David Rogers

I've been toying with the idea of what teachers need to do and stop doing ( What can teachers stop doing ;  What is learning  #2 and  How little I know about learning ) when I decided to revisit my outdoor instructor training and ideas. This was after reading Legacy where four ideas leaped out: 1. Sweep the Sheds  - always be prepared to do the smallest task yourself. 2. Simple mantras  - When it's all going badly, over complicated routines and policies break down. Keeping it simple during a mountain emergency is vital to save life but simple is just as important in a school. The simpler things are the better. Policies should be on a page and reduced to the essentials, leaving teachers and department leaders to fill in the gaps. For example, in the outdoors, we stick to the Plan, Do, Review cycle. 3. Champions do extra.  It's not good enough to stick to the contract. What are you doing to allow deliberate practise for teachers and students? 4. L...