Alex Gingell

Had a fantastic time chatting with @kieran-m-ed.bsky.social about the joy and impact of whole-staff rehearsal on the #TDaPE podcast!

🎧 Give it a listen
⏭️ Join us at #TDaPEManchester next Saturday to dive deeper!

Really looking forward to this. Some awesome sessions to look forward to!

Thrilled to have contributed to the resources accompanying this incredible @pepsmccrea.bsky.social @steplab.bsky.social documentary! 🎥

✨ Designed to help schools turn the great teaching showcased into impactful, high-quality PD. If you use them, let us know how they’re making a difference! 🙌

Super excited about the next 3 days of seriously great PD:
💥 @steplab.bsky.social CCL Module 2 launch day today
💥 @steplab.bsky.social Conference tomorrow
💥 #TDaPELondon on Saturday

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Really looking forward to this! 🙌

@mrsspalding.bsky.social it was great to hear about your school and dig into effective implementation in your context. Looking forward to seeing and hearing how things go!

Uniting around a Bigger Picture For successful implementation, we can unite around a bigger picture

For effective implementation in schools, we need everyone to be on the same page.

Unite views and values
Unite around concepts and principles
Unite around the evidence

Read more: researchschool.org.uk/bradford/new...

📣 Join @rachel-sewell.bsky.social and Harry Fletcher Wood tomorrow for the next webinar in our Countdown to Christmas series 💻

They'll be exploring how to build a shared knowledge of how learning happens! 🏫

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(You can't get more Christmassy than that!! 🎅)

Don’t miss the first webinar in @Steplab_co’s Countdown to Christmas series!🎄

Join @MrsBallAP and me at 4pm today to explore how to unite your leadership team and run impactful PD with Steplab.

🎟️ Grab your spot now: bit.ly/4eT3Lkt

In this session @mrsball.bsky.social and I will be modelling and unpacking how you can unite your leadership team around a shared mission to implement great PD at your school. Come and join us! Sign up below ⬇️

#TDaPELondon is going to be a great opportunity to connect with others, share ideas and grow your network of other educators who like to think hard about what matters most in #PrimaryEd

💥 Very much looking forward to this! Come and join me next week 👇

👇 So important! Supportive environments for professional challenge are key. Always a good thing to explicitly rehearse with teams too!

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If you’re wondering which books to select for your school or classroom @imaginecentre have over 2000 book reviews that you can search by theme, subject, genre and age, reviewed by a panel of teachers, librarians and literacy specialists. Here’s the link:
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Really looking forward to speaking at #TDaPELondon in January. Great PD for a great cause! Get your tickets before they go! www.eventbrite.com/e/the-thinki...

Igniting a Culture of Improvement: The Power of Whole-Staff Rehearsal (Part 1) I’ve reflected previously about the importance of culture in coaching and the cultural shift that was required at my previous school in order for our coaching programme to succeed. Over the next tw…

👉 Last week I reflected on implementing whole-staff rehearsal at my school. Hear why we did it in Part 1 bit.ly/3Z3bffL and how we did it (and the impact) in Part 2 bit.ly/3Z8irr4 #professionaldevelopment #PD

Those who live and breathe curriculum and assessment by teaching every day have a deep and unique understanding of what’s going well and what needs to improve.

If that’s you, please do share your precious insights through the call for evidence.

consult.education.gov.uk/curriculum-a...

Important post on how it’s crucial to consider the ‘why’ in designing PD. Teachers must develop ‘awareness’ and ‘insight’ in order to enact great practice in the classroom, so anyone designing great PD needs to know how to activate those elements through their training.

Part 2 of my reflection on implementing whole-staff rehearsal: bit.ly/3Z8irr4 In this post, I break down the structure of our weekly rehearsal sessions and share insights and actionable tips for school leaders wanting to integrate group rehearsal into their PD programmes.

Igniting a Culture of Improvement: The Power of Whole-Staff Rehearsal (Part 1) I’ve reflected previously about the importance of culture in coaching and the cultural shift that was required at my previous school in order for our coaching programme to succeed. Over the next tw…

New post reflecting on the impact of whole-staff rehearsal at my previous school: bit.ly/3Z3bffL Part 1: the challenge (tackling inconsistency, putting teaching improvement at the heart of our work, and exploring the evidence behind rehearsal). Reflections welcome!