Mark. Plan. Teach.: Save time. Reduce workload. Impact learning.

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What did I learn from this experience? For one thing, as innovation after innovation had landed successfully in my classes, I just wanted the rush of more of them. I was over-planning due to over-excitement. The classes were becoming expressions of my passions but ignoring theirs. Second, I was a victim (or beneficiary) of my own hubris. Just because I was Teacher of the Year with one bunch of classes didn’t mean I could be Teacher of the Year in all of them. There are three things that every teacher must do: mark work, plan lessons and teach students well. With teachers’ workload at record levels and teacher recruitment and retention the number one issue in education, ideas that really work and will help teachers not only survive but thrive in the classroom are in demand. Every idea in Mark. Plan. Teach. can be implemented by all primary and secondary teachers at any stage of their career and will genuinely improve practice. The ideas have been tried and tested and are supported by evidence that explains why they work, including current educational research and psychological insights from Dr Tim O’Brien, leading psychologist and Visiting Fellow at UCL Institute of Education.

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A few years ago, some of my students successfully nominated me for Boston College’s Excellence in Teaching with Technology Award, which I received in 2015. Yet, at the very same time of my nomination, I had one of my most difficult teaching moments ever. McGillinsists that teaching boils down to three activitiesthatmustbeperformedwell–marking, planningandteaching. Here, heoffersten ideasto improvetheeffectiveness and efficiencyof each,withhelpful,accessible summaries of the researchunderpinninghisproposals. Some of the issues outlined above are a consequence of the “chunked, bite-sized” approach that is taken throughout the book. On the whole, this is a strength: it makes it very usable as a reference guide. It’s certainly helpful for a novice teacher who is trying to navigate their way through the myriad issues they need to consider as they get to grips with effective classroom practice. The ideas have been tried and tested and are supported by evidence. Mark. Plan. Teach. shows how each stage of the teaching process informs the next, building a cyclical framework that underpins everything that teachers do.Ross qualified as a teacher with a BAEd in Design Technology with Secondary Education (QTS) from Goldsmiths College, University of Arts London (93-97). He gained a masters degree in Design Studies from Central St. Martins College, University of Arts London (2006). He is a former SSAT Design Technology Lead Practitioner and was recognised by The Teaching Awards in 2004. He supports the charity work of Survivors UK; Education Support UK; Bliss Charity and Tommy’s Baby. Bloomsbury Education is thrilled to announce that they will publish the new book from best-selling author Ross Morrison McGill aka @TeacherToolkit in September 2017. Every idea in Mark. Plan. Teach. can be implemented by all primary and secondary teachers at any stage of their career. Cutting straight to the heart of teacher workload, this book is full of provocative questions and range of classroom ideas and leadership strategies to demonstrate why teachers should do less, not more, to become truly effective.

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Fully updated edition of Ross Morrison McGill's bestselling Mark. Plan. Teach., now complete with a visual guide to the key ideas, illustrated by Oliver Caviglioli. In a landscape dominated with political hogwash, where teachers in England continue to work the longest hours and be paid one of the lowest salaries in OECD countries, teachers’ workload is at record levels. Despite increasing concerns, the government still has no coherent strategy for recruitment, retention or workload. Teachers are craving pragmatic ideas that work, sourcing strategies – which have the least fuss and greatest impact – to help them survive and thrive in the classroom! I am delighted to publish my third book which builds upon current debate in education; that all teachers work closely with strategies that are supported by evidence. In Mark Plan Teach I add a psychological perspective explaining why teachers do the things they do; to extrapolate what works and how teachers can understand, the cognitive and emotional processes of students.

This sketchnote offers a bite-sized summary of 25 years and 5 years of teacher workload research. The graphic also supports the very popular book, Mark Plan Teach – over 20,000 copies sold since September 2017. In 2012, Goldsmiths College (London) celebrated its 110th anniversary and represented every decade of its existence, representing the many who have passed through the education department; people who have gone on to serve education in various capacities, as well as society more widely. I would be very happy to recommend this book to novice teachers and would consider it to be a very useful addition to the reading lists for ITE programmes.