Tom Sherrington

1 month ago | teacherhead.com | Tom Sherrington

I’m coming back to blogging after a big hiatus and finding several times that an idea for a blog post has struck me – only to find I’d written about it already! Teaching issues don’t change much. However, one thought I’ve been having recently is about how vague people can be about their ideas, their intentions, their sense that things need to be better, their desire for other people to change their behaviours.

Jul 15, 2024 | teacherhead.com | Tom Sherrington

At the end of this week I’m signing off from work for the next six or seven months. My wife is taking a sabbatical from her job as Deputy Head and I’m doing the same so we can go travelling. We’re going to France, then Australia and Indonesia before heading back to the UK at the end of February next year.

Jun 9, 2024 | teacherhead.com | Tom Sherrington

Responsive Teaching: In-depth discussions between me and Bron Ryrie Jones. In the last two weeks I’ve met a couple of times with Melbourne-based educator, consultant and teacher trainer, Bron Ryrie Jones to share our interest in responsive teaching. Here are our discussions on YouTube – I hope you enjoy this geek-out on the details as much as we did. Part 1: VIDEOPart 2: VIDEOFind out more about Bron’s brilliant work here: https://bronwynryriejones.com

May 16, 2024 | teacherhead.com | Tom Sherrington

Today marks the fifth anniversary of the publication of my Rosenshine’s Principles in Action booklet on May 17th 2019. The timing was such that it caught the wave in interest in Rosenshine in general so the level of interest in my booklet was just incredible; it raced to a peak ranking of 17 in all books in the UK. Since then the level of interest has continued steadily and I’m told that 158,000 copies have now been sold. This has massively exceeded anyone’s expectations.

May 11, 2024 | teacherhead.com | Tom Sherrington

Every time I visit a school or college -or hear about one – where a dominant system is ‘three formal observations a year’, I feel sad.  Sad for the teachers and their students. Sad for the state of our professional culture that allows this to continue.  Sad that the leaders and the unions – or whoever else is responsible – can’t see a way around it or haven’t yet realised that tons of schools have ditched this pretty absurd process years ago.