Ryan Holmes
educatingholmes.bsky.social
Ryan Holmes
@educatingholmes.bsky.social
AHT at Reach Academy Feltham
Director of ITT at Reach Teacher Training

🔗 https://educatingholmes.weebly.com
Top work here Peps! Can’t wait to watch & learn! 🤩
January 24, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Me too!
January 24, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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Can’t wait to watch it!
January 24, 2025 at 7:16 AM
The thread 👇👇👇

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At Reach Schools, we believe in the power of practice and the importance of habits.

Habits are hard to break and arguably harder to build.
January 24, 2025 at 6:57 AM
If you’re interested in how we develop expert teachers through professsional development at @reachschools.bsky.social, take a look at the documentary and have a read of this thread about the power of practice, the importance of habits & repeated rehearsal 🗝️
January 24, 2025 at 6:56 AM
A huge shout out to @pepsmccrea.bsky.social & the @steplab.bsky.social team for sharing this incredible work so generously 🤩

These lessons and the break down of expert teaching will be so valuable for all of us working in teacher development.

They’re making the implicit, explicit 🎁
January 24, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Huge hat tip to @harpreetkdh.bsky.social, @islaiago.bsky.social, Eve & Tilly for being the absolute stars of the show 👑

They are hands down some of the best teachers in the country. I’ve learnt so much from working with them over the last three years and I’m sure you will too 👏
January 24, 2025 at 6:56 AM
There’s been lots written about habits, practice & motivation - and we know that research needs to be delivered in a way that is context specific.

That’s why our professional development curriculum is carefully designed to maximise the chances of improving teaching.
January 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
As you can see from the video in the first tweet on this thread from Reach Academy Feltham, practice is focussed and feedback is key.

Below is another short clip of trainees from @reachteachtrain.bsky.social practicing and getting feedback.

👑Practice + Feedback👑
January 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
And we know that the aviation industry ✈️ and 🩺 medical professionals systematically review and learn from their performance.

So why not teachers too?
January 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
We know that elite sportspeople practice isolated skills on conditions that are nothing like the match they will play 🎾

We know actors rehearse scenes, lines of dialogue, and blocking on a stage on their own and with their fellow performers 🎭
January 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
So if forming habits and breaking habits is so difficult, but also so important - how do we do it?

At Reach Schools, we embrace the power of practice: focussing on individual skills in isolation and within an artificial environment to help us refine what excellent looks like.
January 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM