BARRY SMITH EDUCATION

It’s about creating social norms, teaching social niceties, reducing the unpredictability of school, helping adults & kids talk to each other in a relaxed manner but also ensuring clarity. It’s none hard. It’s just a set of habits to develop.

You don’t need posters! But you do need to teach teachers to be consistent. And if staff aren’t consistent? What are you, as the head, going to do about it?

I get a lot of requests asking for mfl cpd. Lots of people raved about French at Michaela, then lots more came to see what we did at Charter. Doug Lemov even sent a videographer for a day! So this little recording is about bespoke mfl cpd with me! With liberal references to my day with the MFL Dept at Sam Strickland’s school. If you fancy a chat about cpd, mfl or culture or both, dm me on twitter or email [email protected]

17 minutes of me explaining the choices I make when teaching French.

If you listen to this and think, ‘This is incredibly sensible! We need this approach in my school because both adults and kids deserve better.’ DM me! Or email [email protected]

Too often, public areas around school feel like a free for all. Kids push & shove & shout. Here’s how to change that.

Lots of assemblies; lots of modelling in lessons; standing assemblies; maximise the number of pupils in the room; split groups to target the pupils who need the message most, assemblies are really CPD; assemblies are all about faint reminders of routines & expectations; the thread - this is a school built on genuine mutual respect - we’re very polite to one another.

28 mins! My longest recording yet. Bit ‘scratchy’ in parts! Sorry! I must be more careful with the mic. I’m learning! My take? You get SLANT/SHAPE/STEPS right, you’ve got a strong foundation to build on. Enjoy!

It makes language learning more memorable, less confusing, more transparent, less scary! I’m always selling the simplicity and predictability of language learning. It’s only 26 letters! How hard can it be!

A short recording talking about my take on MFL teaching. It’s unique. It’s incredibly powerful and it’s received huge praise from the likes of Tom Bennett, Doug Lemov, Christine Counsell and so many more. Then there’s short segment about Culture CPD with me. I spend five days in your school working with the head, SLT, staff, and kids. Straight talking, pragmatic strategies for open-minded, thick skinned SLT not afraid to question themselves.