Hexis2113 hours ago10 minWhy disciplinary literacy doesn't have to hurtThe whys and ways of prioritising subject specific literacy across the senior school What is disciplinary literacy and why is it...
Hexis21Feb 92 minHow Might We Re-imagine Assessment, Tracking, and Reporting?In the short video below, I want to share one approach that may help to support the measuring and tracking of skills across the senior...
Hexis21Feb 59 minWhy continual and planned formative assessment generates learning gains and develops characterWhy formative assessment strategies can demonstrate learning as opposed to performance.
Hexis21Dec 22, 20215 minThe 6 minutes it takes to read this will improve the way your child learns how to learn at home.As a high school teacher of almost two decades tenure, I can declare confidently that I understand how to teach children how to learn. As...
Hexis21Nov 13, 20214 minSupra curriculums: what they are and why schools and students need themSupra curriculums are activities, events and learning that enrich what already goes on in the classroom. The supra curriculum differs...
Hexis21Nov 10, 20215 minThe two most important steps to take if you want to sequence learning and teachingElaboration is a core teaching and instructional design strategy. At its most basic level, elaboration involves connecting new knowledge...
Hexis21Nov 10, 20215 minTraditional school reports are deadWhy progressive reporting offers meaning, direction and iteration As a senior school teacher, I have written thousands of end of...
Hexis21Aug 21, 20212 min1 simple & helpful strategy to teach reading for understandingreading for understanding is so central to learning and meaning making that its importance cannot be overstated
Hexis21Aug 21, 20218 minThe 8 minutes it will take you to read this will improve your teaching forever.The interconnected nature of learning, memory, brain function, stress and teaching using research about the science of learning