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Grounds for improvement
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- Your school grounds could become a fantastic learning resource for present and future generations with just a little careful planning. SLT has a series of tips to help.
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- 09/10/2009
Planning learning, observing learning
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- Lesson planning and observation could be a waste of time or even harmful if undertaken without care and thought. Chris Watkins’ series on pedagogy investigates.
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- 09/10/2009
Soul and chips
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- Cold and unspiritual, computers might seem at odds with religious education, but Julian Stern’s unique IT-based lesson ideas will have primary RE teachers fring up the PCs in no time.
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- 09/10/2009
The power of persona dolls
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- Early years children can respond amazingly to 'persona dolls', says Marilyn Bowles - which offers a great way to build cultural understanding and fght racism.
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- 09/10/2009
Going off the rails
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- The solutions to school leadership dilemmas can be elusive, complex, multi-layered things, as one headteacher discovered when a promising young NQT seemed to lose interest in her job.
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- 09/10/2009
Making Ofsted less of a headache
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- Schools in England face a tougher Ofsted regime starting this year. Mike Boyce from Granada Learning looks at how school leaders can make sure they are ready.
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- 09/10/2009
Rapport: the essential ingredient
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- In their second article on coaching with impact, Nick Austin and Richard Churches explore what we mean by rapport, and how to develop effective relationships while coaching.
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- 09/10/2009
The changing landscape of school improvement
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- Professor David Hopkins begins a new series for SLT by looking at the remarkable changes in our understanding of school improvement – from what it means and who does it to its effects on students’ learning.
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- 09/10/2009
A little local diffculty
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- Crucial changes to education for 14- to 19-year-olds depend on local authorities' ability to use their new powers wisely – but do young people and the public trust them to get it right?
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- 09/10/2009
Tinkering with a flawed system?
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- NASUWT leader Chris Keates argues that rather than adjust the existing Ofsted regime, the entire system of school inspection needs a complete overhaul.
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- 09/10/2009
Manager’s Briefcase
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- Manager’s Briefcase is SLT’s unique collection of photocopiable and downloadable proformas, model documents and policy guides to assist school leaders. In this issue: essential preparation for this year’s new-style Ofsted inspections.
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- 09/10/2009
Schools in the driving seat?
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- After years of government tightening its grip on schools, what do school report cards and the proposed 'teaching licence' tell us about the way ahead?
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- 09/10/2009
The curious story of specialist schools
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- With science schools underachieving in science, what are students and their parents to make of the specialist policy? Alan Smithers and Pamela Robinson investigate.
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- 09/10/2009
Diplomas: one school’s story so far
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- SLT pays a visit to Hanham High School to get a close-up view on its frst year teaching the 14–19 diploma – and the lessons to be learned for school managers everywhere.
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- 09/10/2009
Network Monitors make space for 30 more pupils
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- Managers at Barry Island school are saving money and energy with a new thin client network system. Alexandra Vinall reports.
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- 09/10/2009
Self-evaluation - can it really work?
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- Self-evaluation is now well established as a way of involving schools in inspection. Or is it? School Leadership Today asks headteachers what they think and wonders whether inspection and self-evaluation are really compatible.
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- 09/10/2009
The dark side of the web
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- The cyberbullying of teachers by pupils is causing increasing alarm. Catrin Llewellyn has some timely advice to protect both your staff and your school.
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- 09/10/2009
Where should the axe fall?
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- Ed Balls has set the cat among the pigeons with his call to cut senior posts in schools and local authorities and to restrict teacher’s pay. It’s a first shot in what will be a fraught battle with the unions over where and how cuts should be made.
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- 09/10/2009
The digital school fete
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- Schools will have to make every penny count following the economic crisis – so take Samantha Leigh’s tips on 'affliate marketing' and bring in some easy money from your website.
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- 09/10/2009
Fresh start - or false dawn?
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- In the final part of our series on the successful school condemned by Ofsted, the school escapes special measures at last – but with a twist in the tale for the headteacher.
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- 09/10/2009
Preparing for inspection
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- With the new Inspection Framework now in place and schools already being inspected help your school prepare with this checklist.
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- 20/10/2009
Pupil questionnaires
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- Collecting the views of pupils and parents is an important part of your school's self-evaluation. This briefcase provides examples of some questions you might ask secondary and primary age pupils.
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- 20/10/2009
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