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This year I started Teach Meet as a means of feedback to other teachers about what was going on in classrooms. At no point do we really measure how successful we are at what we do. How do we know our students are better at English than those in other schools or colleges. Do we just rely on Naplan? How do we know which teachers are having success and which ones are not. Are we only measuring results based on scores? Is there a means of measuring quality teaching over the last 5 years or so and how do we compete with each other? This thinking came out of a TED talk by Stefan Larsson. If the medical profession can get a grip on this why can't education take a leaf out of their book.
Then I watched Angela Lee Ducksworth's talk about the importance of 'grit' in our students.
We know that our students lack resilience for many reasons and is there something we can do to help our students build resilience and encourage them to stick out for the long haul?
This then lead me to the next 2 videos....
We know that our students lack resilience for many reasons and is there something we can do to help our students build resilience and encourage them to stick out for the long haul?
This then lead me to the next 2 videos....
After watching Bill Gates deliver his talk on teacher feedback I have been thinking about how this applies to me and can we deliver quality that is cost effective and manageable?
So can we do these three things? Can we measure the success of teachers, build grit in our students and provide quality feedback, sharing and leadership for our current cohort of teachers? Is this too much to ask?
As a young teacher I know there are so many things I can improve upon and I really want the best strategies I can find to improve on the quality of my teaching. I would like some feedback on how I'm going but would like the input of those who know the students and also those who don't. Regular feedback conversations would be so helpful.
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I need to mull on these ideas for further implementation and improvement in my own teaching practice.
Until next week,
K
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