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Quick-hitters 6: Name the rule

Adam Robbins @mrarobbins.bsky.social · 4d

New Substack post on a simple change in the way to give students sanctions that I saw last week.

open.substack.com/pub/mrarobbi...

This is a series of Substack posts designed to outline a single concrete action teachers can take to solve a common problem. It is probably not my idea, but might help.

open.substack.com

Unlocking Teacher Development

Adam Robbins @mrarobbins.bsky.social · 6d

If you have read Unlocking Teacher Development and enjoyed it then I would really appreciate it if you could write a short Amazon review. As a self published book it's never going to be top of the charts so reviews really help establish its authenticity. ,🙏

Adam Robbins @mrarobbins.bsky.social · Jun 25

Unlocking Teacher Development is built on three fundamental pillars. These ideas are the secret sauce that support teachers to develop, no matter the methods the school chooses to use. They are:

Culture
Motivation
Diffusion

Find out how: adam-robbins.com/unlocking-te...

What’s the book about? The goal of every leader responsible for teacher development is the same:To create the conditions for teachers to grow — sustainably and permanently. BUY NOW! Unlocking…

Unlocking Experienced Teachers

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Adam Robbins @mrarobbins.bsky.social · 10d

Hey #edusky

Excited to announce the launch of this years Middle Leadership Mastery online course.

An interactive online course designed to support middle leaders with improving their knowledge of key aspects of middle leadership.

Please share
www.eventbrite.com/e/1699247969...

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Adam Robbins @mrarobbins.bsky.social · 10d

Hey #edusky

Excited to announce the launch of this years Middle Leadership Mastery online course.

An interactive online course designed to support middle leaders with improving their knowledge of key aspects of middle leadership.

Please share
www.eventbrite.com/e/1699247969...

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Adam Robbins @mrarobbins.bsky.social · 15d

link here www.eventbrite.com/e/1604485472...

A free webinar exploring the reasons why experienced teachers might plateau in their development.

www.eventbrite.com

Adam Robbins @mrarobbins.bsky.social · 15d

This is on Thursday. A few tickets left, sales close 2:30 BST

The hidden world of teachers 2: The greatest sin is certainty.

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Adam Robbins @mrarobbins.bsky.social · 17d

New Blog

Expanding last weeks ideas of Hidden Worlds.

The greatest sin is certainty

adam-robbins.com/2025/09/21/t...

This blog is a sort of sequel to last weeks blog on Graham Nuttal’s hidden lives of learners. One of the privileges of my work as a leadership coach has been seeing how differently people res…

The hidden world of teachers 2: The greatest sin is certainty.

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Adam Robbins @mrarobbins.bsky.social · 17d

New Blog

Expanding last weeks ideas of Hidden Worlds.

The greatest sin is certainty

adam-robbins.com/2025/09/21/t...

This blog is a sort of sequel to last weeks blog on Graham Nuttal’s hidden lives of learners. One of the privileges of my work as a leadership coach has been seeing how differently people res…

So You’ve Had Some Bad INSET? What’s Next?

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Adam Robbins @mrarobbins.bsky.social · 17d

Good to find out I was tapped!

Thanks @teachertapp.bsky.social

So You’ve Had Some Bad INSET? What’s Next? – Adam Robbins Education share.google/YVTzX5yefQhp...

We have all been there. A long day of PowerPoints, too many voices competing for time, and you leave feeling more exhausted than inspired. You did not choose the programme, and you cannot control i…

Adam Robbins @mrarobbins.bsky.social · 17d

Thanks I write them when I see a lesson that needs that technique.

Adam Robbins @mrarobbins.bsky.social · 21d

Thanks Paul 🙏

THE HIDDEN LIVES OF TEACHERS

Adam Robbins @mrarobbins.bsky.social · 21d

No but it sounds like my kind of thing. Probably should have read it before writing Unlocking Teacher Development 🤣

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Adam Robbins @mrarobbins.bsky.social · 21d

New Blog

Building on the legend of Graham Nuttall: The hidden lives of teachers. May be of interest to people who have read blogs on Nuttall or fans of Sarah Cottinghatt and Co’s Cognitive Coaching.

adam-robbins.com/2025/09/17/t...

