Ukedchat Archive 14 October 2010

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chrisrat 19:53

With the Spending Review imminent, members of the Cabinet are locked

in rooms across Westminster this week. Nick Gibb


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scottjacques01 20:02Traditional CPD, such as going on courses, is usually one of the first

casualties of tight budgets #ukedchat

TheHeadsOffice 20:02If the hardware is in place it will be short-sighted to get rid of ICT

#ukedchat

dughall 20:02There will be some difficult choices. #ukedchat

Joga5 20:02@chrisrat CPD must change - we have to shift to more in school

collaborative CPD #ukedchat

chrisrat 20:02RT @mister_jim:#ukedchat Funding for ICT will go as it won't be viewed

as integral to children's learning


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TheHeadsOffice 20:04Governing bodies are recommended to use IT for many of their docs at

FGB meetings. Need to keep ICT! #ukedchat

chrismayoh 20:04@scottjacques01 Lots more need for e-learning courses and CPD via

PLN? #ukedchat

froggyval 20:04#ukedchat I am worried that Languages at primary will be sacrificed in

the rush to economise.

dughall 20:04@TheHeadsOffice ICT won't be got rid of, it may just slip off the agenda.

#ukedchat

dughall 20:05Yes, some LAs have a 'Your voice' website for suggestions. On ours

someone suggested people go to 4/5 working hrs for 4/5 salary.

#ukedchat

chrismayoh 20:05@froggyval If ICT in primary is under threat, languages don't stand a

chance #ukedchat

DeputyHeadDunn 20:05@scottjacques01 TBH I think there's much more value to in-school CPD

anyway #ukedchat

chrisrat 20:05RT @DianneSpencer: #ukedchat I suspect for the next 2 yrs much of the

budget cuts will be aimed at LA costs, resulting in loss of services to

schools.

duckinwales 20:05#ukedchat @TheHeadsOffice yes - staff have soo many good ideas, and

see lots of day to day waste.

timmajor80 20:05@26mjw I saw that Guardian article too. Highlights choice between

cutting overhead or restructuring management team #ukedchat

chrisrat 20:05Do you think there will be staff cuts? #ukedchat

SusanElkinJourn 20:05#ukedchat Was secondary Head of Eng 1980s. 1 year told no dept

budget. Not even a sheet of paper. Somehow, of course, we muddled

thro.

john_at_muuua 20:06I say 'go team LBWF'... we're taking this thing to court! #ukedchat

Grevster73 20:06 #ukedchat There will be no LA consultants for CPD - schools will have tobe creative - use internal expertise - work with neighbouring schs?

chrisrat 20:06Should budget cuts really mean a change to the curriculum? are the two

mutually exclusive? #ukedchat

DeputyHeadDunn 20:06@chrisrat LAs will be hit hard...if they're left as LAs at all!

Ideas_Factory 20:06#ukedchat Depending where you work-with the new pupil premium-you

could actually be better off-inner city schools in for windfall

TheHeadsOffice 20:06@DianneSpencer LAs are liekly to not be so prominent in 2 years poss!

#ukedchat

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dughall 20:06RT @chrismayoh: @scottjacques01 Lots more need for e-learning

courses and CPD via PLN? #ukedchat Increased teacher workloads #ukedchat

TheHeadsOffice 20:07Thinking out of the box for staff structures vital now! #ukedchat

DrAshCasey 20:07Who will set the priorties? What - if anything - are the luxuries in

education? #ukedchat

colport 20:07 Learning Platforms seem to be an easy budget cut within schools / LocalAuthorities #ukedchat

timmajor80 20:07Has anyone experienced TAs being asked to work only school hours, with

no extra time for preparation? Or TA positions being cut? #ukedchat

26mjw 20:07@chrisrat Much like police, it all impacts 'frontline'. Budget cuts = no

languages or bigger classes. #ukedchat

Jamesashton20 20:07Finished my game if monopoly 2 grand up and 39 houses! :p #ukedchat!

Good evening all! :)

james_teachuk 20:07Finished my game if monopoly 2 grand up and 39 houses! :p #ukedchat!

Good evening all! :)

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chrisrat 20:07RT @mister_jim: #ukedchat I personally would sacrifice my PPA

allowance to keep my TA


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tonyparkin 20:09RT @DianneSpencer: #ukedchat Our LA has already started cuts, mainly

grants, services such as EPs etc.

john_at_muuua 20:09@chrisrat the curriculum will/is changing regardless. thing is we now

don't have money for resits! #ukedchat

chrismayoh 20:10@Jamesashton20 But how can language teaching be seen as a priority?

Cost of paying a French teacher vs buying a few new projectors

#ukedchat

ianaddison 20:10You need someone in charge in your LA that understands what teachers

need and that listens, we have @dfearnley #ukedchat

froggyval 20:10#ukedchat I think i would do some cover to save others' jobs. In ireland

public is taking 20% pay cut! Ouch!

mister_jim 20:10@Ideas_Factory #ukedchat true.. sadly

26mjw 20:10#ukedchat - I'm a TA and I can see my role being something that might

suffer. Be sad, though, as I feel like I help quite a lot...

scottjacques01 20:10In house CPD is fine as long as it is balanced with outward looking &

collaborative approaches such as school 2 school #ukedchat

sciencelabman 20:10#ukedchat having to cope without supply cover in our school.

DrAshCasey 20:10Are advisors a luxury? Do we need a headteacher who manages and

doesn't teach? #ukedchat

chrisrat 20:10How do you think you will motivate your staff if TAs and or PPA is cut?

#ukedchat

DianneSpencer 20:10RT @dughall: @chrisrat I believe organisations (not just schools) will try

their hardest not to cut staff. #ukedchat >>True!

dughall 20:10Don't forget the #ukedchat hashtag folks!

DeputyHeadDunn 20:10 @chrismayoh Yeah by 50%, and that's just for starters

TheHeadsOffice 20:10Creative thinking may save PPA. Staff are keen to keep it & will be keen

to help I'm sure #ukedchat

SusanElkinJourn 20:10RT @TheHeadsOffice: Excellent CPD here so maybe more staff should

get on twitter! #ukedchat

dughall 20:10@emewalton So what CPD must be delivered F2F? #ukedchat

john_at_muuua 20:10@TheHeadsOffice as reported last week, schools are blocking twitter. I

say short sighted management is worse than lack of funds #ukedchat

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chrismayoh 20:11Interesting > RT @mister_jim: #ukedchat I personally would sacrifice my

PPA allowance to keep my TA

chrisrat 20:11RT @froggyval: #ukedchat I think i would do some cover to save others'

jobs. In ireland public is taking 20% pay cut! Ouch!

johnmclear 20:11#ukedchat Everything costs something - 7 ways to cut ICT costs -

http://ow.ly/2TEBX - just some suggestions from yours truly

mister_jim 20:11@james_teachuk I got a letter saying that the abolition was a lengthy

process & they were taking this year's money... #ukedchat

Joga5 20:11@DrAshCasey Advisors will be a memory in a year's time unfortunately

#ukedchat

chrisrat 20:11RT @ianaddison: You need someone in charge in your LA that

understands what teachers need and that listens, we have @dfearnley

#ukedchat

Ideas_Factory 20:11@james_teachuk #ukedchat It's on their agenda-if they can get rid of SEF

then PPA should be a doddle-not a good move but would save tons

DeputyHeadDunn 20:11@DrAshCasey With the workload being thrust upon Heads, teaching

becomes marginalised #ukedchat

johnmclear 20:12teachers > * -- #ukedchat - teachers should be the last thing to get cut.

But don't expect educators to not go into competition w/ schools

chrismayoh 20:12RT @timmajor80: Has anyone experienced TAs being asked to work only

school hours, with no extra time for preparation? Or TA positions beingcut? #ukedchat

DrAshCasey 20:12@dughall but its a worry? Maybe someone should repeat the tweets of

the greater mancester police and show exactly what teachers do

#ukedchat

colport 20:12Headteachers covering a number of schools & no PPA time? A real mixed

bag there = speculation? #ukedchat

DeputyHeadDunn 20:12@chrismayoh I would agree...Good TA worth weight in gold #ukedchat

john_at_muuua 20:12 one more scary thing, the big orange sign on official sites as a disclaimerfrom Mr Gove. #ukedchat

Grevster73 20:12#ukedchat @DeputyHeadDunn I agree about inhouse cpd - but sch can

become isolated if not careful.

chrisrat 20:12RT @Joga5: @DrAshCasey Advisors will be a memory in a year's time

unfortunately #ukedchat RT @colport: Learning Platforms seem to

be an easy budget cut within schools / Local Authorities #ukedchat

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svenhall 20:13RT @colport: Learning Platforms-100% agree. Doesn't do anything a

decent interactive website can't except make jobs for the boys!!

#ukedchat

Ideas_Factory 20:13#ukedchat Schools need services-LAs alrdy slimming to non-existant-

opens up 4 private funds to fill gap-another money making scheme by

Toffs

DrAshCasey 20:13@dughall @emewalton the traditional model of the off-site delivery of

knowledge with a good lunch and an early finish #ukedchat

colport 20:13@svenhall Learning Platform (never used by anyone in authority) was

first casualty in my area. Basically ticked an OFSTED box ;-) #ukedchat

chrismayoh 20:13@timmajor80 Have known of TAs working like that yeah! 9am-3pm

minus an hour for lunch. Poor salary - can't attract many people

#ukedchat

chrisrat 20:13RT @john_at_muuua: one more scary thing, the big orange sign on

official sites as a disclaimer from Mr Gove. #ukedchat

john_at_muuua 20:13budget cuts? Saw an ofsted directive that was all about the teaching, not

the learning. #ukedchat

DeputyHeadDunn 20:13@Grevster73 That's true...but where we are cluster networking being

pushed #ukedchat

Joga5 20:13@scottjacques01 Agree over in house CPD but how do you afford it in

the light of cuts? Geographically based networks? #ukedchat

chrisrat 20:13@Joga5 but with new govt, new education bill due...who's to say things

like this aren't on the cards? #ukedchat

DeputyHeadDunn 20:14@ianaddison Yep :( #ukedchat

chrisrat 20:14RT @mister_jim: controvertial for a ICT leader but I think I would rather

have an extra teacher in any subject than extra projectors... #ukedchat

james_teachuk 20:14@chrismayoh i've heard that about TA's know a couple who it's

happened to! #ukedchat

DrAshCasey 20:14 @scottjacques01 indeed. CPD should look in all directions. #ukedchat

ianaddison 20:14No ppa time? But I am a ppa cover teacher! Surely that'd mean lots of

teachers out of work? #ukedchat

emewalton 20:14@dughall #ukedchat I'm sure there is some, but I'm not sure what!

