their learning! 🤓
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Are you coming to ResearchEd tomorrow? Come to our stand, show us your app and.... GET REAL LIFE BADGES! 🏅
#rED19
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A post went out this morning showing a relaxed teacher doing
@TeacherTapp
. People have pointed out this is not how 3.30pm feels.
We were originally thinking about Sundays (today), but have deleted to avoid giving wrong impression.
We are well aware 3.30 often feels like this!
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WIN AN ENTIRE CPD LIBRARY FOR YOUR SCHOOL!
Get the entire Teacher Tapp Canon sent to your staffroom:
Book authors include
@dylanwiliam
@daisychristo
@C_Hendrick
@HFletcherWood
@pauldix
and many more...
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We're still mind-boggled by this finding:
Most secondary teachers prefer Timetable A & most primary teachers prefer Timetable B 🤯
Which rules? A, B, or either - state your case!
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The majority of NQTs we asked, already think they are more effective than the average teacher! Find out what else we discovered on our weekly blog
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Not only does tapping mean you’re involved in education research, AND you learn new things every day, but ALSO for every 100 questions you answer on
@TeacherTapp
after Dec 1st you will receive a £10 John Catt Book Voucher. 📚 🤓
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It's
@researchED1
Day! We are on the way with a whole heap of
@TeacherTapp
exclusive goodies, including REAL LIFE BADGES. Come to our stand to get yours!
#rED19
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Congratulations
@missdcox
from Manningtree High School for winning £350 worth of
@JohnCatted
books in our Brand Tracker Raffle prize draw. Thank you to everyone who participated. Remember there will be another chance to enter our Brand Tracker Raffle soon. Watch this space!
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We need more primary teachers! Come on, you must be out there. Sign up to make our data more valid...
We ask teachers 3 questions at 3:30pm every day. Answering gives us daily insight into teachers' lives. In return, we give teachers a little daily dose of CPD.
Apple store:
Google play:
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For the days when the Education Secretary wildly conjectures about what’s happening in schools: this is why we Tapp!
Our
@TeacherTapp
data compared pupil behaviour in the autumn after first lockdown to behaviour in previous autumns and, if anything, we’ve found a slight improvement in behaviour. So this isn’t necessary.
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Anyone else still recovering? 😴
41% of teachers said they left school between 7pm - 8pm in the most recent Parents’ Evening!
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Heard about the joy of
@TeacherTapp
and want to try it out? We ask 3 questions a day, find out what 9,000 other teachers said, and win some points 🌟
Takes 1 min, learn new things! That’s it!
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If you can't get into Teacher Tapp today we will maintain your streak. We're still trying to establish what has gone wrong. Thank you for your patience.
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Another 150 people today will be offered a chance of a Pandemic Pack... make sure to check your tips page on the app to see if you're a lucky chosen one :)
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Help! We signed up so many people yesterday that the app broke. Just trying to fix it... bear with us!!!
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Thank you to the 7,000 teachers keeping us informed each day about what's happening in schools. We are sharing this data with decision-makers and journalists so they have a clearer view of what is going on.
Good luck with the final part of today. x
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Apologies! Due to clock changes the notifications have come through an hour early, but questions aren’t ready yet. We are doing some wizardry and will resolve as best we can (hopefully with another notification at the right time).
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Female teachers with children at home saw the largest rise in work-related anxiety during lockdown. But, all teachers with children at home saw their anxiety levels rise more than teachers without kids at home. See our full analysis in our NEW blog -
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Our first big batch of
@JohnCattEd
Vouchers have gone out today for those who've answered 150 questions since Feb 8th.
You should have a message on the app with terms and conditions and the voucher will be in your badge collection.
There will be more vouchers out tomorrow!
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More of you are reading a book than a month ago when we first went into lockdown – any recommendations? 📚📚📚
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A few weeks ago, it was reported that the Education Secretary is looking at reducing workload in a bid to end the strikes.
So naturally, we’ve got workload on our minds!
We asked 9000 teachers to tell us about the unproductive tasks they are asked to do at school 👇🧵
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We are asking today about your thoughts on keeping schools open in the coming weeks. A really important one.
Do join in. Please RT.
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Did you know that teachers who work in the most deprived schools are the least likely to eat lunch? 🤔
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If you had trouble getting into the app at 3:30 then please try again now.
We had a record number of Tapsters using the app at 3:30 today and the hamsters on their wheels* at Teacher Tapp Towers were struggling to keep up.
*this is a metaphor - we have no hamsters.
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70% of teachers struggle to visit the toilet during the day…and it’s much worse among women 🧻
Given the number of you who say you've struggled with UTIs this is a difficult aspect of the profession. And not an easy one to solve.
#edutwitter
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For every question you answer on Teacher Tapp in August, it's like getting a raffle ticket. If you answer every set of the daily three questions you will have 93 tickets in the final draw and could win a CPD library worth up to £300!
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The second round of John Catt vouchers are due to drop on Teacher Tapp tomorrow. If you've answered 100 more questions since your last voucher look out for another one.
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📣 Our new report on the state of CPD for teachers is out today!
The report emphasises the difficulties teachers face in using current CPD provision to improve their classroom practice.
You can read the report here:
After the highlights? Stay tuned 👇
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(Re)introducing the Teacher Tapp 10k 🥳
Every time we hit 10,000 responses this month we'll chose one lucky Tappster who answered that day, and send them a Mystery Merch Bundle 🎁
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First mention for
@TeacherTapp
in Parliament 🎉
88% of respondents to a
@TeacherTapp
question said that they don't know enough about
@CareerEnt
to answer whether it is effective.
@claudia_harris
says they don't push the Careers and Enterprise Company brand in schools.
Watch session live:
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System gremlins seem to have sent notification emails to a bunch of Tappers saying you didn’t answer yesterday when you did.
We are investigating. We’ll whack the Gremlins and update you on what we find.
Apologies for frustrations.
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💬 We asked what you think your school leaderships’ top priority for improvement should be….
For teachers in secondary schools, the clear answer is behaviour. In primary schools, responses are slightly more mixed
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Tappers! Afraid we’ve run out of pens and torches for pandemic packs, so the latest ones include only door hangers and planners. Hope you still enjoy 🤞🏻☺️
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Here's the one page summary of key stats from the Annual Teacher Recruitment & Retention Report.
Over 10,000 teachers were involved, giving a huge sample and an accurate steer, & comparable to 2019.
(Full Report here: )
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I'VE GOT A GOLDEN TICKET!! 🎟
We're channelling our inner Charlie Bucket as the £3,000 Golden Ticket Prize Draw takes place TOMORROW! 🥳
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Hello Tappsters.
A large number of you will have now received a second John Catt voucher because you've answered over 200 questions since December 1st 2019. Well done!
If your badge didn't display the code correctly today or yesterday this has been fixed; please refresh the app!
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