Progress Teaching

Webinar: Excellence, no excuses – striving for teaching excellence all the time

With students facing more time away from the classroom, it is essential that when they return to school, they get the best possible education from their teachers to make up for lost time. One important way to ensure this is to focus on developing the practice of your teachers.

Feedback is a key factor for improvement and success in all walks of life. From learning how to play a musical instrument, to teaching a child how to read and write, we rely on constructive feedback to grow and improve our practice. As teachers, we give students feedback in every lesson, so why are we not doing the same for ourselves?

Feedback given to a learner, or teacher, about the learner’s performance should always be relative to their development goals; in the case of a teacher, it should aim to improve a student’s learning.

During this webinar, we will discuss the importance of regular feedback and observations for teachers. We will explore a proven observation structure that has been used to improve the quality of teaching across the Mossbourne Federation, and how this can be used by any school wanting to improve the standard of teaching delivered by their teachers:

  • Preparing for an observation
  • How often should observations be carried out
  • Providing continuous feedback
  • How to log observations and monitor them
  • How to use the information to then inform leadership conversations

We will also show you how the Progress Teaching platform simplifies the whole process around observations, whilst giving all members of staff a centralised place to track and monitor their progress.

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Creating a Culture of Success

A culture of success is not a soft addition to school improvement; it is the condition that allows improvement to endure. 

In many schools, accountability pressures unintentionally shift the focus towards what is missing, rather than what is working. 

We are passionate about this theme, which is why we’re hosting a webinar for school, college and trust leaders, where we will: 

  • explore why a culture of success is essential for sustainable improvement 
  • examine how teachers’ strengths can be leveraged as part of long-term school improvement 
  • hear from a high-performing leader about the impact of embedding a culture of success in her school 

We are delighted to be joined by guest speaker Hannah Fahey, Director of Secondary Education at Anthem Schools Trust and former Principal of St Mark’s Church of England Academy. 

All attendees will receive our publication Creating a Culture of Success: Why strengths matter in sustainable school improvement, which includes a set of Strengths from a Bank

Wednesday 11 February | 16:15 – 16:45