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2023 Charity partner announcement — Queanbeyan Whites Rugby Union Football Club
We are proud to announce Emerge & see as our 2023 Chairty partners. Emerge & see was set up in 2021 by Alana and Pia who are two medically retried police officers, their charity assists NSW & ACT emergency service workers who suffer from PTSD and their families. Our club captain Caden caught up with Alan to talk more about the Chairty and below is a article that gives a small insight to the great work they do.
How tutors help pupils to progress
Features How tutors help pupils to progress By Robbie Coleman, director, National Tutoring Programme Tuesday, May 25, 2021 The National Tutoring Programme aims to counter the effects of the pandemic on the education of the most disadvantaged pupils. The scheme's director and participating schools explain how it works.
Coronavirus: We're listening to the criticism about catch-up tutors
In the middle of a pandemic, sustaining the familiar is hard enough. So it’s understandable that teachers and school leaders have plenty of questions when they are asked to consider signing up to something new. The National Tutoring Programme was launched this term to give schools extra support for their disadvantaged pupils during an incredibly challenging year.
The National Tutoring Programme roll-out: How will it work?
The £350m National Tutoring Programme will begin operation after the October half-term. Two main strands will support schools’ work with pupils whose education has been hit hard by the Covid-19 lockdown. Director Robbie Coleman looks at how it works in practice Since March, schools have justified their portrayal as the “fourth emergency service”. The efforts of teachers and school leaders to support home learning – from online lessons to hand-delivered worksheets – were inspiring.
EEF Blog: What does research say about the application of cognitive science approaches in the classroom? | News
EEF Blog: What does research say about the application of cognitive science approaches in the classroom? The EEF is commissioning a systematic review of the evidence about the application of cognitive science in the classroom. In this blog, our head of policy, Robbie Coleman, outlines its purpose and how we hope it will help inform teachers' practice...
EEF Blog: Whole-class reading - choose your strategy carefully if you don’t want to miss the mark | News
EEF Blog: Whole-class reading - choose your strategy carefully if you don’t want to miss the mark In this blog, Robbie Coleman – a secondary school English teacher and a Senior Associate at the EEF – surveys the research on whole-class reading and draws two important lessons for teachers wanting to know which strategy works best... Sometimes it’s worth repeating the obvious, just in case anyone missed it.
Diagnostic Questions | Projects
Diagnostic Questions Diagnostic Questions (DQs) is an online formative assessment programme that allows teachers to set quizzes for students with ease and also provides teachers with feedback about pupils’ misconceptions so that they can be quickly addressed.
Whole-class reading might be engaging, but does it give students enough chance to practise?
Sometimes it’s worth repeating the obvious, just in case anyone missed it. Everyone should watch The Wire, Scottish hopes of footballing success are rarely fulfilled, and Tim Shanahan’s website is one of the best sources of information about literacy on the internet. Shanahan is Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and has led the US Government’s National Reading Panel.
Is teacher training missing some fundamental generalisations about what students have in common?
Teachers spend a lot of time thinking about difference. We break down data into sub-groups, plan lessons to support and extend, and consider what extra we might do for students falling behind. But should we spend more time thinking about what students have in common? Might a rush to differentiate mean we spend less time than we should thinking about the fundamentals? Setting differences aside, what general assumptions about learners inform how we teach and plan?
Researchers should measure the side effects of new teaching approaches – not just academic achievement
Education policy bingo enthusiasts are rarely disappointed to see a reference to how good East Asian systems are at maths on their cards.
We know thinking strategies improve learning, but how long should we spend teaching them?
In my last post, I declared myself a big fan of Barak Rosenshine. His writing is sharp and illuminates some interesting ideas around the murky educational debates between teaching skills versus knowledge, and the relative merits of teacher- and student-led activities. Rosenshine’s support for explicit teacher-led skills instruction shows why a binary split between ‘traditional’ and ‘progressive’ teaching is unhelpful.
Traditional vs progressive: Barak Rosenshine showed me that it’s not just facts that can be explicitly taught
Barak Rosenshine’s 1997 article, The Case for Explicit, Teacher-led, Cognitive Strategy Instruction, is only eight pages long, but it is an excellent companion to the long-standing educational debate around ‘progressive’ and ‘traditional’ approaches to teaching. If you read one thing about education before the new term, I would recommend it.
Literacy and transition: evidence-informed strategies to close the gap
Every student gets nervous about starting their secondary education: the prospect of a new school, new teachers and new friends looms large over the summer holidays. For children who struggle with literacy, the challenge ahead is even tougher.
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Vacancies We are currently recruiting for an Evaluation Manager. Full details for the position can be found below. Evaluation ManagerTitle: Evaluation ManagerAccountable to: Head of EvaluationSalary: c. £35-40k per yearLocation: Central LondonContract: Full time one year-fixed contractResponsibilitiesHigh quality research evaluation is at the heart of the EEF’s work. The EEF looks for projects with evidence that they have potential to raise attainment.
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