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PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCES
The following articles and webinars that I have written or presented are available at http://www.optimus-education.com
ARTICLES
Ofsted gifted and talented action plan (July 2015)
26 Strategies for Meaningful Manageable Assessment (UK Ed Magazine June 2015)
Evidence-based teaching: Five strategies and how to use them (May 2015)
Mastery Lesson Plan (May 2015)
Time-saving marking: key techniques (Feb 2015)
Managing more able provision in 2 hours a week (Feb 2015)
G&T teaching and learning: nurturing scholastic excellence (April 2015)
8 ways to bring your teaching up to date (Dec 2014)
Using your G&T role as a stepping stone to middle or senior leadership (Oct 2014)
Changes to Ofsted inspection - what G&T leaders need to know (Oct 2014)
How to check that your G&T provision is fit for purpose & checklist tool (Sep 2014)
Grow Your Pupils’ Brains: the Gold Programme & template (April 2014)
How to get G&T into your school improvement plan (Jan 2014)
Creating a Culture of High Achievement (September 2013)
Dreaming Big Dreams: Creating an aspirational culture in your school (July 2013)
WEBINARS
Time Saving Teaching Strategies (Jan 2015)
Becoming a Memory Champion: Leading memory skills development in your school (Nov 2014)
Help, I’m a new G&T coordinator (June 2014)
7 Steps to Smarter G&T Provision (May 2014)
G&T: Are you getting it right? (March 2014)
Practical Tips for New G&T Coordinators (Podcast Oct 2013)
CONFERENCES
Evidence-based teaching Optimus Expert Panel (August 2015)
Stanchester Maths Conference (March 2015)
Assessment and Progress (University of Chester NQT Conference Feb 2015)
Challenging Behaviour Together (University of Chester NQT Conference Nov 2014)
Effectively monitoring the progress of individuals and groups (Optimus Education One-day National Conference Sep 2014)
Developing a whole-school culture of high aspirations (Key note speech, Optimus Education One-day National Conference Oct 2013)
Understand and confront your data (Optimus Education One-day National Conference Oct 2013)
Leading a culture of high aspiration across your whole school (Key note speech, Optimus Education One-day National Conference March 2013)
Analysing and using data to set challenging targets and track progress (Optimus Education One-day National Conference March 2013)
Analysing and using data to set challenging targets and track progress (Optimus Education One-day National Conference Oct 2012)
Ensure your leadership has impact across your whole school (Optimus Education One-day National Conference Oct 2012)