(disclaimer, I'm elearning type, for @moderngovernor, so poss biased)....

john_at_muuua 20:14@DrAshCasey @dughall I thought that... then realised I couldn't. we

need a twitter champion for teachers! #ukedchat

dughall 20:14@DrAshCasey Not a bad idea! #ukedchat

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james_teachuk 20:14@mister_jim ah! didnt read the bit about taking this years money!

robbers! lol so they get a pay off when it's aboloshed! #ukedchat

colport 20:14Huge saving potential in education = GET RID OF OFSTED - Would make

many very happy! #ukedchat

mister_jim 20:14controvertial for a ICT leader but I think I would rather have an extra

teacher in any subject than extra projectors... #ukedchat

chrisrat 20:14Huge amount of speculation @colport but sometimes easier to discuss

the hypothetical rather than the harshness of actuals #ukedchat

TheHeadsOffice 20:14I have seen some amazingly creative ideas here so staff have the

answers! Must stress that they are involved in budgeting #ukedchat

chrisrat 20:15RT @timmajor80: Any good ways to ensure that inhouse CPD is high

quality? #ukedchat

26mjw 20:15@chrismayoh @timmajor80 Thats my hours. Work school hours, but I'm

not pupil specific. The pay sucks too, but its not why I do it. #ukedchat

SusanElkinJourn 20:15RT @colport: Huge saving potential in education = GET RID OF OFSTED -

Would make many very happy! #ukedchat

chrisrat 20:15Someone on radio today said that reducing MPs to 200 would solve the

debt problem. Time to get real #ukedchat

Jamesashton20 20:15@ianaddison lol progressing TA's to HLTA's means i'm outta work as

supply! #ukedchat

primarypete_ 20:15Really interesting #ukedchat so far. Diff schools will prioritise diff. Ppa

gone and assoc staff then TA's is my guess.Not my opinion though

DrAshCasey 20:15@DeputyHeadDunn but can it be marganlised under the potential new

cuts? #ukedchat

bevevans22 20:15RT @mister_jim: I would rather have an extra teacher in any subject than

extra projectors... #ukedchat < with you on that one

StevePincher 20:15 LA services will be greatly slimmed down, with advisory services beingfully traded... only if schools value them #ukedchat

chrismayoh 20:15Exactly! > > RT @TheHeadsOffice: Using clusters for staff training would

reduce costs as would sharing expertise #ukedchat

timmajor80 20:15Any good ways to ensure that inhouse CPD is high quality? #ukedchat

TheHeadsOffice 20:15@chrismayoh THe small amount of extra time TAs were given never

covered their hours Most want to do that little bit extra #ukedchat

dughall 20:16@sciencelabman @DrAshCasey #ukedchat Just for 1 day, a tweeter

tweets updates from your classroom showing just how hard it is! cf Mn'

olice

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ianaddison 20:16@chrisrat reducing MPs to 0 would be better #ukedchat

james_teachuk 20:16RT @chrismayoh: Exactly! > > RT @TheHeadsOffice: Using clusters for

staff training would reduce costs as would sharing expertise #ukedchat

mister_jim 20:16@Grevster73 #ukedchat @DeputyHeadDunn That's where the

#TeachMeet model becomes a good basis for CPD & the need for

clusters & focus rou s

chrismayoh 20:16@26mjw A good attitude, but people need to make ends meet

#ukedchat

chrisrat 20:16Interesting. PPA seems to be the first on people's list to trim. #ukedchat

Jamesashton20 20:16RT @chrismayoh: Exactly! > > RT @TheHeadsOffice: Using clusters for

staff training would reduce costs as would sharing expertise #ukedchat

TheHeadsOffice 20:16@Ideas_Factory I see a chance for cooperative support via spaces like

twitter. Just think what teach meets are doing! #ukedchat

Joga5 20:16@chrisrat So would people agree to getting rid of 1265 hours, PPA and

workforce reform to aid school improvement in time of cuts? #ukedchat

DeputyHeadDunn 20:16@DrAshCasey I think all Heads should teach...but something else has to

give if they do for any length of time #ukedchat

john_at_muuua 20:16@DrAshCasey @scottjacques01 still believe that teachers are the least

tapped resource. We're too busy doing the job to deliver CPD #ukedchat

Jamesashton20 20:16RT @mister_jim: controvertial for a ICT leader but I think I would rather

have an extra teacher in any subject than extra projectors... #ukedchat

john_at_muuua 20:17weird situation. My daughter's school was first on the BSF programme.

the school made an 'imaginary school' bid, and got the lot #ukedchat

Kenny73 20:17@chrisrat @dughall @chrismayoh why squeeze teaching assistants

when co-op less likely? Wld middle management not make more sense?

#ukedchat

chrisrat 20:17 @ianaddison you dictator you... #ukedchat

sciencelabman 20:17#ukedchat our borough has also made all courses half day or bring you

own lunch

VGoodyear 20:17@colport but would getting rid of OFSTED reduce standards and support

to suffering schools? do we need schools to be assesed? #ukedchat

james_teachuk 20:17RT @TheHeadsOffice: @Ideas_Factory I see a chance for cooperative

support via spaces like twitter. Just think what teach meets are doing!

#ukedchat

Jamesashton20 20:17RT @TheHeadsOffice: @Ideas_Factory I see a chance for cooperative

support via spaces like twitter. Just think what teach meets are doing!

#ukedchat

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colport 20:17@timmajor80: Any good ways to ensure that inhouse CPD is high

quality? #ukedchat


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Jamesashton20 20:18I've been in a school recently where they dont have PPA because the

start half hour later and finish half hour earlier everyday! #ukedchat

emewalton 20:18@DrAshCasey @dughall I think making more use of tech could

dramatically reduce training costs......(cont) #ukedchat

john_at_muuua 20:18meanwhile, my own school, literally down the road, will be lucky to have

the toilets painted. #ukedchat

Ideas_Factory 20:18@TheHeadsOffice #ukedchat Completely agree-I'm thinking about all the

schools without visionary SMT that have still got their heads in sand

chrisrat 20:18please remember to keep the #ukedchat hastag in your tweets!

Grevster73 20:18RT @colport: @timmajor80: Any good ways to ensure that inhouse CPD

is high quality? #ukedchat


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chrisrat 20:20How small should a school be before the Head Teacher teaches full time?

#ukedchat

DeputyHeadDunn 20:20@DrAshCasey Most definitely... #ukedchat

mooshtang 20:20Please don't take my PPA time away! Don't know if I could do all these

creative ideas I am trying without time to plan and reflect.#ukedchat

duckinwales 20:20Just lost 7 mins of #ukedchat to router playing silly *&^%$$ - lost track

now.

SusanElkinJourn 20:20@james_teachuk #ukedchat Is that legal?

colport 20:20@TheHeadsOffice @VGoodyear Perhaps OFSTED remit should be

changed to be more supportive, rather than trying to catch schools out

#ukedchat

chrisrat 20:20My word, 20 mins in already - another #ukedchat question coming up!

emewalton 20:20@DrAshCasey @dughall ....leaving more budget more school/area-

specific issues/needs #ukedchat

chrisrat 20:21RT @chrisrat: How small should a school be before the Head Teacher

teaches full time? #ukedchat


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john_at_muuua 20:22embed OFSTED in schools. make them part of the team, and let them

model good practice like we do for kids #ukedchat

VGoodyear 20:22why do we have non teaching heads and deputy's even for small no of

lessons? i believe this shouldnt occur anyway, lead by eg #ukedchat

dughall 20:22@emewalton I agree. Tech is woefully unexploited in too many settings.

Also, not enough made of open source solutions. #ukedchat

MoreThanMaths 20:22Trying to talk to my Mum on the phone and keep up with #ukedchat a bit

tricky! Mono-tasking now!

chrisrat 20:22@bevevans22 @colport @timmajor80 re arranging within school

groups: aren't they mini LAs?! #ukedchat

DeputyHeadDunn 20:22@cleverfiend Yes very expensive...but if good well worth it #ukedchat

iteachyear4 20:22Are we heading for a situation where only Math, Literacy, Science, RE

and PE are taught? All subjects are important! #ukedchat

TheHeadsOffice 20:22Devil's advocate - some PPA time is not used efficiently so it may be

under threat in those schools #ukedchat

DrAshCasey 20:22@VGoodyear @colport do we need OFSTED to help sort the wheat from

the chaff? Could they identiy weak teachers and reduce the bill

#ukedchat

Jamesashton20 20:23@chrismayoh haha! it was a squeeze trying to get everything in!

#ukedchat. just about managed! :P

cleverfiend 20:23@Kenny73 how does being paperless tie in with poor literacy skills? How

will SEN students fit into this? #ukedchat

stevecrowther 20:23RT @colport: Huge saving potential in education = GET RID OF OFSTED -

Would make many very happy! #ukedchat

dughall 20:23RT @colport: Potential savings? Could LA Education departments be

merged over larger region? #ukedchat

TheHeadsOffice 20:23 RT @colport: @VGoodyear Perhaps OFSTED remit should be changed tobe supportive, rather than trying to catch schools out #ukedchat >Yes!

dukkhaboy 20:23#ukedchat save money make all pupils have one day a week work from

home

DianneSpencer 20:23@chrisrat #ukedchat so how do you square 50+ hours of management

time required each week with an additional 23 hrs teaching in class?

colport 20:23@DrAshCasey I think competent head-teachers could do that #ukedchat

john_at_muuua 20:23RT @VGoodyear: why do we have non teaching heads and deputy's even

for small no of lessons? i believe this shouldnt occur anyway, lead by eg

#ukedchat

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SusanElkinJourn 20:23@chrisrat #ukedchat Small rural primaries (fewer than 100 pupils) seem,

to manage with a f/t or near f/t teaching head in Kent at least.

