Dr. Aimee Quickfall

📝 NEW BLOG POST

Education staff wellbeing and workload: ‘Causing concern’ in the proposed Ofsted inspection toolkits
Megan Stephenson, @draimeequicks.bsky.social & Phil Wood

Read here: www.bera.ac.uk/blog/...

So, let's try doing #duvetknowitschristmas here this evening? People are literally Driving Home For Christmas right now, which MIGHT JUST mean that they'll be sleeping somewhere unusual. 1/

Teacher educators’ experiences of research: ‘My time goes on chalk face survival’ In 2021 we began a research project,[1] looking at the experiences of academics working in initial teacher education (ITE) in England, and the survey and follow-up interviews continue annually,...

New blog post out where @draimeequicks.bsky.social and I look at issues in teacher education research www.bera.ac.uk/blog/teacher...

This poem, entitled 'Needles' is presented in the form of a Christmas tree. These words form the shape of the tree: I wrote a poem in the shape of a Christmas tree but then forgot to water it and only a few days later there And these words are distributed around the base of my poem 'tree' as if they've fallen off it: were words all over the carpet

Today’s poem is called ‘Needles’.

Because this is BlueSky, I feel brave enough to say it is the best Christmas film.

This has already been decided, surely - John saves Christmas. It’s up there with It’s a Wonderful Life

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THANK YOU to all the students, ECTs & mentors who have taken part in focus groups on ITE well-being… we have learnt so much! If you haven’t yet and would like to, new dates 2nd, 6th, 9th Dec, details here, sign up! £10 book token if eligible forms.office.com/e/RyaBnXyN89

Are you a UK ITE mentor, ECT or student teacher? Come and tell us what you would like ITE providers to know about well-being! £10 book token for eligible participants.

This was amazing last year - highly recommended if you can get there.

Let’s chat - will dm you or whatever the blue version is!

Hi Stuart, I made this leap, from EYFS lead in a big primary school into a university post which includes research. Happy to chat… I took a pay cut to start with. I think the hardest thing is that even if you produce excellent research, that is no indication that policymakers will engage with it.

@llalliance.bsky.social some of your ECTs and mentors might be interested! Would love to hear some local wisdom!

New dates added for our student teacher well-being research - 2nd, 6th, 9th Dec. All UK student teachers, ECTs and mentors welcome and £10 book tokens for eligible participants as a thank you! Come and help us support student teachers! Link below.

New dates added for our student teacher well-being research - 2nd, 6th, 9th Dec. All UK student teachers, ECTs and mentors welcome and £10 book tokens for eligible participants as a thank you! Come and help us support student teachers! Link below.

Join us!

BOOK NOW: Rewilding the Curriculum: Creative pedagogies for collective wellbeing, positive relationships and learner agency | Events | Leeds Beckett University Initial Teacher Education at Carnegie School of Education Chol Theatre Grimm and Co

We have added some dates if you haven’t been able to make it so far… next one is Monday. If you are a UK ITE student, ECT or mentor, please share your advice! £10 book token thank you for participants. Info below.

Why fewer teachers are coming along for the ride The 2024 teacher wellbeng index reveals a profession cycling uphill without a bike chain

❤️‍🩹 'The pressures now common in our schools are eroding the connection that professionals have with their own sense of purpose'

Sinéad Mc Brearty reveals the results of this year's Teacher Wellbeing Index
schoolsweek.co.uk/government-m...

Starter pack - lovely ITE people! Tell me who i have missed… go.bsky.app/RnB1Uab

You did it! Hope you can make time to celebrate properly. It’s a huge achievement

Huge congratulations!

New paper by @draimeequicks.bsky.social and me. We look at the long term processes which have made the work of schools and leaders in England incredibly difficult. journals.uclpress.co.uk/lre/article/...

More dates added and the next one is tomorrow - if you are a UK student teacher, ECT or mentor, please consider sharing your wisdom on well-being… £10 book tokens to eligible participants to say thanks!

Yes please Dr Kate!

Well-being research - we need your help! Next focus group is on Monday.Are you UK based and either a student teacher, an early career teacher or a mentor? We want your top tips, advice and wisdom… all info here: forms.office.com/e/RyaBnXyN89 kindly funded by @beranews.bsky.social

ITE annual survey. The leaders of my institution are supportive of ITE shows a drop from 65% agree in 2022 to 31% in 2024.

Insightful data from @draimeequicks.bsky.social and @processed.bsky.social 14 years of messages that ITE doesn't belong in universities seems to have been heard by university leaders...

We really want to hear from some more mentors and ECTs, if anyone can spare some time to join a focus group. We have book tokens for eligible participants. Link below.

Thank you Rebecca!

Are you UK based and either a student teacher, an early career teacher or a mentor? Want to take part in some research on student teacher well-being? We want your top tips, advice and wisdom… all info here: forms.office.com/e/RyaBnXyN89 kindly funded by @beranews.bsky.social

One of our papers (me and @draimeequicks.bsky.social) is finally in print bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...