ijenkins99<p>I was an Assistant Principal when <a href="https://aus.social/tags/QualityTeaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QualityTeaching</span></a> was gaining traction in the 1990s. It resonated with my educational philosophy and provided a theoretical explanation for the best practices I had developed in an ad hoc way over the previous 15 years. </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/QualityTeaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QualityTeaching</span></a> informed my pedagogy for the next 25 years until I retired. It made me a better teacher, a better administrator and a better principal. It made me a better football coach and improved the home/school partnership in all the schools I worked. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/QualityTeaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QualityTeaching</span></a> sustained my professional growth. </p><p>The beauty of <a href="https://aus.social/tags/QualityTeaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QualityTeaching</span></a> is that it doesn’t require a political agenda. As a matter of fact it soon exposes the dogma in political, populist and quick-fix solutions. It is about using best practice, adapted to suit your students and community, implemented consistently across the school and continuously assessed, evaluated and modified to improve learning and teaching. </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/QualityTeaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QualityTeaching</span></a> doesn’t go <a href="https://aus.social/tags/BackToBasics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BackToBasics</span></a> or <a href="https://aus.social/tags/BackToTheGoodOldDays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BackToTheGoodOldDays</span></a> or backwards in any way, other than recognising good teaching has always happened, just not in a systematic, consistent or rigorous way. </p><p>When it’s working, <a href="https://aus.social/tags/QualityTeaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QualityTeaching</span></a> lets teachers, principals and schools feel they are no longer <a href="https://aus.social/tags/BacksToTheWall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BacksToTheWall</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/our-research-has-found-a-way-to-help-the-teacher-shortage-and-boost-student-learning-227669" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/our-resear</span><span class="invisible">ch-has-found-a-way-to-help-the-teacher-shortage-and-boost-student-learning-227669</span></a></p>