Jamesashton20 20:23@TheHeadsOffice that sounds good! local high school to me starts at

8.30 and finish at 2.30 everyday! #ukedchat

chrismayoh 20:23@DeputyHeadDunn @Jamesashton20 I think it's a struggle to fit the

curriculum into the day we've got, never mind making it shorter!

#ukedchat

DrAshCasey 20:23@VGoodyear alas I feel you are right. But what about the olympic

legacy? SHould we be writing cheques for the 2018 Football WC?

#ukedchat

emewalton 20:23RT @colport: Potential savings? Could LA Education departments be

merged over larger region? #ukedchatNEVER! They have to have time!

chrisrat 20:24I know many schools where there are virtually full time HTs with fewer

than 75 pupils @SusanElkinJourn #ukedchat

DrAshCasey 20:24@emewalton @dughall but we need to maintain and develop CPD not

just count it as a expendable ... we must invest in staff #ukedchat

Jamesashton20 20:24RT @Kenny73: In time of budget cuts, wld going paperless not make

more sense despite initial outlay? Knock on skills benefit #ukedchat AYE!

katie_hague 20:24@colport Think 2 London LAs have merged some departments , makes

sense for some departments but keeping track financially tricky?

#ukedchat

Grevster73 20:24RT @bevevans22: RT @colport: @timmajor80: Any good ways to ensure

that inhouse CPD is high quality? #ukedchat


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TheHeadsOffice 20:25RT @colport: @bevevans22 If one head-teacher was in charge of a few

schools, this (CPD between schools) would be achievable #ukedchat

>A ree

iteachyear4 20:25RT @DrAshCasey: but we need to maintain and develop CPD not just

count it as a expendable ... we must invest in staff #ukedchat


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DeputyHeadDunn 20:26@Jokprice Oh they're worth their weight in gold too ;) #ukedchat

chrisrat 20:26@Jokprice Fair point, well made! #ukedchat

timmajor80 20:26Presumably, with the push to move to academy status, heads could

become busier still... #ukedchat

duckinwales 20:26#ukedchat RT @Kenny73: In time of budget cuts, wld going paperless not

make sense despite initial outlay? Knock on skills benefit < yes pls

john_at_muuua 20:26@DrAshCasey @emewalton @dughall 'must invest in staff'... so say we

all #ukedchat

bevevans22 20:27#ukedchat How many of us, when budgets are tight, end up dipping into

our own pockets for necessary resources? I dread to think...

ITsmartie 20:27Spent day at the national governor services conference. Some very

worried hard working teacher support professionals losing jobs

#ukedchat

Grevster73 20:27RT @dukkhaboy: #ukedchat save money don't let DfE/exam boards to

change curricula AT ALL for 5 years, then we don't have to spend time

and mone re lannin

VGoodyear 20:27i agree, but some form of standardisation, assesment, monitoring still

needs to occur.. LA? good head support colport @DrAshCasey

#ukedchat

chrisrat 20:27@dughall @drashcasey how do you motivate your staff in cash-strapped

times? #ukedchat

dughall 20:27If you have to decide between some CPD or the TA what's the choice

going to be folks? #ukedchat (Devil's advocate)

colport 20:27@Jamesashton20 I take your point, but it would have to be carefully

managed by head-teacher #ukedchat (@bevevans22 )

Jamesashton20 20:27how about charging 1 per pupil per day? #ukedchat?

iteachyear4 20:27 If schools share more, what will the incentive for schools to share ifothers are going to give them stuff? #ukedchat

svenhall 20:27School will save money by paying decent voluntary redundancies to staff

who wish to take it and employ newer #edchat #ukedchat #edtech

dukkhaboy 20:27#ukedchat save money don't let DfE/exam boards to change curricula AT

ALL for 5 years, then we don't have to spend time and money replanning

chrismayoh 20:28All the time!>RT @bevevans22: #ukedchat How many of us, when

budgets are tight, end up dipping into our own pockets for necessary

resources?

trudianns 20:28RT @trudianns: @sciencelabman as well as sharing expertise in school

we need to share it in clusters #ukedchat

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dughall 20:28Oh gawd #tmsunderland is starting up again. Brain might actually

explode now :-) #ukedchat

john_at_muuua 20:28@iteachyear4 not giving... sharing. Isn't that the definition of

partnerships? #ukedchat

Ideas_Factory 20:28@svenhall #ukedchat Can't make teaching staff redundant and then

employ newbies in same role -aganst law

chrisrat 20:28RT @dughall: If you have to decide between some CPD or the TA what's

the choice going to be folks? #ukedchat (Devil's advocate)

TheHeadsOffice 20:28Much of the work HTs do should be centred around self evaluation which

takes time! #ukedchat

DrAshCasey 20:28@john_at_muuua @VGoodyear b ut we made pledges...and will do

again if me get the WC 2018 ... can we afford it? #ukedchat

chrisrat 20:28RT @Jamesashton20: how about charging 1 per pupil per day?

#ukedchat RT @dughall: If you have to decide between some CPD or

the TA what's the choice going to be folks? #ukedchat (Devil's advocate)

chrisrat 20:29@bevevans22 Average spend per primary teacher out of their own

pocket 123 per year - that's just on books #ukedchat that's before

cuts!

DianneSpencer 20:29@chrisrat #ukedchat what paperwork needs cutting? risk assessments

fmsis, health/ safety audit, annual audit,workforce census, peeps, lots!

sciencelabman 20:29@bevevans22 did it today buying resources for a lesson, if it makes my

lesson better i will do it. #ukedchat

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duckinwales 20:29@svenhall Schools will save money by paying voluntary redundancies to

staff who wish to take it and employ newer #ukedchat < good idea? yes

john_at_muuua 20:29@sciencelabman which is what OFSTED should be doing. lead by

example. #ukedchat

Jamesashton20 20:29@chrisrat lmao! jsut charging them to come to school! :P #ukedchat

TheHeadsOffice 20:29RT @Jokprice: @chrisrat #ukedchat what's a deputy head? we have

never been able to afforded one!>I had one for a year out of 13!

iteachyear4 20:30@john_at_muuua It is-but what about schools that aren't run 'well'.

What happens to them when they don't pull their weight? #ukedchat

DrAshCasey 20:30@dughall @emewalton we invest in the value of staff and therefore

make them feel valuable..we work harder when offered the carrot

#ukedchat

deerwood 20:30@DianneSpencer @chrisrat I'd like to add performance management to

the list of things to cut #ukedchat

Jamesashton20 20:30@colport lol yeh, but favoritism comes into that too. head i witness was

head of other school then became big head#ukedchat

TheHeadsOffice 20:30RT @sciencelabman: we also need to use etc our expertise in our own

schools far more, sharing good practice, ideas....just like we do here!

#ukedchat

SusanElkinJourn 20:30@chrisrat @Jamesashton20 cf student tuition fees. 10 next year and

full cost by end of a decade. #ukedchat

chrisrat 20:30RT @Jamesashton20: @chrisrat lmao! jsut charging them to come to

school! :P #ukedchat


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VGoodyear 20:31@TheHeadsOffice @colport the support should be there all the time as

when schools r in spec measures not just assesment of scools #ukedchat

chrisrat 20:31@DianneSpencer My old school had 89 pupils, and HT worked full time.

We seem to have added lots of layers of work.to what benefit?

#ukedchat

katie_hague 20:31@colport Re joining LA departments, we have v big authorities that work

well, so think could merge some. #ukedchat

emewalton 20:31@john_at_muuua But invest how? What? @DrAshCasey @dughall

#ukedchat

Jamesashton20 20:31@mister_jim @svenhall ok apologies for my comment on charging

children, #ukedchat

Arakwai 20:31RT @sciencelabman: @bevevans22 did it today buying resources for a

lesson, if it makes my lesson better i will do it. #ukedchat -> Ditto :-(

colport 20:31@Jamesashton20 I thought that was part of being a head-teacher LOL

#ukedchat

TheHeadsOffice 20:31@svenhall Too many new teachers (NQTs) mean loss of experience

#ukedchat

dughall 20:31@chrisrat I'm not sure staff motivation is really such an issue. Dunkirk

spirit & all that. @drashcasey #ukedchat

mister_jim 20:32@Ideas_Factory @dughall #ukedchat Good Staff vs Good Staff

development. Hard call. Depends on the need of the school

iteachyear4 20:32@chrisrat Totally agree. When our new school opens there are 5 layers

BEFORE teachers! #ukedchat

trudianns 20:32schools need to develop as learning communities each person is

responsible for their own learning and how they choose to do it

#ukedchat

Kenny73 20:32@cleverfiend can literacy skills only be developed by writing in a jotter?

I'd argue there is plenty of evidence to the contrary #ukedchat

MoreThanMaths 20:32 RT @dukkhaboy: #ukedchat save money don't let DfE/exam boards tochange curricula AT ALL for 5 years, then we don't have to spend time

and mone re lannin

svenhall 20:32RT @Ideas_Factory: @svenhall #ukedchat Can't make teaching staff

redundant and then employ newbies in same role -aganst law.Time for

chan e!

