Maslow’s law of the instrument. If all you have is a hammer, all you see is nails. In behaviour management if all you have is phrases like warning and sanction, then all you will see is poor behaviour. #behaviour

Schools with students whose parents are highly invested in their achievement will attain better value added scores. What are the affects on staffing when a school that used to enjoy high parental investment starts to see a shift in the parents investment?

be clear in instructions. Define what you want a student to do. For example, coats off is too vague. How many times have you said coats off and then the student is like “I know what he means, he wants me to put my hands in the sleeves of the coat”.

I the first three weeks of teaching a year 10 class, I bet you could predict the success of their mock exams without them taking the exams. Why wait until the exams to intervene? After the first three weeks you can implement intervention

We need to be more consistent. I common bit of advice. But, consistency alone is not enough to ensure great outcomes. Consistently bad feedback is bad. Consistency is the new pace. To vague and not concrete enough to be valuable feedback