I remember when I was on teaching practice, and especially when starting out in my own classroom as an NQT, I was so enthusiastic and saw so many different ways of embedding AfL in the teaching and learning in my classroom. I, at times, tried to do too many AfL techniques at once…
NQT Fest is a specially designed online event for NQT’s.
This event aspires to inspire, motivate and share valuable insights to our newest teachers.
We explore topics such as:
Teacher wellbeing
Nurturing empathy and using restorative practice in the classroom
Special education
Embedding formative assessment in your practice.
Your NQT year will be a bit of a journey, just like your training was – but by now you know that the highs will always balance out the lows. Teaching is one of the most rewarding jobs in the world!
In today’s busy classrooms, teachers are often racked with guilt. This guilt is a combination of trying to cover an expansive curriculum, keep on top of corrections, give effective feedback and plan interesting and stimulating lessons.
Colette Gleeson is a primary school teacher with an interest in pupil well wellbeing and resilience. She strives to look after the most vulnerable children and to make school a happy and safe place for them whilst giving them the tools …
It is the month of love so here is a re-cap of 5 posts we LOVE. Enjoy! 3 Ways to Avoid Drowning Under Heavy Workload It is our mission to encourage and support the empowered decision-making of teachers. …
Following a number of requests, we are running a limited number of our popular Assessment for Learning Bootcamps at 3 locations in 2019 – woohoo! The workshops will be held on the following location, dates and times: Blackrock Education Centre – 14th …
In June 2019, I travelled to London to attend two days training with Ross Morrison McGill aka Teacher Toolkit. Ross is an experienced school leader, teacher trainer, most influential educational blogger in the UK, author, speaker and currently working on …
The question that comes up regularly with Assessment for Learning (AfL) is: What is it in a nutshell? To extend on that, it can be confusing to distinguish it from Assessment of Learning because the activities can be the same, …
In 2014, a Millward Brown survey conducted found that over half of teachers in Ireland felt ‘continuously stressed’. Hmm… not good. There a range of complex reasons as to way this might be but we decided to explore some tried …