Jamesashton20 20:32@SusanElkinJourn @chrisrat #ukedchat@mister_jim

#ukedchat@svenhall uni fees R going up w/ the ave now being 30,000

on leavin #ukedchat

Ideas_Factory 20:32@Kenny73 #ukedchat Agreed but I think experience and ability is crucial-

should never have introduced HLTA-leading to a drop in standards

dptidman 20:32Are schools ready for peer supporting? Remember LIG! Support your

local primary! Whats the incentive in a compeititive world?#ukedchat

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Lorainaq 20:32Well.. Much of the work HTs do should be centred around self evaluation

which takes time! #ukedchat !!

SusanElkinJourn 20:32@DianneSpencer @chrisrat #ukedchat When I started we did 1 report

per child per yr and 2x daily register. Nothing else.

james_teachuk 20:33some schools earn additional money through fundraising events or hiring

out the school building?#ukedchat

deerwood 20:33@chrisrat That certainly seems to be the case here in Gloucestershire

#ukedchat

DeputyHeadDunn 20:33@chrismayoh Yes please #ukedchat

Jamesashton20 20:33some schools earn additional money through fundraising events or hiring

out the school building?#ukedchat

john_at_muuua 20:33@iteachyear4 it's about the individuals, not the schools. we don't tweet

because SLT told us to. #ukedchat

DeputyHeadDunn 20:33@mister_jim Good development=good staff #ukedchat

bevevans22 20:33@chrisrat Spending on items to enrich learning is one thing. What about

when it gets spent on things that are running out? #ukedchat

DrAshCasey 20:33RT @trudianns: schools need to develop as learning communities each

person is responsible for their own learning and how they choose to do it#ukedchat

Ideas_Factory 20:33@chrisrat #ukedchat How long Head been there-Most small school/rural

heads do teach-most new posts have this in advert

john_at_muuua 20:33@iteachyear4 it's like any partnership. If it don't work, wither try and fix

it or don't bother. #ukedchat

chrismayoh 20:33One to one tuition to go? #ukedchat

SusanElkinJourn 20:33 @chrisrat @DianneSpencer Perhaps the paperwork has expanded tooccupy the postholders. Variation on Parkinson's law? #ukedchat

TheHeadsOffice 20:33Are there any other resources apart from staff that could go? #ukedchat

Joga5 20:33How long will the Dunkirk spirit last though? I fear we will lose some

good people particularly Prim HTs in next few years #ukedchat

chrisrat 20:33RT @SusanElkinJourn: @DianneSpencer @chrisrat #ukedchat When I

started we did 1 report per child per yr and 2x daily register. Nothing

else.

chrisrat 20:33Do you think cuts will make your school think about becoming an

academy? #ukedchat

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mister_jim 20:34RT @dawnhallybone: sharing is way 4ward i feel - resources, time,

expertise it's what we do here so why not in schools #ukedchat


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deerwood 20:35@TheHeadsOffice schools could start selling off their playing fields once

more #ukedchat

dughall 20:35RT @trudianns: schools need to develop as learning communities each

person is responsible for their own learning and how they choose to do it

#ukedchat

Ideas_Factory 20:35@svenhall #ukedchat You're joking-how's about u lose ur job cos u cost

too much-to be replaced by a 'cheaper' teacher-if that model-chaos

timmajor80 20:35@chrisrat or does the move to academy status seem even more

daunting with cuts on the horizon? #ukedchat

iteachyear4 20:35@john_at_muuua Agree, but partnerships would require SLT backing

wouldn't they? I'm all for it btw!! #ukedchat

john_at_muuua 20:35@sciencelabman agree. But it's also the forum. Does twitter work for

CPD? I doubt it, but it's close. #ukedchat

cleverfiend 20:36One huge outgoing for 2ry schools are exam fees - surprised no-one has

mentioned these! #ukedchat

DeputyHeadDunn 20:36@TheHeadsOffice Nope. Unfortunately #ukedchat

dptidman 20:36We have to address the 'what's in it for me' if we are going to encourage

sharing, benevolence wont go on for ever #ukedchat

james_teachuk 20:36RT @Joga5: @bevevans22 It is something like 20 million a year spent

by teachers for their own classes #ukedchat >>IKEA is cheaper than YPO!

Jamesashton20 20:36RT @Joga5: @bevevans22 It is something like 20 million a year spent

by teachers for their own classes #ukedchat >>IKEA is cheaper than YPO!

sciencelabman 20:36@trudianns isnt that true personalized learning! but pupils need to take

responsibility for their learning, great idea. #ukedchat

john_at_muuua 20:36@chrisrat not convinced 'institutional' partnerships work. The personal

element is needed to add motivation. #ukedchat

Jamesashton20 20:36 RT @Joga5: @bevevans22 It is something like 20 million a year spentby teachers for their own classes #ukedchat

chrisrat 20:36One secondary school I heard about recently would have gained (net)

400k from opting out of LA control #ukedchat

TheHeadsOffice 20:36Are all TAs used effectively? #ukedchat

wendyJR 20:36interesting reading views on TAs :) #ukedchat

Elmlea1981 20:36Missed #ukedchat tonight due to governors. Promise to read up over

the weekend. Hope it's going well x

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Jamesashton20 20:36RT @Joga5: @bevevans22 It is something like 20 million a year spent

by teachers for their own classes #ukedchat >wow that much?

Ideas_Factory 20:36@dughall #ukedchat Crudely agreed ;^)

mister_jim 20:36@Jamesashton20 no need to apologise! It's a great talking point!

#ukedchat

SusanElkinJourn 20:36RT @chrisrat: How about schools providing services to cluster schools?

ICT support for example? #ukedchat

katie_hague 20:36@chrisrat We've done that here with vle support. Each school paid

amount to 'lead' school which covered their supply. #ukedchat

chrismayoh 20:36@Jamesashton20 Has been bits of both. Ultimately all from govt so

makes little difference. Bound to go either way #ukedchat

TheHeadsOffice 20:37Secondaries could act as broker for local clusters for resources & training

maybe? #ukedchat

duckinwales 20:37@Ideas_Factory @svenhall agree, but at the other end we have staff

killing time waiting to retire = poor teaching & frustration #ukedchat

raff31 20:37Lots of money has been spent on change (for change sake?) Change is

therefore good. Things have not been allowed to develop #ukedchat

VGoodyear 20:37@ deerwood @TheHeadsOffice selling off playing fields?? physical

education? #ukedchat

bevevans22 20:37@Joga5 @Jamesashton20 It's madness though isn't it? That's a huge

amount of money!!! I am gobsmacked (and yet not if you get me )

#ukedchat

DrAshCasey 20:37@emewalton @dughall innovation may make CPD more effective. The

end of unimaginative (well a reduction) training days #ukedchat

iteachyear4 20:37RT @dptidman: We have to address the 'what's in it for me' if we are

going to encourage sharing, benevolence wont go on for ever #ukedchat

john_at_muuua 20:37 @Jamesashton20 @Joga5 @bevevans22 yep, that's my Year 9 alright.#ukedchat

deerwood 20:37has any primary school considered farming out their ICT to a third party

provider? #ukedchat

chrisrat 20:37RT @katie_hague: @chrisrat We've done that here with vle support.

Each school paid amount to 'lead' school which covered their supply.

#ukedchat

Elmlea1981 20:37@bevevans22 #ukedchat I always do! I've spent far too much this term

but hey ho! Needs must

mister_jim 20:38RT @DeputyHeadDunn: @mister_jim Good development=good staff

#ukedchat


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Jamesashton20 20:38@mister_jim oops lol thought i'd upset someone! :P #ukedchat

sciencelabman 20:38@john_at_muuua twitter is the best , and most value for money CPD

i've ever had. amazing people with amazing experience/ideas .#ukedchat

john_at_muuua 20:38@cleverfiend er... I did. resits cost, and right here's where they start

paying. #ukedchat

SusanElkinJourn 20:38#ukedchat No school is an island. Not healthy to pretend otherwise.

Interschool collaboration vital for pupil learning, efficiency & CPD

trudianns 20:38@james_teachuk we hire it from the company who own it, they

maintain it and after 25 years they hand the building over to the LA

#ukedchat

chrisrat 20:38Are there any other ways that schools are trying to find more money for

budgets? #ukedchat

Ideas_Factory 20:38@TheHeadsOffice #ukedchat Is every

CPD,teacher,resource,book,pen,desk or space in school used

effectivel ?No-so where could we save mone ?

iteachyear4 20:38Does the education of the children ever get thought of when discussing

the proposed cuts? #ukedchat

drkeevil 20:38RT @bevevans22: #ukedchat How many of us, when budgets are tight,

end up dipping into our own pockets for necessary resources? I dread to

think...

dawnhallybone 20:38@barton1875 they will make the tests 20% easier to pass #ukedchat

iteachyear4 20:39@TheHeadsOffice Where would the money to pay for secondary school

to act as brokers? #ukedchat

james_teachuk 20:39@trudianns ah right understood, thanks for that! :)#ukedchat

svenhall 20:39RT @TheHeadsOffice: @svenhall Too many new teachers (NQTs) mean

loss of experience #ukedchat

ICanTeach_uk 20:39 RT @chrisrat: One secondary schl I heard about recently would havegained (net) 400k from opting out of LA control #ukedchat nice work

SusanElkinJourn 20:39RT @TheHeadsOffice: Secondaries could act as broker for local clusters

for resources & training maybe? #ukedchat

misslpitkethly 20:39Teachmeets are good and free CPD #ukedchat

trudianns 20:39@sciencelabman the teachers could lead by example and at times learn

alongside the pupils?? #ukedchat

DeputyHeadDunn 20:39@SusanElkinJourn Agree with that totally. #ukedchat

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Joga5 20:39@bevevans22 I was in York today delivering and ended up missing lunch

to spend 45 in Waterstones!!!! #ukedchat

chrisrat 20:39Moving slightly away from personnel - what *services* will suffer?

