Welcome backPaddington Academy INSET 15th April 2013

Teaching and Learning

INSET 15th April 2013

Sustaining excellence

Better

Three core requirements:

1. Diligence2. Doing right 3. Ingenuity

1. Diligence

‘The necessity of giving sufficient attention to detail to avoid error and

prevail against obstacles’

1. DiligenceWashing hands

• 2 million Americans catch an infection in hospital each year• Greatest challenge = compliance with washing hands.• Most common reason given = time, e.g. ‘I’ve a whole list of

patients to get through, I don’t have the time’, ‘what difference does it make if I don’t do it this one time?’

1. DiligencePlanning for outstanding

learning

62% of lessons OUTSTANDING

1. DiligenceMarking & Assessment

John Hattie: Visible Teaching, 2012

2. Doing right

2. Doing right

3. Ingenuity = thinking anew‘Ingenuity demands more than anything the need

for us to recognise failure and to change’The Bell Curve

Good

3. Ingenuity = thinking anew‘Ingenuity demands more than anything the need

for us to recognise failure and to change’

3. Ingenuity = thinking anew

When we visit workshops….

Are we being reflective and personally searching for solutions?

Are we willing to learn from others in our community? Are we willing to take risks with what we learn?

Recap before workshops:Three core requirements to get better Being diligent in the basics – lesson planning and

marking Doing the right thing – we need to keep asking

the question is this helping our students learn? Ingenuity – being reflective and personally

searching for solutions and being open and willing to learn from others in our community

Recap before workshops:Three core requirements to get better Being diligent in the basics – lesson planning and

marking Doing the right thing – we need to keep asking

the question is this helping our students learn? Ingenuity – being reflective and personally

searching for solutions and being open and willing to learn from others in our community