Lance Finn

ASCL FE Advisory Board member, Principal and CEO @darrenhankey.bsky.social writes in Leader on the challenges colleges face trying to deliver qualifications to young people under the current financial constraints of a severely neglected sector: (member log in required): ow.ly/oWCx50WlHhB!

Engagement in the Classroom - The Effortful Educator What does engagement look like in the classroom?

Engagement in the Classroom

'Engagement' is a bit of a buzzword in education.
What is it really? How do you see it in the classroom?

theeffortfuleducator.com/2018/03/02/e...

An interesting report out today by City & Guilds. A gentle reminder:

-Investment in 16-18 education is currently ~10% less in real-terms vs 2010.

-For adult education the figure is ~40%

-Employer investment in skills is at a 20-year low.

www.cityandguilds.com/news/july-20...

“If we asked teachers to build a rocket from scratch, we’d expect them to need time, scaffolding and plenty of support. Yet teaching itself is a complex, high-stakes task, and we often expect people to just “pick it up” during CPD sessions or one-off briefings”

Hi Adam, I think many use PPT as a planning proxy. What does your planning look like in preparation for your method?

@vivienneporritt.bsky.social Get well soon

Maybe that Maslow was on to something…

We have been eagerly awaiting waiting this blog since visiting Greenshaw and being blown away by their Graduated response. It didn’t disappoint…

T-levels are a disaster – and young people are suffering because ministers won’t admit it | Susanna Rustin They were supposed to boost vocational learning, but they’re not popular with students and the dropout rate is high. Time for a dose of realism, says Guardian journalist Susanna Rustin

"Far from sorting out vocational education, the T-level saga has turned into the latest illustration of a longstanding problem, namely the poor treatment of colleges by the educational powers that be": www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I hope not. The direction of travel is starting to look very familiar and very disappointing

This is excellent, thanks

💼 'It’s driven by low pay, high workload and competition'
⬇️ The staffing crisis is blighting FE colleges, and government solutions are falling short.
FE Week investigates.
feweek.co.uk/fe-college-t...

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Thank you very much!!

No way, it can’t be better than mapping episode

Schools have sometimes historically become the institutions recognised by some families that only get in touch at point of crisis; these positive communication tools enale us to rewrite the narrative

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@samgibbs.bsky.social I really enjoyed this article, it would be good to see / discuss a concrete example if at all possible

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Slaying a Beast Slaying the Observation Beast Observations are a topic which provokes strong feelings in teachers. Many of us went through years of high stakes observation where a single lesson could be used to de…

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Should lesson observations be a controversial topic? @greeborunner.bsky.social reflects on their purpose and their limitations.

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Graphic reads "AoC responds to IFS annual report on education spending. If the goverment wants to deliver 1.5 million new homes, boost economic growth and improve the NHS, it needs to fund more adults as young people to learn new skills in colleges. David Hughes, Chief Executive."

“Expecting colleges to do more with the same money is simply unsustainable and limits the support they can give.” - David Hughes, AoC Chief Executive.

Read more:
www.aoc.co.uk/news-campaig...

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Why Young Mothers Are Leaving Teaching (and what to do about it) - Dr Aimee Quickfall The (Un)official Teacher's Manual · Episode

**NEW Episode**

Dr Aimee Quickfall @DrAimeeQuicks is a researcher and ITT lead.

Here, Aimee answers perhaps the most important Q in teaching right now:

Why Young Mothers Are Leaving Teaching (and what to do about it)

Kindly repost? An important episode.

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A superbly, clear, analytical, and characteristically constructive submission to the #CurriculumandAssessment review from m'colls @ascl-uk.bsky.social. A particular hat-tip to @tommiddlehurst.bsky.social.
We really have to do something about #TheForgottenThird: www.ascl.org.uk/News/Our-new...

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@furtheredagogy.bsky.social Hey Dan, hope you’re well. Have you come across technical definitions for ‘immersive learning technologies’ and every derivative of, and empirical evidence to support the money being pumped into it??

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