Residentials? #ukedchat

john_at_muuua 20:39RT @SusanElkinJourn: #ukedchat No school is an island. Not healthy to

pretend otherwise. Interschool collaboration vital for pupil learning,

efficienc & CPD

chrismayoh 20:40Attacks on NQTs and HLTAs are unfair. What about those paid on upper

pay scales who refuse to keep up with the trends? Time to go! #ukedchat

chrisrat 20:40RT @geraldhaigh1: When I was a ch of gov, primary, head spent a year

teaching almost ft to solve a problem. Leadership suffered, glad when it

ended. #ukedchat

ICTtower 20:40The only course we have been allowed to go on are exam board courses.

All other CPD courses have to be fought and argued for #ukedchat

Joga5 20:40@raff31 Politicians fear that time for embedding will be presented by

opposition as inactivity. Change is often politically driven #ukedchat

trudianns 20:40@james_teachuk not as glam as it sounds though! #ukedchat

Ideas_Factory 20:40#ukedchat Salary 2/3 of school budget-only place to cut #Condems

already doing-wage 1st then pension.Squeeze us 1 end-bleed us dry

at'other!

duckinwales 20:40#ukedchat @chrisrat Full cost recovery training for local business?

MoreThanMaths 20:40@chrisrat #ukedchat Most trips/residentials paid for by students anyway

at 2ndary. Not sure that would be affected.

mister_jim 20:40@Jamesashton20 #ukedchat not me fella!!

SusanElkinJourn 20:40RT @dptidman: We have to address the 'what's in it for me' if we are

going to encourage sharing, benevolence wont go on for ever #ukedchat

geraldhaigh1 20:40 When I was a ch of gov, primary, head spent a year teaching almost ft tosolve a problem. Leadership suffered, glad when it ended. #ukedchat

chrisrat 20:40@mister_jim ooh, I was good at algebra at school. If you take a + over a

= it becomes a - #ukedchat

Kenny73 20:40@cleverfiend I agree, but think there's an over reliance and a neglect of

already well developed skills. Surely savings? #ukedchat

john_at_muuua 20:40@misslpitkethly can teachmeets be done online? #ukedchat

emewalton 20:40RT @chrisrat: One secondary school I heard about recently would have

gained (net) 400k from opting out of LA control #ukedchat


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DeputyHeadDunn 20:40@trudianns You could call that good teaching... #ukedchat

deerwood 20:40@trees2066 thinking more of ICT companies such as RM, Logica, Capita,

European Electronique ... ala BSF providers #ukedchat

chrismayoh 20:41@chrisrat Depends on individual schools I think. Our school won't be

cutting residentials. Too big a priority for our kids #ukedchat

ICanTeach_uk 20:41weighing up the gains and losses of trust status and LA control - time to

tighten the belts me thinks any income is good income #ukedchat

dughall 20:41RT @misslpitkethly: Teachmeets are good and free CPD #ukedchat

Ideas_Factory 20:41@duckinwales #ukedchat Thats what capability is for-bloody difficult to

get rid of crap teachers-if private sector would just be sacked!

duckinwales 20:41#ukedchat @john_at_muuua @misslpitkethly last night's #tmhhs was

online as well as physical, and many sent in videos

Grevster73 20:41RT @sciencelabman: @trudianns could not agree more, we are . should

be learning educators alongside our pupils.#ukedchat

VGoodyear 20:41RT @chrismayoh: Attacks on NQTs and HLTAs are unfair. What about

those paid on upper pay scales who refuse to keep up with the trends?

Time to o! #ukedchat

chrisrat 20:41@MoreThanMaths Do you think that parents will be able to afford to dip

into their pockets again? #ukedchat

TheHeadsOffice 20:41Local primaries have saved money by sharing business managers who do

some of @diannespencer list so win/win #ukedchat

deerwood 20:41@dptidman not sure that's the issue, most teachers seem not to share as

they don't see value in what they have to offer #ukedchat

26mjw 20:41RT @chrismayoh: Attacks on NQTs and HLTAs are unfair. What about



ianaddison 20:41 Fancy voting for the next #ukedchat topic? Go on...http://ukedchat.wikispaces.com/poll

sciencelabman 20:41@trudianns could not agree more, we are . should be learning educators

alongside our pupils.#ukedchat

ebd35 20:41@bevevans22 late entry AGAIN! What is ? of #ukedchat tonight (&what

is best way of following?)

iteachyear4 20:42@SusanElkinJourn Good idea, but then would you need to employ

someone to find sponsorship? #ukedchat

sciencelabman 20:42@ICanTeach_uk at this point in time that is so true.#ukedchat

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dughall 20:42@john_at_muuua @misslpitkethly There is a teachmeet online right

now! http://bit.ly/9luGCN #tmsunderland #ukedchat

VGoodyear 20:42@chrismayoh a pathway for new devlopments to get into schools

#ukedchat

duckinwales 20:42@ICTtower #ukedchat - thats grim : (

missbrownsword 20:42I have too much to do to join in #ukedchat tonight, will find the link for

the summary later and hope you're all having a good one!

iteachyear4 20:42Do NQTs bring in lots of new ideas? Is experience more important than

new ideas? Which is more important? #ukedchat

svenhall 20:42RT @Ideas_Factory: @svenhall #ukedchat ----key words were voluntary

and decent. I would with a decent package. Spend time with family.

TheHeadsOffice 20:42RT @iteachyear4: @TheHeadsOffice Where would the money to pay for

secondary school to act as brokers? #ukedchat>Haven't they got tons! ;)

james_teachuk 20:42RT @dughall: RT @misslpitkethly: Teachmeets are good and free CPD

#ukedchat

SkoorBttaM 20:42I'm not a fan of the major cuts but I definitely think schools could be

more efficient with money #ukedchat

trees2066 20:42@deerwood We get great ICT support from local secondary who provide

for 4 schools locally - good size business model, #ukedchat not 2 big!

mister_jim 20:42RT @Joga5: @raff31 Politicians fear that time for embedding will be

presented by opposition as inactivity. Change is often politically driven

#ukedchat

emewalton 20:42RT @sciencelabman: @john_at_muuua twitter is the best and most

value for money CPD..amazing people with amazing experience/ideas

.#ukedchat

lynnemcc3 20:42@bevevans22 #ukedchat Do you mean that there are some who aren't

already buying their own materials? I must be a mug!

chrisrat 20:42 Two thirds of the way through. #ukedchat

bevevans22 20:42@Joga5 Waterstones. That'sa dangerous place for a teacher to be. Bit

like Staples., Ikea & the online 'threat' of Amazon...#ukedchat

SusanElkinJourn 20:42@iteachyear4 @TheHeadsOffice #ukedchat Sponsorship?

schmanctk 20:43@cleverfiend exam fees have rocketed in our school, huge sums now

going out #Ukedchat

Grevster73 20:43RT @iteachyear4: Do NQTs bring in lots of new ideas? Is experience

more important than new ideas? Which is more important? #ukedchat

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DrAshCasey 20:43@ICTtower what a shame! #ukedchat

Jokprice 20:43@VGoodyear #ukedchat

chrisrat 20:43Schools are sitting on cash reserves of nearly 2 billion #ukedchat

http://chrisr.at/cPgm3k

trudianns 20:43RT @chrismayoh. What about those paid on upper pay scales who refuse

to keep up with the trends? Time to go! #ukedchat >absolutely!

Jamesashton20 20:43RT @chrismayoh: Attacks on NQTs and HLTAs are unfair. What about



duckinwales 20:43RT @emewalton: RT @sciencelabman: @john_at_muuua twitter is the

best and most value for money CPD..amazing people with amazing

ex erience ideas .#ukedchat

SkoorBttaM 20:43Why do things have to be ordered from a catalogue when you can find

the same thing online for half the price?!! #ukedchat

katie_hague 20:43Heard of 3 LAs cutting ed psych / SEN support back to statutory

requirement - will mean about half current time. #ukedchat

SusanElkinJourn 20:43@chrismayoh Are 'trends' necessarily good? #ukedchat

chrisrat 20:43Some inflammatory stats coming up #ukedchat

dptidman 20:43Did a teechmeet in a school with few 'volunteers' from outside, big

impact never seen staff so busy, real world stuff. #ukedchat

bevevans22 20:43@ebd35 Twitterfall or Tweetdeck works okay. Did you not bash yourself

over the head with a cricket bat? #ukedchat

TheHeadsOffice 20:43Should parents be consulted on where the axe should fall? #ukedchat

schmanctk 20:43 RT @cleverfiend: One huge outgoing for 2ry schools are exam fees -surprised no-one has mentioned these! #ukedchat

chrismayoh 20:44@SusanElkinJourn Maybe it's the wrong word. Policy, then. Rules. The

norm. All flawed, but agree or not, you've got to play ball #ukedchat

chrisrat 20:44RT @colport: My fears of educational savings is also centred on pension

cuts :-( #ukedchat


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ianaddison 20:44@iteachyear4 some nqts do, but lots are too busy trying to cope with

huge pressure to have any influence #ukedchat

john_at_muuua 20:44@iteachyear4 it's all about the balance.#ukedchat

bevevans22 20:44@lynnemcc3 I know of a few teachers who don't & others who spend

out every week. But many feel they have to - which is sad really

#ukedchat

DeputyHeadDunn 20:44@TheHeadsOffice That would be controversial!! #ukedchat

esoldaveglasgow 20:44#ukedchat Visit HMIe (Scotland) for what might be a more supportive

model of regulatory body. http://bit.ly/aTtwx7

geraldhaigh1 20:44@chrisrat Worth taking time to look for cash generators. Car parking for

football is a bonanza for those in the right place. #ukedchat

chrisrat 20:44Schools could save over 400 million a year if they bought equipment

and services more sensibly http://chrisr.at/cPgm3k #ukedchat

duckinwales 20:44@skoorBttaM I'm not a fan of the cuts but I definitely think schools could

be more efficient with money #ukedchat < couldn't agree more

Jamesashton20 20:44RT @Ideas_Factory: @duckinwales #ukedchat bloody difficult 2 get rid of

crap teachers-if private sector wld just B sacked! > AGREE!

jessamacookie 20:44As NQT struggling to find a job, feel not being given chance to gain any

RT 'Too many new teachers (NQTs) mean loss of experience' #ukedchat

Jokprice 20:44RT @chrismayoh: Attacks on NQTs and HLTAs are unfair. What about



chrisrat 20:44Scroll down, down a bit more...bit further.That's it -the UK is no 46 in list

of spend on education by GDP http://chrisr.at/cLIcpN #ukedchat

colport 20:44My fears of educational savings is also centred on pension cuts :-(

#ukedchat

dughall 20:45 RT @chrisrat: Scroll down, down a bit more...bit further.That's it -the UKis no 46 in list of spend on education by GDP http://chrisr.at/cLIcpN

#ukedchat

raff31 20:45@Joga5 I would love to watch the meetings that came up with, for

example, Lit Hour for Y1 and said "this is a great idea!" #ukedchat

Ideas_Factory 20:45@iteachyear4 #ukedchat NQTs are least creative/risk takers-need alot of

support to come up with new ideas-need those with a few yrs exp

26mjw 20:45RT @Joga5: @iteachyear4 There was research 3 years ago said more

impact from teachers in 1st 3 years of teaching than when late in career

#ukedchat

dughall 20:45#ukedchat #teachmeet is an excellent/free model but needs to widen

beyond those 'in the know'.

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cleverfiend 20:45@schmanctk I should invoice Edexcel for setting all their assignments

and marking them for them - yet they charge 80 per pupil #ukedchat

mister_jim 20:45#ukedchat grrr... am 7 mins behind the thread. Desperately trying to

catch up

Jamesashton20 20:45@Grevster73 A balance of experience and new ideas! #ukedchat

Grevster73 20:45@iteachyear4 #ukedchat we need a good balance in any school, fresh

blood always essential, someone with good ideas + someone with

ex erience

chrisrat 20:45RT @geraldhaigh1: @chrisrat Worth taking time to look for cash

generators. Car parking for football is a bonanza for those in the right

lace. #ukedchat

ianaddison 20:45RT @skoorBttaM Why do things have to be ordered from a catalogue

when you can find the same thing online for half the price?!! #ukedchat

TheHeadsOffice 20:45@iteachyear4 Has to be a balance NQTs /experienced staff but the key is

passion & energy! #ukedchat

iteachyear4 20:45@TheHeadsOffice Haha - yeah I forgot - all that money they've saved on

leaving their buildings to fall down they're rolling in it! #ukedchat

trees2066 20:46Think that education can do more for less if LA cuts mean less

interference... Too often LAs are blockers, not enablers. #ukedchat

ModernGovernor 20:46RT @chrisrat: Scroll down, down a bit more...bit further.That's it -the UK

is no 46 in list of spend on education by GDP http://chrisr.at/cLIcpN#ukedchat

duckinwales 20:46RT @ianaddison: RT @skoorBttaM Why do things have to be ordered

from a catalogue when you can find the same thing online for half the

rice?!! #ukedchat

schmanctk 20:46RT @DianneSpencer: @chrisrat #ukedchat what paperwork needs

cutting? risk assessments fmsis, health/ safety audit, annual

audit workforce census ee s lots!

SusanElkinJourn 20:46@iteachyear4 #ukedchat Not inevitable. I wrote a how-to guide re

sponsorship yrs ago and there are other ways.

chrisrat 20:46 RT @TheHeadsOffice: RT @SkoorBttaM: Why do things have to beordered from a catalogue when you can find the same thing >at the

ound sho !! #ukedchat

colport 20:46@duckinwales I had to buy more expensive item from supplier, rather

than a cheaper option from someone not on list! Crazy #ukedchat

john_at_muuua 20:46@ianaddison @skoorBttaM I want to buy from amazon, but oh no, it has

to be an 'approved' supplier. #ukedchat

chrismayoh 20:46@dukkhaboy Not necessarily, but if you have to do it you have to do it.

No good always fighting against the tide. Kids WILL suffer #ukedchat

TheHeadsOffice 20:46RT @trudianns: RT @chrismayoh. What about those paid on upper pay

scales who refuse to keep up with the trends? Time to go! #ukedchat

>absolutel !

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ModernGovernor 20:46RT @chrisrat: Schools are sitting on cash reserves of nearly 2 billion

#ukedchat http://chrisr.at/cPgm3k

iamclairei 20:46@mister_jim #ukedchat Me too!

misslpitkethly 20:46RT @dughall: @john_at_muuua @misslpitkethly There is a teachmeet

online right now! http://bit.ly/9luGCN #tmsunderland #ukedchat --Great

CPD!

ebd35 20:46@bevevans22 Yes did hit...knocked myself out...just woke up! What's the

topic? #ukedchat

DrAshCasey 20:46Will NQT's get all the new jobs? Why pay 36K when you can pay 24k

#ukedchat

chrisrat 20:46RT @dughall: #ukedchat #teachmeet is an excellent/free model but

needs to widen beyond those 'in the know'.


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iamclairei 20:47@Joga5 @iteachyear4 I feel like I'm more up to date and have more

impact than when I started! #ukedchat

iteachyear4 20:47@Joga5 and I would totally agree with that research! Schools must

embrace these new ideas! #ukedchat

ModernGovernor 20:47RT @chrisrat: Schools could save over 400 million a year if they

bought equipment and services more sensibly http://chrisr.at/cPgm3k

#ukedchat

alexgingell 20:47TeachMeet for trainees and NQTs attracted 156 people in Plymouth on

Monday http://bit.ly/b5rIyr Already CPD #ukedchat

misslpitkethly 20:48As a soon to be NQT I hope to bring new ideas to a school,also think it's

valuable to work alongside the good experienced teachers#ukedchat.

raff31 20:48RT @dughall: #ukedchat #teachmeet is an excellent/free model but

needs to widen beyond those 'in the know'.

SusanElkinJourn 20:48RT @TheHeadsOffice: RT @SkoorBttaM: Why do things have to be

ordered from a catalogue when you can find the same thing >at the

ound sho !! #ukedchat

Joga5 20:48@chrisrat Do you mean places like Ebay and Amazon? ;-) #ukedchat

JuliaBhamICT 20:48RT @chrisrat: That's it -the UK is no 46 in list of spend on education by

GDP http://chrisr.at/cLIcpN #ukedchat Interesting figures.

Jamesashton20 20:48@Ideas_Factory i dont know, i disagree with that? i came up with alot of

creative ideas in my first extended post? #ukedchat

SkoorBttaM 20:48We're talking about cuts in schools and LAs but what about jobs at the

DfE? The strategies r going and the new curric is on hold! #ukedchat

TheHeadsOffice 20:48@iteachyear4 You've got it! *splutters out of the dust* #ukedchat

colport 20:48@chrisrat @Jamesashton20 I didn't go into teaching for pension, but it's

nice to know it's there. Agree that this could explode #ukedchat

john_at_muuua 20:48 RT @chrismayoh: @iteachyear4 neither more important - crucial to havea good balance of youth and experience! #ukedchat

DeputyHeadDunn 20:48@ModernGovernor How scary is that?! #ukedchat

trudianns 20:48RT @Jamesashton20: RT @Ideas_Factory: #ukedchat bloody difficult 2

get rid of crap teachers-if private sector wld just B sacked! > AGREE!

bevevans22 20:48@ebd35 It's budget cuts on #ukedchat tonight

Ideas_Factory 20:48@chrisrat #ukedchat Comes down to budget regs-only now are bursars

allowing us to shop online for discounts.

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globalgrid 20:49What technologies will grow as key teaching tools, and which will soon

disappear? #ukedchat http://ow.ly/2TFTD

chrisrat 20:49@Joga5 that would be it! #ukedchat

bevevans22 20:49@colport We have just started shopping around for the cheapest prices

#ukedchat

iteachyear4 20:49@Ideas_Factory I was told that I was employed as an NQT for my fresh

ideas, even though they were mostly dismissed by some #ukedchat

ukedchat 20:49Ten minutes of #ukedchat session remains! Where does the time go?

SusanElkinJourn 20:49RT @geraldhaigh1: @chrisrat Worth taking time to look for cash

generators. Car parking for football is a bonanza for those in the right

lace. #ukedchat

Jamesashton20 20:49@DrAshCasey not true! i'm still looking! : (#ukedchat

john_at_muuua 20:49@mister_jim @dughall anything in London?#ukedchat

chrisrat 20:49@Ideas_Factory I'd be sacked if I handled budgets the way that some

schools do! Even when times are good, spend wisely! #ukedchat

deerwood 20:49@chrisrat Does that mean buying centrally on a national scale?

#ukedchat

TrendsLeeds 20:49#ukedchat is now a #TT in #Leeds http://trendsmap.com/gb/leeds

dughall 20:49@mister_jim I agree! #ukedchat The Blackpool #teachmeet model is

*very* much in the right direction!

DrAshCasey 20:50Are permanent jobs a thing of the past? Will teaches be offer tempory

contracts to fill an immediate need and then get the push? #ukedchat

mister_jim 20:50 @john_at_muuua #ukedchat check out the teachmeets athttp://teachmeet.org.uk

colport 20:50@bevevans22 Would being an academy give more freedom for

purchasing items for school? #ukedchat

Ideas_Factory 20:50@chrisrat #ukedchat Agreed-but that's why schools have a massive

contingiency-what's the point in saving loads just in case!

chrismayoh 20:50RT @ukedchat: Ten minutes of #ukedchat session remains! Where does

the time go?

chrisrat 20:50@deerwood not for most things - cf BSF for reasons why one size doesn't

fit all! #ukedchat

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dughall 20:50@mister_jim Hear hear! #ukedchat

chrismayoh 20:50@dukkhaboy Exactly. Now, for me, they have to sort their priorities out

or leave. An expensive waste of space otherwise. #ukedchat

sjgknight 20:50RT @DavidPott: Could save 's if all schs used same assessment system.

Must every sch target set and monitor *slightly* differently from other?

