CREATING A CULTURE OF REFLECTIVE PRACTICE TO ENHANCE TEACHING & LEARNING.
Welcome to Teach. Reflect. Share; the online BCA Teaching & Learning Hub where teachers write and reflect on their classroom practice.
Collective
adjective
Done by people acting as a group
noun
A cooperative enterprise
Welcome to the Beamont Teachers Collective.
As principal at Beamont Collegiate Academy I’m privileged to work with this collective of talented and inspirational teachers who continue to develop and improve as a team and as individuals. This site is a forum in which you will see them share their successes, failures, frustrations and moments of joy via a collection of blogs and videos, that they experience in their classrooms.
This isn’t a forum in which you’ll encounter teachers telling you “the way to do things” but you will encounter teachers describing strategies and ideas that they have employed in their classrooms and in their wider roles at the school. This isn’t a showcase. They’re a pretty humble lot our teachers. More like a fireplace around which they are gathered to share teaching ideas and talk about the research evidence that influences their thinking and practice.
You’ll hear from teachers in the early stages of their careers through to more experienced staff who remember the overhead projector being the trailblazing technology of the day. The contributors to the site are truly a collective: a group of people acting and working together to improve the outcomes and life chances of the youngsters that attend our school. A collective of teachers deeply invested in becoming better at what they do; a team that fully grasps and understands their professional obligation to continue to improve as a teachers.
The idea from this site actually came from the period of time that schools were closed as part of the national lockdown in Spring 2020. During this time teachers found a new voice and wrote with insight and eloquence about how they continued to teach our students remotely, underpinned by a willingness to support each other during that unsettling time. So really, what follows is part legacy of what has gone before and an insight into their classroom experiences since September 2020.
I hope you enjoy reading about their work as much as I have.
Gareth Harris, Principal.
Beamont Collegiate Academy
NEW BLOGS
How can you apply Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction to a remote learning situation?
Assistant Principal Henrietta Curwen shares her thoughts on remote learning and incorporating Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction (Remote Roseshine) into her remote teaching practice , but also the techniques suggested by Tom Sherrington and Doug Lemov to increase engagement during online lessons.
Putting Cognitive Load
Theory into Action
Dan Beech (2nd in Charge of Science at BCA) reflects on Oliver Lovell’s book ‘Sweller’s Cognitive Load Theory in Action’ Here Dan Beech explains how he has incorporated Cognitive Load Theory into his teaching practice.
Making Learning Stick
Head of Mathematics Marc Roberts shares his reflections on how to ensure learning sticks.
Scaffolding Creativity
The BCA Art department share their strategies of how they have implemented changes to their teaching practice to teach Art & Design post-lockdown.
CPD at BCA
Our CPD sessions build upon the culture of personal reflection, collaboration and evidence informed practice
We invest in the continuous development of our staff and have a bespoke CPD program in place. Every Friday morning, teachers and teaching assistants attend a one hour CPD session exploring a range of teaching strategies and engaging with the latest educational research as a means of continually developing and refining their practice so that they can deliver exceptional learning experiences to support their students.
To view the Full CPD Programme at BCA download the PDF below.
Get in touch
We welcome blogs and contributions from teachers in other schools. Please feel free to contact us to share your contributions.