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Steplab @steplab.bsky.social · 14h

Visiting a Steplab Hub School is one of the best ways to see great PD in action 👏 With 23 Hubs across the UK, schools are opening their doors to share how they’re building powerful coaching cultures.

Find your nearest Hub and book your visit today!
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Steplab @steplab.bsky.social · 18h

Leading PD across your school or trust?

Join us in London on 13 Nov for our PD Leadership Intensive – a practical day of strategies you can use straight away to lead impactful PD at scale.

💷 £155 + VAT
🎟️ Places limited – book now 👇
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Steplab @steplab.bsky.social · 1d

Before learning can happen, students must be paying attention.

Active listening routines — part of Steplab’s Securing Attention strand — help build focus and classroom culture.

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Steplab insight: attention for the win!

Discover why securing attention is the foundation of great teaching and how Steplab helps schools improve learning through evidence-informed PD.

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Steplab @steplab.bsky.social · 3d

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Steplab @steplab.bsky.social · 3d

💡 Steplab’s content library makes it easy to build PD that fits your school’s priorities.

“Steplab content is so flexible, allowing us to create sequences of action steps aligned with our focus for the term.” – @sarahdickinson.bsky.social, Woodham Academy

👉 Book a demo (link in thread).

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Steplab @steplab.bsky.social · 4d

Steplab’s content library gives teachers, TAs and leaders access to 1000s of evidence-informed techniques, model videos and learning modules – all broken down into precise, actionable steps for every phase and subject.

👀 Check out the most popular step in tomorrow’s newsletter!

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Haringey Education Partnership @haringeyeduc.bsky.social · 7d

📸 Check out some snaps from the @walkthrus.bsky.social symposium day at HEP HQ yesterday

More 👇 @steplab.bsky.social @innerdrive.bsky.social @collegeofteaching.bsky.social @ambitioninstitute.bsky.social @ssatuk.co.uk

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Steplab @steplab.bsky.social · 5d

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Steplab @steplab.bsky.social · 5d

✨ Hear from Jared Centenera of Saint Ignatius’ College, Adelaide 🇦🇺 on how the Group PD Builder helped his school deliver whole-staff PD.

👉 Want to see how the Group PD Builder can support your staff? Book your demo - link in comments.

#TeacherDevelopment #SchoolLeadership

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Steplab @steplab.bsky.social · 7d

👏 Yesterday our brilliant Rachel Ball and Rachel Sewell delivered a PD Leadership Intensive to leaders from across @danesedtrust.bsky.social.

A fantastic day of trust-wide collaboration, focused on building expertise in leading professional development. Thanks to everyone who contributed!

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Steplab @steplab.bsky.social · 8d

Sydney too far? Check out our other intensives across Australia →
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Steplab @steplab.bsky.social · 8d

🚀 Our Instructional Coaching Intensives are expanding across Australia — reaching more schools than ever!

🔹 Next up: Oct 23 – Intensive at Cranbrook Junior School, Sydney

⏳ Only 3 weeks left — don’t miss out. Secure your spot now 👉 buytickets.at/steplab/1701...

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ImpactEd Group @impactedgroup.bsky.social · 9d

We're pleased to announce our partnership with @steplab.bsky.social for their inaugural impact evaluation. The project will begin with developing their theory of change before progressing to an evaluation of pupil and teacher metrics.

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Steplab @steplab.bsky.social · 9d

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Steplab @steplab.bsky.social · 9d

✨ Planning whole-school PD just got easier!

“Using the Group PD Builder, it took me just 10 minutes to plan our INSET – from grouping staff to allocating study modules. Brilliant!” – Kate Hytner, Ridgeway High School

👉 Book a demo: link in comments

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Steplab @steplab.bsky.social · 10d

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Steplab @steplab.bsky.social · 10d

Every Steplab module unpacks the science of learning 🧠

Teachers learn how, when + why to apply strategies for maximum impact.

This is mechanism-rich PD, built to last. To find out more, book a demo. Link below👇

#PD #CPD #ScienceOfLearning

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Steplab @steplab.bsky.social · 11d

⏳ Josh creates a fully resourced PD session in just 3 minutes.

💡 With Steplab’s new Group PD Builder, what normally takes hours can be done in minutes.

👉 See how to plan, design and resource impactful PD sessions fast.

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Group PD Builder - create fully resourced group PD sessions under 5 minutes

Josh Goodrich, Steplab’s CEO and co-founder, demonstrates how to use the Group PD Builder to create a beautifully designed, fully resourced PD training session in just three minutes. Want to learn…

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Steplab @steplab.bsky.social · 11d

🎉 Last week we welcomed leaders from Astrea Academies Trust for a PD Leadership Intensive in Sheffield.

💬 “A real boost in confidence through practical, precise & truly informed PD.”

👏 Huge thanks to everyone involved — and to Nora 🐕 for being such a good travel companion!

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Steplab @steplab.bsky.social · 14d

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Sign in to your Steplab account. Log in to your Steplab to access your coaching, learning, leadership tools, the Step library and more.

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Steplab @steplab.bsky.social · 14d

✨ Daily Masterclasses – expert support, every day

Small groups. Tailored advice. Unlimited access.
Our experts (all former school leaders) are here Mon–Fri to help you maximise the impact of your PD programme.

💡 Your questions, our expertise.
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Steplab @steplab.bsky.social · 14d

🎉 This week we launched Cohort 4 of our Certificate in Coaching Leadership (CCL) in London.

A buzz of energy & purpose as coaches & leaders began building the skills to deliver impactful whole-school professional development.

Excited for what’s ahead! 👏

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Steplab @steplab.bsky.social · 16d

👋 Meet Millie Denby, our new Coaching Development Lead!

With over a decade as a Deputy Head, Millie brought instructional coaching and whole-school PD to her London school. At Steplab, she now works with leaders to strengthen teacher development. ✨

Steplab @steplab.bsky.social · 17d

What really makes the difference in teaching?

We’ve discovered six universal challenges at the heart of great teaching — and how effective professional development (PD) helps teachers and leaders address them.

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Steplab @steplab.bsky.social · 18d

💡 Stop spending hours planning and resourcing PD sessions!

Build bespoke, evidence-informed group PD training in minutes—easy to follow up and powered by Steplab content.

👇 See the Group PD Builder in action—book a demo today.
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