#ukedchat

Natty08 20:50What about those on upper scales happy to teach and keep up with the

times? Can I stay? #ukedchat

SusanElkinJourn 20:50RT @Jamesashton20: RT @Ideas_Factory: @duckinwales #ukedchat

bloody difficult 2 get rid of crap teachers-if private sector wld just B

sacked! > AGREE!

mister_jim 20:50@dughall #ukedchat Still more to come too Dughall! I feel that model

must fit the people rather than other way around

SkoorBttaM 20:50@john_at_muuua #ukedchat It's a joke isn't it! If each school saved

money in that way we'd save a packet across the country!

ICTtower 20:51Lol! RT @duckinwales: @ukedchat 10 minutes of #ukedchat session

remains! Where does the time go?


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john_at_muuua 20:52@dughall thanks... but Lambeth! Really must we go south of the river?!

#ukedchat

chrisrat 20:52Coming into last 10 mins - Do you think it will be as bad as I have

gloomily predicted?! #ukedchat

bevevans22 20:52@colport Not sure really. Nothing stopping a school getting a debit card

and shopping around for cheapest items now #ukedchat

geraldhaigh1 20:52@colport @duckinwales I don't doubt you're right. But there are

examples where LA knows apparently cheaper deals hide higher tco.

#ukedchat

mister_jim 20:52RT @Natty08: What about those on upper scales happy to teach&keep

up with the times? Can I stay? #ukedchat There's lots of you!

Ideas_Factory 20:52@iteachyear4 #ukedchat Not a criticism of NQT just more the way

they're handled and expectation.Too busy/not encouraged to be creative

bevevans22 20:53@raff31 @dughall We still organise TeachMeets in our own time though.

Would it work if schools could hold them during INSET times? #ukedchat

ICTtower 20:53 @colport If that's tru, then why don't they do it? Madness #ukedchat

DeputyHeadDunn 20:53@chrisrat It could well be. But schools have a habit of finding a way!

#ukedchat

chrismayoh 20:53Of course! We like you lot! > RT @Natty08: What about those on upper

scales happy to teach and keep up with the times? Can I stay? #ukedchat

iteachyear4 20:53@Ideas_Factory Completely agree with you. Support is often not there,

and trust is also lacking. Needs to be a good mix in schools #ukedchat

svenhall 20:53@Jamesashton20 #ukedchat is the struggle to get a post due to so many

PGCE courses?

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MoreThanMaths 20:53Certainly! (Me too?) RT @Natty08: What about those on upper scales

happy to teach and keep up with the times? Can I stay? #ukedchat

Ideas_Factory 20:53@chrisrat #ukedchat That's why the 1st thing I'll do as a head is employ a

Business manager-saves money and applies for funding streams

mister_jim 20:53@DrAshCasey #ukedchat I hope not. Children & schools need stability.

Perhaps a semi-permanent or 24/36 month contracts?

DavidPott 20:53@rpycroft Years ago I thought 1 National Curriculum = 1 Assessment

System. How wrong I was! #ukedchat

Jamesashton20 20:53@DrAshCasey haha! i know! what some teachers are on they can pay 2

of me! :P #ukedchat

DrAshCasey 20:53@colport not a man of your talents! the cream should always rise to the

top but opportunities might be fewer #ukedchat

timmajor80 20:53Interested in the idea that academies may be freer to purchase from

greater range of sources - is that true? #ukedchat

DrAshCasey 20:54@Jamesashton20 indeed but the jobs have to come free first...

#ukedchat

sciencelabman 20:54@iteachyear4 that doesn't change how ever long you have been

teaching there are always some that don't get the new ideas.#ukedchat

deerwood 20:54@bevevans22 @raff31 @dughall The model could work but there may

then be a cost #ukedchat

Jokprice 20:54@bevevans22 we have a fantastic secretary with ... a credit card!!

#ukedchat

DrAshCasey 20:54@mister_jim let's hope not...but...#ukedchat

chrisrat 20:54RT @timmajor80: Interested in the idea that academies may be freer to

purchase from greater range of sources - is that true? #ukedchat

duckinwales 20:54 @chrisrat #ukedchat - that depends how low down the ladder you are.

chrisrat 20:54PRT @bevevans22 Nothing stopping school getting a debit card &

shopping around 4 cheapest items #ukedchat There's lots of ou!

Jamesashton20 20:55@svenhall i'm not sure if it's me being picky or schools being picky :P lol

#ukedchat

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chrismayoh 20:55@Ideas_Factory Depends who your business manager is. I've known

them to be incompetent, interfering wastes of space #ukedchat

TheHeadsOffice 20:55#ukedchat Who shall we send our ideas to - Gove?

nwinton 20:55RT @Natty08: What about those on upper scales happy to teach and

keep up with the times? Can I stay? #ukedchat

john_at_muuua 20:55@rpycroft Years ago I thought 1 National Curriculum = 1 Assessment

System. How wrong I was! #ukedchat ...rookie mistake!

wendyJR 20:55well going from tweets from #ukedchat I think i best start applying for

Asda hmm talent wasted I think

Natty08 20:55I think the gov ed budget should be cut to stop these non teachers giving

'good' ideas and making us implement it! #ukedchat

dughall 20:55@bevevans22 Teachmeet is just a model, not a stratjacket. #ukedchat

colport 20:55@ICTtower As payments have to go through central payments

department. They only use suppliers who are happy to wait months for

#ukedchat

Ideas_Factory 20:55@svenhall #ukedchat Am sure I'll be in the same situation in the future &

would want to chose that option

DavidPott 20:55@sjgknight 'Assessment Consultancy' would be a great role for an LA to

take - and appreciated by schools #ukedchat

Jamesashton20 20:55@svenhall eh? oh i dont know about the PGCE i'm full Keys Stage 2/3

with ICT QTS lol #ukedchat

chrisrat 20:55@Ideas_Factory Even a part timer would be perfect for this - imagine if

they cascaded knowledge to other staff?! #ukedchat

Kenny73 20:55#ukedchat topic tonight plays on personal politics. Struggling 2 talk

about cuts as an assumption when can see other money drains

bevevans22 20:56 @dughall True, but a few people have spoken before about the fact theare in our free time. I don't mind but others do :( #ukedchat

chrisrat 20:56RT @TheHeadsOffice: #ukedchat Who shall we send our ideas to -

Gove?


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Jamesashton20 20:56@wendyJR been there done that, stick it out! it wasn't fun! :( #ukedchat

sciencelabman 20:56RT @misslpitkethly: RT @chrismayoh: @iteachyear4 neither more

important - crucial to have a good balance of youth and experience!

#ukedchat --I a ree

deerwood 20:56thatnks for #ukedchat, as usual I had nothing constructive to say but

great convo, now for Have I got News

Jamesashton20 20:56@DrAshCasey haha! yup, as a supply teacher i hope someone goes off

sick everyday! :P evil i know #ukedchat

chrisrat 20:56RT @geraldhaigh1: @chrisrat Oh God yes. #ukedchat


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Grevster73 20:58@svenhall #ukedchat There are still huge deficits in the number of

teachers of chem, physics, maths etc. We need targetted ITT in diff area

ianaddison 20:58Fancy voting for next week's #ukedchat topic? Go on...

http://ukedchat.wikispaces.com/poll

Natty08 20:58NQTs are fine but don't have a staff of them or few years between them

you need experience on the staff #ukedchat

john_at_muuua 20:58we should all get together and run education. amazed that 140

characters can give such single minded clarity! #ukedchat cheers to you

all!

colport 20:58@ICTtower Precisely! Always thought it madness! - @janwebb21 New

HT wanted C.C., but bursar said it was too complicated! #ukedchat

sciencelabman 20:59@iteachyear4 agree once again!! #ukedchat

Jamesashton20 20:59RT @john_at_muuua: we shld al get tgthr & run education. amazed tht

140 chracters cn giv such single minded clarity! #ukedchat

SkoorBttaM 20:59Heard of one skwl making 10k from advertising revenue from their

radio station- austerity could lead to innovation and creativity #ukedchat

chrismayoh 20:59@Ideas_Factory You might get the decision right as an interview panel,

but every now and then you'll get it wrong #ukedchat

JfB57 20:59Many thanks@chrisrat & you lot for another great #ukedchat

chrisrat 20:59So, we've covered cuts, PPA, Amazon, Business managers, teaching

heads, TAs, CPD, school trips...1 wk to go to see what'll happen

#ukedchat

raff31 20:59@bevevans22 it would be good idea..even a mini level of sharing ideas at

staff meeting #ukedchat

iteachyear4 20:59@SusanElkinJourn But def think there is a market for these ebooks!

Could send proceeds into school lol #ukedchat

dan_bowen 20:59 #ukedchat funny thing is to save money they are develoing into free andacademies however Phillip Green this week said govmt inefficent...

ICTtower 20:59@colport I had to pay for a dept website using my own CC cos school

doesn't have one :-0 #ukedchat

chrismayoh 20:59@Ideas_Factory Not necessarily. At interview you get a staged snapshot

of a person #ukedchat

Ideas_Factory 20:59@colport #ukedchat ahh but Bursars are not business managers..;^)

rpycroft 21:00@DavidPott It doesn't matter, they've spent a fortune on the (non

existant) NHS system - why not one for schools? #ukedchat

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iamclairei 21:00@bevevans22 @dughall Those who r interested generally happy2do it in

their own time.Those that aren't don't seem2engage full stop #ukedchat

trees2066 21:00@Natty08 DIfferent teams bring different dynamics... Agree a blend of

experiences is ideal. #ukedchat

chrismayoh 21:00@DianneSpencer Honestly, when it comes out it just comes out...!

#ukedchat

chrisrat 21:00Is there some sort of horn to blow at the end of #ukedchat I can't seem

to find the button! Thank you all for being so great!

