Teach Meet Reading- Opening Keynote- 23/03/15- bit.ly/tmreading My Keynote address to teachers in my home town. Reading. Honour to be asked. Follow me @ASTSupportAALi Check out my toolkit of activities- bit.ly/agilitytoolkit

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Amjad Ali
@ASTSupportAAli

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3. Power of Teach Meets…

4. I used to think…
Differentiation meant a separate worksheet for all my
students
Writing a lengthy lesson plan will impress my observer
ALL lessons had to be fun
Being liked was more important than following through with
a sanction at times
If people didn’t work as hard as me they didn’t care about
the students as much as me
Lessons had to have lots of activities within them

5. I used to think…
Learning intentions had to be written down- always
If the students found the lesson hard I had made a mistake
with my delivery
My subject was more important than others
Lots of homework is a good thing, always
Working in groups/pairs is better than in silence
If I could teach the really naughty students then I must be
an excellent teacher

6. Answer to
everything?

7. High Expectations…
All students can achieve
Praise effort not achievement
LOW ability/Bottom Set
All, Most, Some
Must, Should, Could

8. Language Aware…
Motivation?
Behaviour?
English as an Additional Language?
Praise?

9. Power of Not Yet…
By
@TeacherToolkit

10. Annoying?
“I don’t know what to do.”
= “Not yet, but you are
smart enough and will do
when you work hard at it.”
“I don’t have enough
experience.” = “Not yet,
but you are problem solver
and can figure it out.”
“I have not done this
before.” = “Not yet, as this
is a challenge.”

11. “Don’t try to
inspire me, get
me to be able to
inspire myself.”
Student- 14

12. Know level of need…
S.P.O.T folders
FSM/PP/PP +
SEN/D
Young Carer
And…

13. Zone of Proximal Development-
Vygotsky
By
@Shaun_Alison

14. Marking and Feedback…
What will your marking achieve?
Who are you marking for?
Parent Marking?

15. Remember to say thank
you…

16. Don’t forget to reflect…
What activities did you enjoy that helped
you LEARN?
What lessons did you LEARN from best?
What homework did you complete that helped
your LEARN?
What activities/lessons/homework helped you
recall/remember and apply knowledge/skills you
LEARNT?

17. The only way
to realise
positive
change in
your teaching

18. Get in touch…
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