The Perfect Ofsted & Help for Lazy Teachers 
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Following the success of the Perfect Ofsted Lesson and the Perfect Ofsted Inspection comes another title in this popular ‘Perfect ‘series.
‘The Perfect Ofsted English Lesson’
Bring the best out of the English department when an inspector calls.
This simple but effective little book is designed to help bring the best out of all English departments during that all-important Ofsted visit. It is written by David Didau, a highly effective and innovative head of English at a school where Independent Thinking is a trustee. He has been instrumental in overseeing an enviable rise in A* to C results over the last few years to 84% in 2011. Packed full of ideas, strategies and simple yet effective innovations, this book is an essential tool in the toolkit of every English department – and not just for the inspection either! With topics including assessment for learning, progress, the learning environment and planning outstanding lessons, this is the book for every English teacher’s desk drawer.
Whole school progress the lazy way: Follow Me, I’m Right Behind You
How learners go further faster when you put them in the driving seat.
Jim Smith applies his controversial (but highly effective) ‘Lazy Teacher’ philosophy to the idea of leadership in the classroom. Where the traditional view is one that focuses on the teacher’s role in leading the learning, Jim’s take is that of ‘letting the learning lead’. In Jim’s lessons (and remember he is still a practising teacher) the learners are very much in the driving seat. Drawn from his experience in the classroom as well as in his schools’ leadership team (a school with an enviable track record when it comes to school improvement and an ‘outstanding’ in their 2011 Ofsted inspection) this book is full of highly practical solutions and suggestions that are proven to help you improve the quality of learning and progress in your classroom and across the school.
Oops! Helping children learn accidentally
Everything you need to get children to learn despite themselves.
This book is about engaging learners in great learning so well they barely know they are learning, let alone learning well. Drawing on Hywel’s years of experience using drama and ‘The Mantle of the Expert’ (and much more besides) to draw the best out of young people, this book is about the dance that happens between teachers and learners, it’s about the importance of relationships in that engagement, it’s about how to build and sustain rapport with learners. And it’s about finding a delight and a joy in the process of learning, enhanced by those spontaneous, serendipitous events that help you remember just why you came into the job in the first place.
Improving Teaching and Learning
The Lazy Teacher's Handbook (How Your Students Learn More When You Teach Less)
Smith, Jim
Ever wondered what would happen if you stopped teaching in your lessons? You... Read more
Ever wondered what would happen if you stopped teaching in your lessons? You might be surprised. This book provides you with the arguments and evidence you need to become a lazy, but outstanding teacher. It shifts the emphasis away from the teaching and onto the learning.
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Series: Independent Thinking Series
BIC: JNT (
Teaching skills & techniques)
Dewey: 371.3 (
Schools & their activities; special education)
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Readership: Professional & Vocational
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ISBN-10: 1845902890
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