Zoe Enser

What textbook writing taught me about making shared resources Planning lessons for others means you can’t rely on your own subject knowledge or ability to explain things on the fly, says Mark Enser, who shares his advice for making centralised resources

Finally, a great TES article by @ensermark.bsky.social about making resources for others. As he notes, it's relevant in many different scenarios and there's clearly a danger of AI shortcuts meaning that the resources fail the requirements that Mark sets out.

www.tes.com/magazine/tea...

Special school leaders call for clarity on future funding Plans for national bandings on specialist provision packages 'deeply concerning'

Ministers have been urged to clarify how special schools will be funded under their white paper reforms
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/special-school-leaders-call-for-clarity-on-future-funding/

Five questions to ask about quality assurance in your school - SecEd Five questions that every school leader can ask to ensure quality assurance processes are fit-for-purpose

Is your school’s quality assurance helping or hindering improvement? QA should be about curiosity & clarity – not compliance. @ensermark.bsky.social & @greeborunner.bsky.social explore five essential questions every leader should ask to make QA purposeful and impactful:

Five questions to ask about quality assurance in your school - Headteacher Update Five questions that every school leader can ask to ensure quality assurance processes are fit-for-purpose

Is your school’s quality assurance helping or hindering improvement? QA should be about curiosity & clarity – not compliance. @ensermark.bsky.social & @greeborunner.bsky.social explore five essential questions every leader should ask to make QA purposeful and impactful: buff.ly/jcBWkGe #schools

Most teachers will, at some point, write lessons they will never teach themselves.

Heads of department do it constantly.

That shift changes everything.

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What textbook writing taught me about making shared resources Planning lessons for others means you can’t rely on your own subject knowledge or ability to explain things on the fly, says Mark Enser, who shares his advice for making centralised resources

When you stop planning for yourself and start planning for others, you’re no longer relying on your own subject knowledge or classroom instincts.

You’re trying to support another teacher’s thinking.

www.tes.com/magazine/tea...

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My latest TES article explores what writing a textbook taught me about shared curriculum resources.

The key lesson?
Make the reasoning explicit.

If the thinking stays in your head, the resource won’t travel well.

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Shared materials need:
• Clear curriculum logic
• Explicit explanations
• Likely misconceptions surfaced
• Usability under pressure

Otherwise they increase workload rather than reduce it.

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Discover Geography Empower students to understand and think like geographers with this complete and compelling geography curriculum supporting the KS3 Geography National Curriculum for England, Cambridge Lower Secondary...

This thinking also shaped the Discover Geography series with Collins.

The aim was not just content, but support for the teacher who has to teach it.

collins.co.uk/collections/...

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Shared planning is now normal in most departments.

The real question is whether our resources genuinely support professional judgement, or quietly rely on it.

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The SecEd Podcast: Teaching Shakespeare Effectively: Practical tips and classroom ideas - SecEd RSC-inspired ideas and teaching techniques for engaging secondary students in the work of William Shakespeare

“How can we show students the relevance of Shakespeare in today’s world?”

This SecEd podcast episode explores how schools can make #Shakespeare more appealing and enjoyable for students: buff.ly/xJoMijH

Inclusive geography teaching after the white paper: from principle to practice What inclusive geography teaching really looks like

In my last Substack piece I looked at the implications of the white paper for curriuclum thinking - today, I turn my attention to what it means for the classroom.

open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...

Bringing Forth the Bard A guide to teaching Shakespeare in the English classroom

You can also checkout Zoe Enser’s Bringing Forth the Bard which offers ideas on how #teachers can best explore Shakespeare with their students: buff.ly/ZHdf1t8

@greeborunner.bsky.social @seced.bsky.social

Five questions to ask about quality assurance in your school - SecEd Five questions that every school leader can ask to ensure quality assurance processes are fit-for-purpose

Is your school’s quality assurance helping or hindering improvement? QA should be about curiosity & clarity – not compliance. @ensermark.bsky.social & @greeborunner.bsky.social explore five essential questions every leader should ask to make QA purposeful and impactful: buff.ly/77yH9g7

Five questions to ask about quality assurance in your school - Headteacher Update Five questions that every school leader can ask to ensure quality assurance processes are fit-for-purpose

Is your school’s quality assurance helping or hindering improvement? QA should be about curiosity & clarity – not compliance. @ensermark.bsky.social & @greeborunner.bsky.social explore five essential questions every leader should ask to make QA purposeful and impactful: buff.ly/jcBWkGe #schools

From his previous response to a government not doing exactly that, he'll soon let us know if they're not.

This should be a good appointment

Same in English. Trying to explore inference or answer written comprehension responses when they can't read or write. Often so something is in their books

Good take and good direction of travel - IMO govt should double down on this, and complimentary ways of running schools, and chuck the inclusion bases.

Every Child Achieving and Thriving - It happens in the Curriculum What the new Schools White Paper really means for curriculum

Everyone is talking about the structures in the new schools white paper.

But what if the real story is curriculum?

In my latest piece I argue Every Child Achieving and Thriving is fundamentally a curriculum and pedagogy document, not just a reform plan.

Every Child Achieving and Thriving - It happens in the Curriculum What the new Schools White Paper really means for curriculum

What does it mean for subject leaders and classroom practice?

Read here:
open.substack.com/pub/enserm/p...

Would love to hear what others think.

#education #curriculum #schoolleadership

What funding will the white paper bring? The DfE has set out how it will fund some of its SEND reforms

Mainstream schools will get a share of £1.6 billion over three years to boost inclusion, while another £1.8 billion fund aims to provide better access to external support

https://schoolsweek.co.uk/white-paper-1-6bn-for-mainstream-inclusion-1-8bn-for-external-support/

New heads to get £15k to work where they're 'needed most' Trial of retention payments comes alongside plans to emulate London Challenge in parts of England

Breaking: Newly-appointed headteachers will be offered retention payments of up to £15,000 to work in certain areas under a planned pilot, the government has said

https://schoolsweek.co.uk/new-headteachers-to-get-15k-to-work-where-theyre-needed-most/

White paper plan for schools to be part of a ‘group’ DfE officials have drawn up white paper plans to encourage schools to be part of a group, Schools Week understands

In case you missed it: Government officials working on white paper proposals to encourage all schools to join a group

https://schoolsweek.co.uk/white-paper-plan-for-schools-to-be-part-of-a-group/

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Brilliant to see Poland's translated version of the @theeef.bsky.social Toolkit launched today informacje.wp.pl/wiadomosci/n... 👏

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Delivering foundational knowledge... (renewed Ofsted framework)

Once you have determined which pupils need additional support (awareness) and precisely what they need support with (precision), you need to consider what the most effective intervention might be (additional support).

The special schools bringing inclusion into the mainstream Ministers want 'a system that works together'. Schools Week meets three schools leading the way

💭 As the sector awaits the long-delayed SEND reforms, many schools have started to work together to create more inclusive environments.

We spoke to three schools leading the way...


https://schoolsweek.co.uk/sharing-not-siloed-the-special-schools-bringing-inclusion-into-the-mainstream/

Some of my favourite books on education. A couple that are old, but there’s been a huge amount of super sharp thinking in the last decade or so.