DavidPott 21:00Goverment pulling both ways - wants school to have autonomy to make

local purchasing decisions but demands economies of scale. #ukedchat

dan_bowen 21:00...due to not using large buying power (e.g the LA model, BB consortia

etc in schools) #ukedchat so schools doing their own thing will....

chrismayoh 21:00@Ideas_Factory Too easy to not lay the blame with the incompetent

individual! People must take responsibility for themselves! #ukedchat

ukedchat 21:00It's 9.00 - Many Thanks to @chrisrat for guest hosting this #ukedchat

session. The archive process will start at 9.20. TY to all.

DrAshCasey 21:00@duckinwales #ukedchat cover supervisors you mean ... good people

doing a tough job for little reward...

Ideas_Factory 21:00@janwebb21 #ukedchat Great idea-that's the route schools should be

going-especially wastefull-ever looked in a skip outside a school b4?

DrAshCasey 21:01Surprised that no one mentioned the 'long holidays' - will the school year

grow to cram more in? A 4 day week with more terms #ukedchat

trees2066 21:01RT @SkoorBttaM: one skwl making 10k advertising from their radio

station- austerity could lead to innovation and creativity #ukedchat

dughall 21:01#ukedchat ...and I forgot to suggest selling adverts on yer blogs, folks ;-)

dan_bowen 21:01 #ukedchat.... BARKING MAD..woof woof. it will be more expensive inmost areas of school spending to go it alone!!!!

iteachyear4 21:01RT @iamclairei: @bevevans22 @dughall Those who r interested

generally happy2do it in their own time.Those that aren't don't

seem2en a e full sto #ukedchat

duckinwales 21:01Thought provoking #ukedchat - now off to disect a giant squid

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/inside-natures-giants

#s uidni ht

cleverfiend 21:01perhaps we should save money on ink/paper/time and join the kids in

writing in text-speak! Gr8! #ukedchat

Joga5 21:01@chrisrat Well done Chris - good effort. #ukedchat

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bevevans22 21:01My head is bursting after trying to follow #ukedchat and #tmsunderland

at the same time! Both fantastic in their own way!

Jamesashton20 21:01is gonna have to go get the glasses he needs tomorrow! my eyes are

killing me trying to follow #ukedchat

TheHeadsOffice 21:01RT @ianaddison: Fancy voting for next week's #ukedchat topic? Go on...

http://ukedchat.wikispaces.com/poll

dughall 21:01RT @JfB57: Many thanks@chrisrat & you lot for another great

#ukedchat

Ideas_Factory 21:01@chrismayoh #ukedchat Again I refer to my previous answer-

recruitment not good enough.Would u employ a teacher without seeing

them teach

colport 21:01@Ideas_Factory Ours thinks she is! I think she is trying to save herself

work - @ICTtower Sound very familiar #ukedchat

bevevans22 21:02#ukedchat was as manic as ever tonight! Well done and thanks go to

@chrisrat - you were a fab host :)

Ideas_Factory 21:02@chrisrat #ukedchat Good work fella-most enjoyable esp as I thought

topic might bore the pants of me-it didn't! Thanks to all!

chrismayoh 21:02@Ideas_Factory Clearly not. But how do you observe a Business

Manager manage a business? Trial period? Quite tricky #ukedchat

dughall 21:02RT @bevevans22: Head bursting after trying 2 follow #ukedchat and

#tmsunderland at the same time! Both fantastic in their own way! (Metoo!

colport 21:02@chrisrat is feeling horny! Many thanks for hosting #ukedchat - You did

a splendid job!

chrismayoh 21:03How on earth has an hour passed? One of the best ever #ukedchat

sessions I think! Thanks all :)

Ideas_Factory 21:03@DianneSpencer #ukedchat Would do if you got rid of all your admin ;^)

duckinwales 21:03 RT @DrAshCasey: @duckinwales #ukedchat cover supervisors you mean... good people doing a tough job for little reward...

colport 21:03@DrAshCasey I got involved with a 4-day week discussion within

#ukedchat - But you are right about holidays/terms etc. Good point.

iteachyear4 21:03Thanks @chrisrat for tonight! Great discussions #ukedchat

iteachyear4 21:04RT @chrismayoh: How on earth has an hour passed? One of the best

ever #ukedchat sessions I think! Thanks all :)


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Ideas_Factory 21:04@chrismayoh #ukedchat Agreed but am sure there are ways-BTW

completely agree with all you're saying-have seen incompetance in all

areas

iamclairei 21:05@iteachyear4 Ben Case

chrismayoh 21:05@Ideas_Factory And me with your points! Just purely playing devil's

advocate and being a general pain! Lol #ukedchat

dan_bowen 21:05...schools may also fall foul of things like google apps to save costs

without realising consequences of their data mining #ukedchat

jessamacookie 21:05Typical me: Find out about #ukedchat 10 mins before it stops (-_-)

hopefully can be more involved next week

MoodleDan 21:06RT @dan_bowen: #ukedchat.... BARKING MAD..woof woof. it will be

more expensive in most areas of school spending to go it alone!!!!

SkoorBttaM 21:06RT @chrisrat: Schools could save over 400 million a year if they

bought equipment and services more sensibly http://chrisr.at/cPgm3k

#ukedchat

colport 21:06@chrisrat @ICTtower @Ideas_Factory @janwebb21 @DrAshCasey

@bevevans22 @geraldhaigh1 @Jamesashton20 Thanks for #ukedchat

discussion 1 2

misslpitkethly 21:06Thanks to @chrisrat for the #ukedchat tonight. I only joined it 1/2 way

through but still enjoyed it!

SusanElkinJourn 21:06V thoughtful & enjoyable discussion on #ukedchat tonight. If I were still

editing CPD Update (Optimus) I'd recommend it warmly to teachers.

iteachyear4 21:07I refuse to sign any petition relating to budget cuts. If they cut it

elsewhere then maybe education will be ok... #ukedchat

colport 21:07@VGoodyear @katie_hague @mister_jim @TheHeadsOffice

@SusanElkinJourn @dughall Thanks for #ukedchat discussion

Ideas_Factory 21:07@chrismayoh #ukedchat You need need to be pain to be a pleasure :^D

chrismayoh 21:07 See u there > RT @jessamacookie: Typical me: Find out about #ukedchat10 mins before it stops (-_-) hopefully can be more involved next week

colport 21:08Voting returns for #ukedchat next week. @ianaddison is the host, please

vote at http://bit.ly/cA0cBZ

ukedchat 21:08Voting returns for #ukedchat next week. @ianaddison is the host, please

vote at http://bit.ly/cA0cBZ

chrismayoh 21:08Well, that was insane! (#ukedchat) - and now for something completely

different...

svenhall 21:08I need a little education...why shouldn't rabbits eat lettuce? #ukedchat is

this an experiment? Or have I exploited the #ukedchat hashtag?

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jradxyz 21:08@duckinwales @DrAshCasey #ukedchat mdsa/cover supervisor. I

wouldn't want that job. Full credit to them. what if they are cut!!!

janwebb21 21:09@chrisrat tail end of #ukedchat sounded great!

Ideas_Factory 21:09@janwebb21 Hows the headache-made a great entrance in #ukedchat

;^)

ianaddison 21:09It's my turn...RT @ukedchat Voting returns for #ukedchat next week.

@ianaddison is the host, please vote at http://bit.ly/cA0cBZ

SkoorBttaM 21:09RT @colport: @duckinwales I had to buy more expensive item from

supplier, rather than a cheaper option from someone not on list! Crazy

#ukedchat

TheHeadsOffice 21:09@colport Great chat! We should do something with what is porduced in

these #ukedchat s

trees2066 21:09Keep catching weekly snippets of #ukedchat Hopefully will get more

involved one of these weeks...

Ideas_Factory 21:10RT @chrismayoh: RT @ukedchat: Voting returns for #ukedchat next

week. @ianaddison is the host, please vote at http://bit.ly/cA0cBZ

ITsmartie 21:10This is great even if expensive. Professional dialogue over lesson

observations. Time stamped reviews http://bit.ly/daouHr #ukedchat

jessamacookie 21:10One thing came out of that manic 10mins of #ukedchat... Found lots of

fellow minded twitterers! ^.^

chrismayoh 21:10You must! > RT @trees2066: Keep catching weekly snippets of

#ukedchat Hopefully will get more involved one of these weeks...

DrAshCasey 21:10@jradxyz @duckinwales will teachers be saved for exam classes only?

#ukedchat

chrismayoh 21:10RT @ukedchat: Voting returns for #ukedchat next week. @ianaddison is

the host, please vote at http://bit.ly/cA0cBZ

DrAshCasey 21:10 @jradxyz @duckinwales #ukedchat I fear that teachers wil go beforecover supervisors...and their job will become even harder.

schmanctk 21:11First time on #Ukedchat for me tonight. So good to be able to network

with so many on an issue at the forefront right now

colport 21:11@TheHeadsOffice @JfB57 We do. We post the summary into a

#ukedchat blog at http://ukedchat.wordpress.com/

johnmclear 21:11@chrismayoh Would be joining everyone for #ukedchat but #workload

at the moment is #stupid - outlook is VERY red :/

Titian73 21:11RT @iteachyear4: I refuse to sign any petition relating to budget cuts. If

they cut it elsewhere then maybe education will be ok... #ukedchat

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ianaddison 21:12@trees2066 join in next week's #ukedchat, I've heard the host is a great

bloke

chrismayoh 21:12@johnmclear Not to worry. Priorities and all that :( #ukedchat

chrismayoh 21:12Tough choice! > > RT @ukedchat: Voting returns for #ukedchat next


Jamesashton20 21:14RT @ianaddison: @trees2066 join in next week's #ukedchat, I've heard

the host is a great bloke

colport 21:15@ianaddison @Ideas_Factory Funnily, you both had exactly the same

number of #ukedchat tweets #reallymuststoplying

janwebb21 21:16RT @chrismayoh: RT @ukedchat: Voting returns for #ukedchat next


dailydenouement 21:16Sorry not able to join in #ukedchat tonight. I've been completing a UCAS

reference for one of my form.

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