Assistant Headteacher : QOE, ECT Lead, Former Curriculum Leader of PE
Joined November 2022
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Ben Rodgers retweeted
Carl Hendrick came to Direct Instruction through cognitive science. Beginners need knowledge before they can think like experts. His line in today's Sold a Story: "You can't really connect the dots if you haven't got any dots." 👇
Chat GPT and I have written a long blog on my love for booklets!
Inspired by many:
@RobGeog
@adamboxer1
@Mr_Raichura
@MrZachG
@mrbartonmaths
@ollie_lovell
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Ben Rodgers retweeted
Skills statements are making a comeback in England.
This approach to assessment is one of the major differences between a knowledge-based and a skills-based curriculum.
It’s a clear sign that the current government are unpicking the successful education reforms of the last 15 years.
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Ben Rodgers retweeted
There is going to be an explosion of CPD on "oracy" over the coming months.
My advice to senior leaders procuring training or to teachers experiencing such training is to ask for videos of the strategies being proposed.
Oracy is a big, nebulous idea. It can mean lots of things to lots of people. So if someone wants you to "do oracy" then you need to know exactly what they mean by the term: what specifically do you want me to do in the classroom?
The best way for them to answer that question is through a video: this is what I want you to do in the classroom.
A video will allow you to establish if you think it was a good use of time in that classroom, and then what it might look like in yours.
This is broadly true of all CPD and teaching strategies, but it's especially true of well-defined ones.
Ask to see what it looks like. Great CPD isn't merely about raising awareness of ideas. It's about changing classroom practice, and you can't do that if you don't know what it looks like.
Ben Rodgers retweeted
3. FLMOP. Front Load the Method of Participation. Every time you ask pupils to do something or give an answer, tell them how you want them to answer FIRST.
“By writing on your mini-whiteboard…”
“Say it together on 3…. 1, 2…”
“By raising your hand.”
“In silence…”
Ben Rodgers retweeted
Direct instruction is joyful & leads pupils to success. Here is a *clip* where I use high frequency & high participation questioning in 3 phases:
1. Check for listening
2. Rehearsal
3. Check for understanding
Established routines: all hands up, turn & talk, SLANT & ruler reading
Ben Rodgers retweeted
I take a look and writing frames - and provide a possible writing frame for different types of geographical questions drawing on thinking from @ClareSealy and drawing on work from @greeborunner @LesleySullivan and @Matea_Marcinko
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Ben Rodgers retweeted
💡 NEW POST 💡
'The problem with reading ages'
"Reading ages are seemingly intuitive and straight-forward, but they can be prone to being misread or more likely over-interpreted."
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Ben Rodgers retweeted
The Education Endowment Foundation has conducted two Oracy trials using School 21 and its approach as the basis. This must be the evidence that has convinced @LucyMPowell of the case for a renewed focus.
Ben Rodgers retweeted
You can only speak eloquently about things you know well. Honing speaking skills is about as useful as attempting to teach reading comprehension skills: there are a small number of useful strategies, but by far the best way is to teach subject knowledge exceptionally well. 1/
We’re hardwiring oracy into the revised National Curriculum, so speaking, listening, and communicating will light up every classroom.
Read @LucyMPowell's speech in full: gov.uk/government/speeches/e…
ALT Oracy to be given equal status to reading and writing - as a brand new strand of the English curriculum. A photograph shows a teenage boy and girl wearing school uniform speaking to a class of pupils.
Ben Rodgers retweeted
🗣️ ORACY! This edition, I break down oracy: what it actually is, why it matters, and exactly how to build purposeful talk into your classroom. Plus, it includes a FREE planning tool.
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This was a fantastic listen. Thank you @jon_hutchinson_ and @adamboxer1
Resonated hugely!
Fatherhood, lesson intent and assessments!
The ultimate trifecta! 🧠🫶🥹
New episode!
Are lesson objectives a waste of time?
Can you be a good dad and a good teacher?
How should we go over assessments?
Should we use phone quizzing apps in lessons?
Tune in and please share if you can 🙏🙏
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Ben Rodgers retweeted
I am interested in learning from a secondary school that currently embeds an "oracy" programme which is the type we are supposed to emulate.
What exactly do they do?
How do they assess it?
What are their general outcomes as a school?
Which demographic do they serve?
I think this will be the last post I do on oracy for the minute. It's important that if, as a profession, we are going to implement something we know exactly what it looks like and where it works.
Please share widely 🙏🙏
Ben Rodgers retweeted
There are lots of views about how to improve our education system. Not enough of them focus on the classroom. We pursue big structural solutions, when we should be looking at how to create calm, quiet, peaceful classrooms.
New post, please share!
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Ben Rodgers retweeted
A new post on how to atomize in early science instruction! Atomization is one of the best concepts I've learned in this SOL journey.
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We should be judging the *impact* of those efforts.
If a school with lots of advantages is coasting along, that needs calling out. Those pupils deserve better.
If a school with loads of challenges is breaking the mould for schools with similar contexts - celebrate and share.
