10 Reasons ECTs Should Work in Specialist Provision.
Early Career Teachers (ECTs) – Consider Special Schools when you are Job Hunting. If you are a recently qualified…
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Guest Blog: Developing a CPD model
Lynn McCann writes this post about developing an effective model for delivering continuing professional development courses. She supports a…
Autism: Facial Expressions and Interactions
When you are a teacher of autistic children, you have a really important role in their lives, you are in a position with responsibility to carry out a task that can impact their wellbeing for life. How often do we question our ability to do this? I don’t mean write a lesson plan. I mean educate a child who processes the world differently to you.
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10 Game Of Thrones Quotes For Teachers
There are some excellent lessons us educators can take from George RR Martin’s epic tale of the fight for…
7 Tips for unwinding after a Stressful day
7 teacher-approved tips for unwinding after a Stressful day Okay so this is a bit of a cheat blog,…
6 Apps for Creative Teachers.
Graphic Design Apps for Teacher Graphic design for teachers, or at least those of us not blessed with artistic…
6 Practical Ways To Make Your CPD More Effective
6 Essential Practical Elements of Effective CPD Training is big business. The reason for this is because Continuing Professional…
Challenging Behaviour: Managing The Impact on Staff
Tips for managing your emotions. Challenging Behaviour: Managing The Emotional Impact on Yourself Part of my current role involves…
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Get Off the Negativity Bandwagon!
Positivity in the staffroom Negativity in schools in commonplace. I think it is incredibly important to be positive about…
Challenging Behaviour: 5 reasons your strategies aren’t working.
How To Effectively Manage Challenging Behaviour When faced with displays of behaviour that challenge most schools resort to sanctions…
Star Wars Quotes for Teachers.
Much wisdom to be gained from Star Wars Teaching Quotes there is. Here is a selection of School, teaching,…
Excellent SEN Blogs to follow: Part 2.
This is a follow up to part 1 there are a huge number of great SEN blogs with ideas,…
Autism, Structured Teaching and the TEACCH Approach
The TEACCH Approach: Personalisation not Normalisation One of the main issues I have with labels is the group children…
Excellent SEN Blogs to follow: Part 1.
These blogs are those that I have visited often and found great ideas, positivity or inspiration for my own writing from. Due to the nature of the blogosphere there are likely to be many great blogs I have missed, some great bloggers are reticent to promote their writing. If you know of a great blog please add it to the comments I will be doing a second post later this month.
Teacher autonomy in the classroom
Autonomy in Teaching The issue of teacher autonomy in schools is once again in the news thanks to this…
What is special education teaching?
Audio version below. What is Special Education Teaching? Special education teaching is very different in ethos from mainstream education….
Differentiation in Discipline: Behaviour and Connection
Challenging Behaviour: Differentiation in Discipline Updated July 2023. This discussion on Differentiation in Discipline may be one of the…
29 Reasons to celebrate being a teacher.
Reasons to Be a Teacher. Why we should celebrate being a teacher. More importantly what are the reasons to…
Children’s Mental Health: Infographic
Children’s Mental Health Infographic Anyone who works with young people in the UK today will recognise the challenges faced…
Autism: Environmental Barriers to Transition
Getting Stuck: How the School Environment can Prevent Pupils Transition Autism can create barriers to inclusive education, we as…
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