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Jarlath O’Brien

@jarlathobrien.bsky.social

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Teacher. Interested in behaviour, leadership and SEND.

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Jarlath O’Brien @jarlathobrien.bsky.social · Nov 21

If you’re looking to improve behaviour in your class or you have responsibility for improving behaviour across the school, these might help. Available here - uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/au...

Two books on a table written by Jarlath O’Brien, called ‘Better Behaviour - A Guide for Teachers’ and ‘Leading Better Behaviour - A Guide for School Leaders’.

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Jarlath O’Brien @jarlathobrien.bsky.social · Sep 2

Do you remember this sketch? youtu.be/9X1cKMKcHmg?...

Fry and Lauire Sloblock

YouTube video by Gazro32

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Jarlath O’Brien @jarlathobrien.bsky.social · Sep 2

…and if I find it impossible to be successful in ways you want me to be, or are trying to force me to be, then I’ll find ways to be successful on my own terms.

Jarlath O’Brien @jarlathobrien.bsky.social · Sep 2

Looks similar in some ways, but less detailed, to Carol Goodenow’s Psychological Sense of School Membership Scale. See this @tesmagazine.bsky.social article from 2019 for more - www.tes.com/magazine/arc....

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Jarlath O’Brien @jarlathobrien.bsky.social · Aug 25

My thoughts exactly, but better articulated by @bennewmark.bsky.social.
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Ben Newmark @bennewmark.bsky.social · Aug 25

1. The Flags have arrived in my area.
They make me uneasy. It isn't I have a problem with them when we're celebrating something. Football. Olympics. Even a royal wedding. But right now they don't *feel* like a positive affirmation of stuff we like but more a protest against things people don't..

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Jarlath O’Brien @jarlathobrien.bsky.social · Jul 23

Very possibly. It would be way down on my list of things to try to address it.

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Jarlath O’Brien @jarlathobrien.bsky.social · Jul 22

Tell me why these targets are a good idea.

Warwick Mansell @warwickmansell.bsky.social · Jul 22

The piece also states, based on talking to two teacher whistleblowers, that the school has a target of each teacher issuing 25 detentions per week, as I reported last month.

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Jarlath O’Brien @jarlathobrien.bsky.social · Jun 16

Do you think the threshold after which a school needs to be registered should change?

Jarlath O’Brien @jarlathobrien.bsky.social · May 28

I’d be rock throwing if I named on here. I’ve made comment at review stage occasionally when asked by a publisher and am discerning about who I read. I don’t doubt the effort. I’ve just read some bad stuff (which people are free to say about mine too).

Jarlath O’Brien @jarlathobrien.bsky.social · May 28

Publishers can do what they like. It’s only my view, and I’m commercially naive so what do I know. When I select a book to read it is certainly something I consider and it surprised me that more wasn’t made of my credibility when writing.

Jarlath O’Brien @jarlathobrien.bsky.social · May 28

2/2 The point about establishing authority still stands. Not easy to do, but my experience was that one publisher did that very thoroughly and another did not.

Jarlath O’Brien @jarlathobrien.bsky.social · May 28

I didn’t say that. It was an example that pointed directly to my credibility. Even then, I might have been doing a good job, but to a reader it raised obvious questions as to why they should read anything I had to say. Ofsted grades, however imperfect, only really apply to headteachers. 1/2

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Jarlath O’Brien @jarlathobrien.bsky.social · May 28

For example, the first time I was approached to write a book our school was rated RI by Ofsted. I replied to the offer to say that until I could run my own school effectively I had no right to offer advice to others.

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Jarlath O’Brien @jarlathobrien.bsky.social · May 28

Excellent piece by @cbokhove.bsky.social. The bar for publication in education seems very low and it is not clear that some publishers ensure writers have the credibility to write authoritatively on their subject.
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...

How far should we trust ‘edubooks’?

Reading a slew of educational books may not be the best way to make your teaching truly evidence-informed, suggests Christian Bokhove

www.tes.com

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Jarlath O’Brien @jarlathobrien.bsky.social · Jan 2

Very good points, Bernard.

Jarlath O’Brien @jarlathobrien.bsky.social · Dec 22

That looks like a well-loved book.

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Jarlath O’Brien @jarlathobrien.bsky.social · Nov 21

If you’re looking to improve behaviour in your class or you have responsibility for improving behaviour across the school, these might help. Available here - uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/au...

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Jarlath O’Brien @jarlathobrien.bsky.social · Nov 21

Very important point. I remember Sir Kevan Collins saying years ago that most research EEF were wrangling with explicitly excluded SEND from the cohort as it “corrupted the data”.

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Jarlath O’Brien @jarlathobrien.bsky.social · Aug 24

I’m sure they’ll recognise the superb work that you and your team have done and continue to do.

Jarlath O’Brien @jarlathobrien.bsky.social · Aug 24

There is also a freedom for special schools to be particularly radical and innovative and still be successful in terms of the Ofsted framework that mainstream schools simply don’t have.

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