Gemma Molyneux
elementcoaching.bsky.social
Gemma Molyneux
@elementcoaching.bsky.social
MEd Coaching and Mentoring; ILM qualified coach; SCITT Curriculum Development Adviser; FunkyPedagogy organiser and collaborator; MTPT Project volunteer.
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Had a fab chat with @elementcoaching.bsky.social this morning. Was great to meet (finally) and talk all things English, mentoring and ITTECF. Got a page of notes and ideas to follow up on #TeamEnglish
November 20, 2024 at 5:09 PM
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I'm hunting down every last one of you lovely ITE / ITT folk. I'm mainly relying on people's bios to determine who might want to be included here, so if I've missed you, let me know and I will update this list.

Reposts appreciated 👍

go.bsky.app/FZXkStn
November 18, 2024 at 1:10 PM
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"In heterosexual couples, when men take an extended period of leave in the first year of their child’s life, it is good for women’s careers. It’s also good for the outcomes of the child, for the parents’ relationship & for men’s wellbeing." Emma Sheppard schoolsweek.co.uk/parental-lea...
Maternity leave improvements alone don't fully support women
Improving schools' maternity offer may help retention in the short term - but a key ingredient is missing
schoolsweek.co.uk
November 5, 2024 at 5:31 PM
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🚨 NEW POST 🚨

‘Disciplinary Literacy: 50 Years of Failure’

“Various curriculum updates over the last 50 years have paid too little heed to the difficulty of mediating the complex reading, writing, & talk moves undertaken in the different disciplines.”

alexquigley.co.uk/disciplinary...
Disciplinary literacy: 50 years of failure
Every maths teacher recognises the language of their subject is unique. Each teacher of history recognises that they teach pupils reading and writing moves that are different to maths teachers. Primar...
alexquigley.co.uk
October 26, 2024 at 8:51 AM
Anyone going to The Great Oracy Exhibition next week? #edusky
October 10, 2024 at 1:18 PM
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So good to see this kind of blog! In 2015, when EMC set up an unfunded research project, 'It's Good to Talk', there was a lot of negativity about talk, despite the fact that any teachers who saw the findings & classroom filming were v enthusiastic. I'm delighted that the climate has now changed. 1
New post:

Walking the talk:

Why has there been a tendency to privilege writing over speaking & listening?

While oracy has recently gone further up the agenda, it’s odd that high quality talk in classrooms has often been regarded as an optional extra...

open.substack.com/pub/marymyat...
Walking the talk
Well hello there, and welcome to update #091!
open.substack.com
September 16, 2024 at 10:58 AM
A very aesthetically pleasing learning journey template -fully editable below 👇 #edubsky
Curriculum map done and the aesthetically pleasing bit is complete too! Shamelessly showing off my pretty five-year learning journey below and yes, the template is available here: www.tes.com/teaching-res...
#edubsky
September 16, 2024 at 5:35 PM
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Amen. The idea that school should teach adult life admin is the bleakest, drabbest view of education
I also get really bothered with the "teach them taxes"...

No. We don't have a US system where you file your own taxes until you earn a significant amount. By which time you basically hire an accountant.

Stop doing click bait headline things - focus on good disciplinary knowledge!
September 15, 2024 at 12:25 PM
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Who's interested? Let's see what the numbers would look like? Can't keep research out of God's own country
Why there isn't a ResearchEd Yorkshire is absolutely baffling. I know it's a massive undertaking but I'd definitely chip in with the organising.
September 9, 2024 at 6:24 PM
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Breaking: #Ofsted has revealed its response to the Big Listen consultation, with proposed inspection reforms including:

🔸 A new inspection framework
🔸 A new focus on inclusion
🔸 A Monday-only school notification policy

Here's everything you need to know… (1/3)

www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Ofsted’s Big Listen response: all you need to know
Schools can expect a new inspection framework and more scrutiny over how inclusive they are, as part of an Ofsted ‘evolution’ announced today
www.tes.com
September 2, 2024 at 11:21 PM
Smart casual:
Men:
Polo shirt and jeans.
Polo shirt and chinos
Avoid: 90s clubwear buckled shoe and a Ben Sherman.
Women:
Jeans, top and unstructured blazer vibes (pretty much an endless list of anything really)
Hope that helps!
September 2, 2024 at 6:50 AM
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Training to teach in 2024/25? Student teachers, teacher educators and mentors… we made a toolkit for student teacher well-being which is open access and free - itewellbeing.org - in English, Danish and Finnish. Please pass on!
ITE WELL BEING
Teacher recruitment, retention and well-being are ongoing issues in Europe and internationally. Well-being and stress-related issues relating to student teachers are not well researched, possibly...
itewellbeing.org
August 28, 2024 at 8:59 AM
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Enrichment Course Members: YOU'VE GOT MAIL!
Gemma and I have been working on ways to make your wraparound support for this course even better. Today you have received the first instalment of a new Enrichment newsletter - this one is centred on ORACY in the English classroom 🙌 #EduSky #EnglishCPD
a computer screen displays a mailbox and the words you have mail
ALT: a computer screen displays a mailbox and the words you have mail
media.tenor.com
August 27, 2024 at 11:53 AM
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Can those in the #mentoring thread for ECT and those in initial training share this survey with those that it is relevant to. It’s exploring #ECT and those in #ITT experience of support & training relating to behaviour
www.surveymonkey.com/r/ECT
Early Career Teacher & Initial Teacher Training Confidence in Managing Behaviour Survey
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www.surveymonkey.com
August 25, 2024 at 8:34 PM