This video from Teachers TV offers some timesaving tips and tricks about homework and marking that every teacher can instantly adapt and use. There are primary and secondary school examples
EXTRA TIPS from the experts
• Use digital evidence – a picture says a thousand words
• Allowing children to set their own homework motivates them and is insightful for you
• Invest time in really good peer assessment. That way they can mark each others’ homework well and save you lots of time.
Dealing with students who answer back
This website - Behaviour Matters - has an article this week on how to work with students who are finding it difficult to readjust their behaviour after the holidays.
Good Teacher Magazine
Don't forget Good Teacher Magazine for this term. You can read it online here if you don't want to print it out. Articles include:
Creativity sidelined by standardisation? - Bruce Hammonds
Brain Science in the Classroom - Dr Martha S Burns
Are you a teacher or a teacher for learning? - Mark Skelton
Is our most cherished cultural icon up to national standards? - Laurie Loper
