Goalposts can moveWe receive mixed messages

At RHS we want to…

• Work to your strengths• Work in a ‘bottom up’ way so that classroom

teachers inform good whole school teaching practice

• Take the necessary time for students to improve and re-draft work (DIRT)

Clear RHS focus:

• 1. Marking & Feedback• 2. Challenge (Differentiation)• 3. Literacy

Be Literacy ninjas

• Students as experts in the language of your subject

• Every capital letter and full stop! Marginal gains in literacy = achievement at school, in life.

• DIRT - allow time for excellence & attention to detail

Dedicated improvement and reflection time

Expect Excellence

http://headguruteacher.com/2013/11/05/lesson-from-berger-austins-butterfly-and-not-accepting-mediocrity/

DIRT & Student feedback

• When marking, ask questions to provoke student engagement in improving their work in red pen

• Allow time for students to answer the questions – and ask you further questions in green pen

• Allow proofreading time before work is handed in to check SPAG

'Magic 3' for literacy in every subject

• 1. HIGH QUALITY ORACY: Insist on academic language and high quality grammar in spoken responses as well as written answers.

• 2. STUDENTS AS EXPERTS IN THE LANGUAGE OF YOUR SUBJECT: Set key word spelling tests regularly in your subject. Stretch high ability with high level vocabulary challenges

• 3. PROOFREADING & DIRT TIME: Allow 5 mins proofreading time to check SPAG for written tasks *before* work handed in. Include SPAG and vocab/key word improvement as part of DIRT time.