Thinking
The latest thinking from our team of experts and our community of frontline educators.
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From trainee teacher to tech problem solver – one man’s plan to use instructional coaching to build an army of expert teachers
When Josh Goodrich first stepped into the classroom back in 2009, he knew he had a lot to learn. What came of his early struggles was a platform to deliver instructional coaching to teachers across the country.
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How flexible are NPQs?
We explore what is fixed about the new NPQs, what Ambition can do to build in flexibility, and why it requires a new mindset from participants.
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‘Instructional coaching is the new mentoring’ with the Early Career Framework
A mentor from Ambition's Early Career Teachers programme tells us about the benefits of an instructional coaching approach to the Early Career Framework.
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Mythbusting the early career framework
The early career framework is a robust evidence base for best practice that will shape teacher development for years to come. In this blog, we bust six myths about the framework to help school leaders and teachers to fully understand the changes and benefits, before it's rolled out in September 2021.
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Balancing the purposes of instructional coaching
Instructional coach and Ambition Fellow Steve Farndon explores some of the purposes of instructional coaching – comparing an emphasis on habit formation with one that prioritises the development of teachers’ mental models around teaching.