The work of Graham Nuttall is legendary. His book The Hidden Lives of Learners is still worth returning to, because it shows how careful observation uncovered truths that only later became mainstre…

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Adam Robbins @mrarobbins.bsky.social · 22d

48 hours left to sign up

Adam Robbins @mrarobbins.bsky.social · 27d

#edusky

Got some new middle leaders in your school?

Aspiring to be a middle leader yourself?

Join me next Thursday for a free webinar looking at some of the fundamentals of middle leadership.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stepping-u...

So You’ve Had Some Bad INSET? What’s Next?

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Adam Robbins @mrarobbins.bsky.social · 27d

#edusky

Got some new middle leaders in your school?

Aspiring to be a middle leader yourself?

Join me next Thursday for a free webinar looking at some of the fundamentals of middle leadership.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stepping-u...

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Adam Robbins @mrarobbins.bsky.social · 23d

Continuing last years series open.substack.com/pub/mrarobbi...

Adam Robbins @mrarobbins.bsky.social · 24d

Thanks Jo

Adam Robbins @mrarobbins.bsky.social · 27d

#edusky

Got some new middle leaders in your school?

Aspiring to be a middle leader yourself?

Join me next Thursday for a free webinar looking at some of the fundamentals of middle leadership.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stepping-u...

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Adam Robbins @mrarobbins.bsky.social · Sep 6

NEW BLOG

So you've had some bad INSET? What's next?

adam-robbins.com/2025/09/06/s...

We have all been there. A long day of PowerPoints, too many voices competing for time, and you leave feeling more exhausted than inspired. You did not choose the programme, and you cannot control i…

Making the juice worth the squeeze: September INSET days

Adam Robbins @mrarobbins.bsky.social · Aug 31

If I'm being honest I find the 6 week holiday hard.

I know it's unpopular but the last week or so I just get restless.

Want to get stuck back in!

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Carolyn @myopicninja.bsky.social · Aug 28

Planning inset days? Read this...

Adam Robbins @mrarobbins.bsky.social · Aug 28

Hey #edusky #uked

Planning inset days?

Making the juice worth the squeeze: September INSET days – Adam Robbins Education share.google/C5i9f6jrdVf0...

This blog is a fleshed out version of my thread on Bluesky. When the most recent Teacher Tapp survey was released, I was not surprised by the result. It looked at opinions on September INSET …

Making the juice worth the squeeze: September INSET days

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Adam Robbins @mrarobbins.bsky.social · Aug 28

Hey #edusky #uked

Planning inset days?

Making the juice worth the squeeze: September INSET days – Adam Robbins Education share.google/C5i9f6jrdVf0...

This blog is a fleshed out version of my thread on Bluesky. When the most recent Teacher Tapp survey was released, I was not surprised by the result. It looked at opinions on September INSET …

Why Is Improving Teaching So Difficult — and What Can We Do About It?

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Adam Robbins @mrarobbins.bsky.social · Aug 30

If I had one wish for the upcoming academic year it would be that schools pay more attention to the way they train their staff and avoid falling into the common pitfalls that waste time and money.

adam-robbins.com/2025/06/24/w...

“Every teacher needs to improve, not because they are not good enough, but because they can be even better.” Dylan Wiliam’s quote is now ubiquitous in teacher development circles and rightly so. Th…

Making the juice worth the squeeze: September INSET days

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Adam Robbins @mrarobbins.bsky.social · Aug 28

Hey #edusky #uked

Planning inset days?

Making the juice worth the squeeze: September INSET days – Adam Robbins Education share.google/C5i9f6jrdVf0...

This blog is a fleshed out version of my thread on Bluesky. When the most recent Teacher Tapp survey was released, I was not surprised by the result. It looked at opinions on September INSET …