@joshuaperry
School assessment entrepeneur with a MAT background. Co-founder of Carousel Learning (retrieval practice) & Smartgrade (standardised assessment). Occasional writer of massively geeky data-heavy blogs about school MIS: https://bringmoredata.blogspot.com
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Having a blast talking to fantastic teachers at #TTRConnect, with @benriceteach.bsky.social and @edtechris.bsky.social .
Looking forward to another trip to sunny Manchester tomorrow for TTR Connect. Come say hi at this fantastic and always interesting event!
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Principles of Effective CPD OUT NOW! We’re thrilled to announce our latest publication, "Principles of Effective CPD: A Practical Guide to Leading Better Teaching," is now available. In this guide, Adam and Ben share nine principles for effective professional development based on their experience in school leadership and teacher training. The document is designed as a practical reference for those overseeing staff development. Follow the link below to download your free copy today!
Fantastic new resource here from @adamboxereducation.bsky.social and @benriceteach.bsky.social: a concrete + nitty gritty manual for effectively delivering CPD that brings about positive change. ✅
Click on the link below to get your copy! 👇
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This is so, so good.
If you teach A-Level Psychology and aren't taking advantage of these fantastics resources from Mike, what are you even doing?
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While dressed as a Martian surely though right?
We’re thrilled to announce our latest publication, "Principles of Effective CPD: A Practical Guide to Leading Better Teaching," is now available. In this guide, Adam and Ben share nine principles for effective professional development based on their experience in school leadership and teacher training. The document is designed as a practical reference for those overseeing staff development. Follow the link below to download your free copy today!
VERY EXCITING NEW RESOURCE!
'Principles of Effective CPD' by @adamboxereducation.bsky.social and
@benriceteach.bsky.social:
A concrete + nitty gritty manual for effectively delivering CPD that produces positive change.
Get your copy at the link👇
www.carousel-learning.com/resources/do...
Niche nugget: I once asked Delta Goodrem who Nina Tucker is. (There was context. She took it better than she needed to.)
Pie chart showing sample of 159 responses and 72% saying Carousel exceeded their expectations.
Carousel Learning is even better than you think.
Book a demo today and supercharge your retrieval practice.
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EXCITING OPPORTUNITY
We are looking for teachers to help us with a Top Secret AI project. It will take 35 minutes only, and it should be pretty interesting!
If you teach science, geography, DT, English or psychology (KS5) and can help out click 👇
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We have a fully-remote, super-supportive, high-autonomy culture with quarterly meet-ups in the UK or Spain (that's right, we all jaunt off to Spain once a year!).
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Right. There are ways to solve those questions without explicitly having learned ratio.
Huh.
Is the rationale that plenty of SATs questions in the topic of Ratio & Proportion can be answered without teaching ratio explicitly (because they're things like "35% of 320")? So you may as well not bother because it's complicated and won't yield much in terms of SATs marks?
Interesting - how prevalent do you think this is?
New post: Are book looks a waste of time?
For some, they are a meaningless scourge. For others, they are a vital accountability lever that provides insight into the lived curriculum.
Read on for more, and please share if you can!
carouselteachlearnlead.substack.com/p/are-book-l...
I find it wild that if you’re verbally abusive to a police officer or a nurse you can be prosecuted, but we are saying that when it happens to teachers it’s not even appropriate to send a child home.
Yes, brutal but pretty.
Right! “Participation” is the most I would claim.
Have you done the one at Lanhydrock? Brutal hill at the end!
*DATABUSTERS DERBYSHIRE* tickets now available for the first of our Databusters days. Join us in beautiful Ashover on the edge of the Peak for a whole day of data fun. Morning focused on accountability/IDSR; afternoon on assessment, tracking, reporting.
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Surely just a matter of time.
New startup idea!
Oh it’s for sure terrible PR.
It’s just one, smallish college out of 31 to be fair. So yeah, it sucks, but I don’t think it’s representative of the broader direction of travel for the whole uni.
It’s an absolute case study in what tech often does. Duolingo optimises for engagement, because engagement drives revenue. Unfortunately language learning is about so many things that are hard and might reduce engagement if incorporated. So the company and the learner’s incentives aren’t aligned.