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What Causes G&T Students to Underachieve

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Inside Information is a publication produced by the NTRP that brings together current practitioner research themed along a particular area. Each article features a concise description of the research, interviews with the researchers, suggestions on how to put the findings into practice in your own work, and links to further useful information. You can find out more, and read past editions, here.

The author of this article, Ben Rule, set out to investigate the causes of underachievement by asking G&T students from Year 10 to work as peer coaches with 15 underachieving Year 8 G&T students. The coaches helped Ben to identify the causes of under achievement through collecting interview and questionnaire data.

Philippa Cordingley at the SSAT Teaching Schools Conference

My session at the forthcoming SSAT conference aims to help school leaders, teachers and CPD facilitators use the new Standard for CPD to create a dynamic and coherent environment for continuing professional development and learning. We will be concentrating on Ofsted’s frequently repeated challenge to schools to evaluate the impact of CPD more effectively; and looking at ways of doing this that also enhance the quality of the process for teachers and for their pupils.

Here’s a mini blog that I hope will tempt you to join us!

Peer Review

Are you looking to work together with fellow schools to evaluate your practice in a mutually-beneficial partnership? CUREE's programme for Peer Review training draws on successes in conducting over 60 school reviews, all scaffolded by research-based tools and expertise in helping leaders use them, to support colleagues in conducting impactful Peer Reviews.

RfT - Carl Rogers and Classroom Climate

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There's an old saying in teaching, 'Don't smile before Christmas' (meaning 'don't show your nice side before you've shown them who's boss'). But Carl Rogers' work led him to believe passionately that teachers should do precisely the opposite. He believed that teachers should seek to create emotionally warm, supportive environments in which they worked collaboratively with their students to achieve mutual goals.

ResearchED London 2016 Gaining and Sustaining Momentum

On the 10th September, 2016, Philippa Cordingley presented at the annual ResearchED Conference in London, a practitioner-led event attended by educators and researchers from across the UK. Philippa's session drew on the recently published Teach First Gaining and Sustaining Momentum Report and the newly launched SKEIN Momentum product. If you would like to view Philippa's presentation from the event please contact joe.askew@curee.co.uk.

ResearchED London 2016 Gaining and Sustaining Momentum

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On the 10th September, 2016, Philippa Cordingley presented at the annual ResearchED Conference in London, a practitioner-led event attended by educators and researchers from across the UK. Philippa's session drew on the recently published Teach First Gaining and Sustaining Momentum Report and the newly launched SKEIN Momentum product. 

CASSA R&D Culture Conference 2016, What we know about the contribution of effective CPD to pupil progress and school improvement (CPDL)

On the 11th July, 2016, Philippa presented at the Cambridge and Suffolk Schools Alliance (CASSA) annual Research and Professional Development conference.

To access the slides from her presentation, 'What we know about the contribution of effective CPD to pupil progress and school improvement (CPDL)', contact joe.askew@curee.co.uk

OUP Developing Great Teaching Conference 'CPDL that works for teachers and pupils' presentation

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A series of further videos are now available courtesy of Oxford University Press - including a filmed Q&A session with Philippa on the topic of developing great teaching. This video, and more, can be freely accessed at the Oxford Owl website.

Want to find out more about developing great teaching? Then get in touch at joe.askew@curee.co.uk

On the 21st and 23rd of June 2016, Philippa Cordingley presented at the Developing Great Teaching Conferences in Cardiff and London. Her session 'CPDL that works for pupils and teachers: evidence based tools for embedding high quality coaching' can be viewed below.