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The YARC is a good assessment, but I think it is a bit detailed for use as she describes. It needs to be delivered 1:1 and takes about 30mins if it is used properly.

It is also quite old now, so the standardisation is out of date.

For the purpose she describes the NGRT would be better.

So much this thread! Stop blaming children and young people for the failures of adults.

Agreed- I like both options. 😂

Not seen that one, I’ll have a look. 😊

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Time for some new #knitting. Just downloaded this pattern for a Norwegian Resistance Hat, originally protesting against the Nazis in WW2, now repurposed as a 'Melt the ICE' statement. But please someone, tell me a good rebellious wool to get. I am tricoteuse. TY 🧶
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Let’s be honest here, Ofsted was a stick fashioned by Thatcher to beat teachers with.
It appealed to the prejudices of people who hated the fact they were told off by a teacher. The term “failing teachers” appeared in papers at the same time. Blaming schools for the failures of govt.

Agreed. But it should/could have evolved over the years. The fact that it is still a stick to hit schools with, after everything that has happened is depressing and shows a remarkable lack of imagination.

It is a remarkably unsophisticated tool.

The problem with that is, how many inspectors would be able to advise a school on its development. Inspectors increasingly are ticking boxes which the software can then base a report on.
School improvement partners were an attempt to do this, but the process became “how to get a good report“.

I agree- co-constructing a report that focuses on development is a completely different skill set than following a toolkit line by line. It is, imo, a more valuable exercise. Certainly, it is more humane.

But, it would involve a shift in ethos and culture in the system and the process.

I am pleased this issue with the new framework has finally been noticed. It is ridiculous to use national averages in this way.

As a side note, anyone reading this would not realise that 95% of the teaching profession are female. Not a single woman quoted.

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It is interesting how this attitude pervades lots of the education fads of the past 10yrs or so…
Children don’t have the right vocab, they don’t speak in the right way, they haven’t read the right books, they don’t have the right knowledge, they don’t behave in the right way…

And equally, “those who haven’t got it didn’t deserve it, because they are lesser than I am”

Of course this is blatantly untrue.

Firstly, I think there needs to be a larger group of education attracted to Bluesky.
I don’t really use LinkedIn, but perhaps those who do, could invite people over to Bluesky and introduce them to Edusky?

Could Bluesky being the meeting point for teachers looking beyond reductive EduCognitivism?
How do we get more people to join here and discuss?
LinkedIn is such a swamp for discussion.

To be clear: no one should be banned

But the simple fact remains that too many adults are the ones putting children at risk online. I had to report a local school to the LADO today for what they are posting online. The issue is the lack of public digital rights education.

And the effort that schools put in daily and for an inspection deserves individual consideration, not whatever copilot says

Agree completely.

I think the reports should be co-constructed, between the inspectors and the school leadership.

Inspection should be a genuine attempt at school development, not the power game it is at the moment.

I’m sure they do. I think they have used comment banks for a long time. It’s obvious if you read quite a few reports.

I suspect it is an attempt to create some level of reliability across reports. But it js ridiculous.

Reports are qualitative documents.

Of course! Drama classes excepted. If you chose to do it, that’s great.
It is when it is a forced situation, such as a job interview, that it is problematic. 😊

I am pleased this issue with the new framework has finally been noticed. It is ridiculous to use national averages in this way.

As a side note, anyone reading this would not realise that 95% of the teaching profession are female. Not a single woman quoted.

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Does Ofsted's approach top achievement add up? 'How on earth can you use a national average against a population that’s clearly in no way average?'

Ofsted’s use of the national average when grading schools on achievement could be 'extremely unfair' to those serving disadvantaged communities, leaders have warned

https://schoolsweek.co.uk/does-ofsteds-approach-to-achievement-data-add-up/

I use a kind of role play where I ask someone to volunteer to swear at me so that I can demonstrate the danger of asking rhetorical questions. I think as a presenter utilising these drama techniques can be really valuable. I would never force an audience to do it but role play isn't inherently bad.

Agreed. But role play in training can be childish and patronising.

It was in the interview I had. I mentioned it, when I was asked for feedback on the interview process. The interviewer was quite embarrassed. He knew it was dreadful.

It is ridiculous to appoint on the basis of acting.

‘Solutions’ being posited nationally and internationally to ‘the woman problem’: more and more frequent childbirth, less higher education, lower participation in paid employment, reduced rights to vote….

Understanding the “new” disruptive behavior at live music events: Group normative (mis)alignment and collective self-regulation
Now published in ASAP journal.

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Fascinating that those who advocate for this perspective have often experienced a very privileged education themselves.

Social ranking, because you are somehow “good enough” to be better than others.

I find it very uncomfortable.

It really is. Plus, it adds fuel to the lie that economic success is somehow tied to education in a direct way - as if you ca educate yourself into ‘social mobility’

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I found this interview really moving. For me, if really highlighted the emotional work of being a working-class woman trying to fit into a club not made for her (ahem - me & academia) and having lived experience, being an advocate for others and change. Exhausting. Worth it though 👊

This is true. 🧪