“You make everyone in the room feel as good about themselves as you possibly can, you set the bar right up there and you mark every bloody word they write.”
This is the three pronged approach Phil uses as a teacher that results in remarkable rises in English GCSE results everywhere he teaches. In 2008 Phil improved the A – C pass rate by 36% from the mock results in ten weeks flat, in 2009 they increased 23% from the previous academic year.
As a CPD provider he brings expert, up-to-date knowledge of how to create great lesson experiences in even the most challenging of classrooms, as well as truly innovative approaches to teaching and learning. He is best known for being the teacher getting his students to read Shakespeare to cows
and learn punctuation through Kung Fu actions in Channel 4’s Unteachables, and for having taught adults to read using spacehoppers in Channel 4’s Can’t Read, Can’t Write. Recently he wrote a scheme of work that taught the basics of sentence structure through playing football, and he is the only English teacher in the country to have written a scheme of work on construction.
These tips are taken from 'How to Teach' published by Crown House Publishing.
A prolific advocate of the right to a decent education, Phil has written a column for Education Guardian for many years, and his recent 'How to Teach' manual was awarded ten out of ten in the TES, who wrote of it, “There should be a national exam to check its message has been understood before all teachers take an oath, written in blood and sworn on their payslip, that they will implement at least some of Beadle's ideas.”
His advice book for parents was serialised in the Telegraph and has been translated into Chinese and Latvian (as you do).
A day with Phil will leave teachers energised, full of ideas and straining to be back in front of a classroom full of children. As a keynote speaker Phil is high profile, well informed and highly funny.
Feedback from a recent client included this memorable line:
'I have spent all weekend talking about your training day, which has surprised my husband because usually I would rather stick pins in my eyes than listen to a guest speaker at the school. I think you rattled a few cages and freaked out some of the SLT which is always good, but as well as that you made so many of us feel that it is not that we are failing our boys, it just that we are not understanding them.'
Other recent feedback includes the comments:
- Please tell Phil just how fantastic we all thought his workshop was. You were quite right, he's one of the best speakers I have heard and, in particular, offered practical strategies to improve teaching and learning rather than just woolly exhortations to do better
- What can I say? What a star!! No wonder he's been on television. Thank you very much for this fantastic session in our conference ... we feel very complimented that you provided speakers of such quality
So, why not book Phil for an Event with your staff, students, parents or governors (Phil delivers Events for early years, primary, secondary and further education).
People who benefited from Phil have also enjoyed Ian Gilbert.
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To make contact with Phil to discuss how he can work with you for INSET or to contribute to a conference please call the Independent Thinking office on 0844 589 0490 or e-mail us at learn@independentthinking.co.uk.
In the words of one headteacher in an e-mail to us:
‘I am a Headteacher of a school on the south coast and would like to advertise my teaching vacancies somewhere that Phil Beadle or others like him may be looking! The school needs a good awakening!’
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Phil's prices are as follows: |
| £1,995 |
Full Day INSET/Conference |
| £1,500 |
Half Day INSET/Conference |
| £995 |
1-Hour Conference Address |
| £995 |
Full Day Students |
| £750 |
Half Day Students |
| £450 |
Parents' Event |
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Travelling expenses, accommodation costs (if required), and VAT are also charged |
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For our other Associates' prices, corporate Event prices or further information on expenses please click here |
Phil's CRB number is 001226437092 issued 17th February 2009.
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