Posts by Mark Taylor
180: End of year review 2020
This week I look back at what we have achieved in 2020.
- 133 countries
- 3 podcasts
- 290+ episodes
- GoFundMe Book Campaign
- Facebook Group
- Primary Music on Fire membership
- About to break 50,000 downloads
Join the Education on Fire Facebook group at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/326839888272595
If you would like to support our GoFundMe campaign to create a valuable resource for our children based on the wisdom of our inspiring guests please click below.
https://uk.gofundme.com/f/education-on-fire-book-fundraiser
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The National Association for Primary Education speaks for young children and all who live and work with them. This includes parents, teachers, governors and all those interested in primary education. Get their FREE professional journal at nape.org.uk/journal
Year review and 2021 conference – NAPE 057
This week we look back at what the National Association for Primary Education has achieved in 2020 and take a glimpse into 2021.
Our FREE resources have expanded for you in forms of:
- Podcasts
- YouTube
- e-copies of our journal Primary First
TEACHING HANDWRITING BY CHRISTOPHER JARMAN
There is now a new, 3rd Edition Teachers’ Handwriting Book, containing the; teaching and practice handwriting pages to copy, children’s development chart and the history of handwriting.
Our 2021 virtual conference is called ‘TOWARDS A BALANCED AND BROADLY-BASED CURRICULUM’
The Conference, embracing a theme which has always been central to debate about children’s entitlements, has been highlighted by OfSTED as critical in curriculum development and its central importance has been further accentuated by the pressures under which primary schools are working in the post-lockdown phase as they prioritise what is perceived as essential in educational recovery.
Full details of how to get tickets coming in January 2021.
To find out more about NAPE please visit https://nape.org.uk/
179: Master your mind master your life with Nicholas Lee
This week we explore an entrepreneurs view of how your upbringing and education can help but also limit your view of life.
Understanding how to master your mind and being aware of the stories you tell yourself can be life changing.
Nicholas is a Chartered Accountant, turned entrepreneur. His goal is to share information that school and society never taught us about our own minds and how to use this powerful tool to achieve whatever we desire in life. He helps business owners elevate their thinking in order to grow their business and profits, and live the life they want.
https://www.masteryourmindmasteryourlife.co.uk/negativethoughts
www.facebook.com/nicholasleeofficial/
If you would like to support our GoFundMe campaign to create a valuable resource for our children based on the wisdom of our inspiring guests please click below.
https://uk.gofundme.com/f/education-on-fire-book-fundraiser
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The National Association for Primary Education speaks for young children and all who live and work with them. This includes parents, teachers, governors and all those interested in primary education. Get their FREE professional journal at nape.org.uk/journal
178: The Sport of School with Christian Buck
How to raise your game on the field, in the classroom and in your life by improving your mindset.
Do you recognise yourself as one of these types of people?
- The Workhorse
- The intellectual
- The Rookie
- The Natural Talent
- The Spectator
Today we explore how understanding who we are, where we are and what we want in life can propel us forward to achieve the life we desire.
For ten years, performance consultant, Christian Buck, has worked with college teams from Brown, Harvard, Yale, and Amherst, some of which reached the NCAA Final Four and National Championship. Alumni of Coach Buck’s academic coaching program, The Sport of School Academy, have gone on to elite schools such as Cornell, Dartmouth, Notre Dame, Georgetown, Penn, Columbia, Johns Hopkins, Tufts, Wesleyan, Michigan, Colgate, and many more.
Coach Buck is also the author of Thinking Inside the Crease: The Mental Secrets to Becoming a Dominant Lacrosse Goalie.
Twitter @CBuckConsulting.
If you would like to support our GoFundMe campaign to create a valuable resource for our children based on the wisdom of our inspiring guests please click below.
https://uk.gofundme.com/f/education-on-fire-book-fundraiser
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The National Association for Primary Education speaks for young children and all who live and work with them. This includes parents, teachers, governors and all those interested in primary education. Get their FREE professional journal at nape.org.uk/journal
177: How to improve teacher observations with Craig Randall
The teacher observation evaluation process is supposed to improve teaching and learning, but research makes it clear that it doesn’t. In fact, it creates fear, which stifles teacher innovation and risk-taking.
Today I chat with Craig Randall about how ‘Trust-Based Observations’ changes that.
- Using emotional intelligence to build trusting relationships.
- Focusing on strengths.
- Eliminating evaluative grading of pedagogy.
- Using a manageable observation form.
- Committing time to make frequent observations of all teachers.
- Listening actively during timely, reflective conversations.
Craig Randall is a Counselor, Coach, Teacher, Principal, Author, Trainer, and Consultant.
Education
Craig Randall received his Bachelor’s degree, yes in English, from the University of Washington, his Master’s in Education in Guidance and Counseling from Saint Martin’s University, and his principal certification from Western Washington University.
Counseling, Coaching, Teaching
Craig has worked as an elementary and middle school counselor, including one intense year in the classroom with students with severe behavior issues. In addition he has served as an academic advisor at the college level. He has worked as a collegiate basketball coach. He has worked as a teacher at the elementary, middle, and high school levels as well as in college.
Leadership and Consulting
And, of course, Craig has worked in the job of his passion and calling: assistant principal and principal. Craig has done his work at schools both in the US and overseas. Now, as the author of the book and founder of the business with the same name: Trust-Based Observations, Craig’s goal is to transform the world of teacher observation and evaluation. He is dedicated to training and consulting school leaders on the use of Trust-Based Observations, empowering them to build supportive relationships with their teachers, relationships which foster risk-taking, which in turn, dramatically improve teaching and learning.
Family
Currently, Craig lives in the rainy but beautiful Pacific Northwest with the best educator he knows, his wife and new teacher mentor, Michele, and their just graduated high-school twins, Acalia and Craigo.
Twitter @TrustbasedCraig
LinkedIn Craig Randall
If you would like to support our GoFundMe campaign to create a valuable resource for our children based on the wisdom of our inspiring guests please click below.
https://uk.gofundme.com/f/education-on-fire-book-fundraiser
Show Sponsor
The National Association for Primary Education speaks for young children and all who live and work with them. This includes parents, teachers, governors and all those interested in primary education. Get their FREE professional journal at nape.org.uk/journal