Welcome to Our Unique CPD Jukebox*

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We asked our Associates to answer some of the most pressing questions when it comes to great teaching, learning and leadership and record their answers in a short video.

This is the result.

All you need to do is to scroll across, find the questions that really resonate, click and play.

A1. How can I make homework more worthwhile?

A2. How can I involve my children’s families more in their learning?

A3. How can I avoid some children being ‘written off’?

A4. A child has sworn at me in class – what should I do next?

A5. What three things can I borrow from the best teachers in the world?

A6. How can I engage a difficult group of students and keep them engaged?

B1. How can I bring a bit of awe and wonder into my class?

B2. How can I help a child with low self-confidence?

B3. How can I get my class to think for themselves?

B4. As a school leader, what can I do to make my school more inclusive?

B5. How can I switch on a reluctant child to learning?

B6. How can I stay positive in the face of great challenge and adversity?

C1. How can I get the positive behaviour for learning right and reduce conflict in my classroom?

C2. How can I best support a child with ADHD in my classroom?

C3. As a leader, where do I start when it comes to whole-school change?

C4. What can I do to boost a child’s self-esteem?

C5. I am a TA – how can I really help learning?

C6. As a new Head of Department, how can I make a difference across my whole team?

C7. As a leader, how can I manage my own well-being as well as the well-being of my staff?

D1. How do I get children bothered about their learning?

D2. As a secondary teacher, what can I learn from Early Years practice?

D3. Why should I introduce more laughter into my classroom?

D4. How can I motivate a reluctant child to learn a language?

D5. What simple change can I make to my teaching environment to improve learning?

D6. How can I help young people become interested in poetry?

E1. I am an NQT – what are the top three things I should do to be effective?

E2. As a leader, how can I improve the conversations in my school?

E3. I’ve inherited a ‘challenging’ class – what can I do to win them over?

E4. As a teacher in mainstream school, what can I learn from a special school?

E5. How can I practise kindness in a school regime that is all about being strict?

E6: How can I make learning really real for my primary class?

E7: As a leader, how can I manage my own well-being as well as the well-being of my staff?

And if these quick-fire answers have left you wanting more, find out about the Associates involved here and please get in touch using the details below.

Thanks for giving us a spin.

*For those younger educators, a jukebox is a machine that stood in the corner of a pub and played Spotify on shuffle. Ask your gran.

07 Jan 2021

Teaching and Learning, Watch, Schools, Behaviour, Motivation and Engagement, Coaching, Difficult Conversations, Diversity and Inclusion, EYFS, Improving Standards and Effectiveness, Leadership, MFL, Questioning and Thinking Skills, School Improvement, SEND, Wonder

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