Emily Rankin
@teachrankin.bsky.social
Whole-school Deputy Head & Head of Academics / English teacher / FCCT / Education writer / Mom of two firecrackers / Eternal optimist
Our fantastic librarian Ms Mowatt is running a December non-fiction Advent calendar where we can be the first to borrow a brand-new library book 📚⛄️
I was delighted to be drawn today; I got “The Ultimate Guide to Adaptive Teaching” by @suecowley.bsky.social !
I was delighted to be drawn today; I got “The Ultimate Guide to Adaptive Teaching” by @suecowley.bsky.social !
December 5, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Our fantastic librarian Ms Mowatt is running a December non-fiction Advent calendar where we can be the first to borrow a brand-new library book 📚⛄️
I was delighted to be drawn today; I got “The Ultimate Guide to Adaptive Teaching” by @suecowley.bsky.social !
I was delighted to be drawn today; I got “The Ultimate Guide to Adaptive Teaching” by @suecowley.bsky.social !
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📢 This week’s SecEd Bulletin is live! Packed with ideas for #teachers & school leaders:
✅ Teaching #Shakespeare effectively
✅ Ofsted's 90-minute pre-inspection call
✅ School reading culture: 7 ideas
✅ #Metacognition & the R? annotation
👉 Read now buff.ly/952Nrld
#teaching #education #schools
✅ Teaching #Shakespeare effectively
✅ Ofsted's 90-minute pre-inspection call
✅ School reading culture: 7 ideas
✅ #Metacognition & the R? annotation
👉 Read now buff.ly/952Nrld
#teaching #education #schools
December 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
📢 This week’s SecEd Bulletin is live! Packed with ideas for #teachers & school leaders:
✅ Teaching #Shakespeare effectively
✅ Ofsted's 90-minute pre-inspection call
✅ School reading culture: 7 ideas
✅ #Metacognition & the R? annotation
👉 Read now buff.ly/952Nrld
#teaching #education #schools
✅ Teaching #Shakespeare effectively
✅ Ofsted's 90-minute pre-inspection call
✅ School reading culture: 7 ideas
✅ #Metacognition & the R? annotation
👉 Read now buff.ly/952Nrld
#teaching #education #schools
This handy graphic on Education Change Management from @pptanz.bsky.social has proven valuable once again, this time while we planned a new student phone policy.
Find the full change management guide here: www.ppta.org.nz/about-ppta/p...
Find the full change management guide here: www.ppta.org.nz/about-ppta/p...
November 28, 2025 at 5:42 AM
This handy graphic on Education Change Management from @pptanz.bsky.social has proven valuable once again, this time while we planned a new student phone policy.
Find the full change management guide here: www.ppta.org.nz/about-ppta/p...
Find the full change management guide here: www.ppta.org.nz/about-ppta/p...
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Teaching annotating skills IS teaching writing. When students learn to track tone, emotion, and intent with precision, they’re actually learning how to think like writers. Start with clear annotation guidance - watch their analysis soar. @edutopia.org
November 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Teaching annotating skills IS teaching writing. When students learn to track tone, emotion, and intent with precision, they’re actually learning how to think like writers. Start with clear annotation guidance - watch their analysis soar. @edutopia.org
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November 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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"...who don’t fully understand all our school communications." www.tes.com/magazine/lea... A great piece in @tesmagazine.bsky.social from @teachrankin.bsky.social 2/2
Why international teachers should learn the language
Making an effort to learn the language of your host country is respectful to parents, boosts your confidence and adds to the je ne sais quoi of international school life, says this teacher
www.tes.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
"...who don’t fully understand all our school communications." www.tes.com/magazine/lea... A great piece in @tesmagazine.bsky.social from @teachrankin.bsky.social 2/2
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Committing to learning the language of your host country if you're an international teacher: "It’s helped me to become even more sensitive to the needs of our students who are English language learners & our parents from many countries..." www.tes.com/magazine/lea... @teachrankin.bsky.social 1/2
November 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Committing to learning the language of your host country if you're an international teacher: "It’s helped me to become even more sensitive to the needs of our students who are English language learners & our parents from many countries..." www.tes.com/magazine/lea... @teachrankin.bsky.social 1/2
It was a joy watching our cross-country runners this morning in Waterloo, BE. Love being part of our St. John's International School community! Go Lions!🦁
Thank you, AD Ian Hanavan and Coach Peter for making this all happen 🌳
Thank you, AD Ian Hanavan and Coach Peter for making this all happen 🌳
October 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
It was a joy watching our cross-country runners this morning in Waterloo, BE. Love being part of our St. John's International School community! Go Lions!🦁
Thank you, AD Ian Hanavan and Coach Peter for making this all happen 🌳
Thank you, AD Ian Hanavan and Coach Peter for making this all happen 🌳
Love this quote by @ann-palmer20.bsky.social
July 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Love this quote by @ann-palmer20.bsky.social
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Maslow for holidays 😆
July 25, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Maslow for holidays 😆
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Last month we released training materials developed with Chiltern Learning Trust and Department for Education to help teachers and leaders understand and use AI tools safely and effectively, exploring both opportunities and ethical considerations. 🤖📚
:https://chartered.pulse.ly/nrmdbu6qtj
:https://chartered.pulse.ly/nrmdbu6qtj
July 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Last month we released training materials developed with Chiltern Learning Trust and Department for Education to help teachers and leaders understand and use AI tools safely and effectively, exploring both opportunities and ethical considerations. 🤖📚
:https://chartered.pulse.ly/nrmdbu6qtj
:https://chartered.pulse.ly/nrmdbu6qtj
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‘AI is not going to remove the bias from your hiring processes at this point. AI doesn’t think’.
Completely unsurprising results on a study below looking at AI recruitment, with women and Global Majority data-profiles being advised to ask for a lower salary. AI is built on biases and bad advice 1/
Completely unsurprising results on a study below looking at AI recruitment, with women and Global Majority data-profiles being advised to ask for a lower salary. AI is built on biases and bad advice 1/
July 25, 2025 at 6:39 AM
‘AI is not going to remove the bias from your hiring processes at this point. AI doesn’t think’.
Completely unsurprising results on a study below looking at AI recruitment, with women and Global Majority data-profiles being advised to ask for a lower salary. AI is built on biases and bad advice 1/
Completely unsurprising results on a study below looking at AI recruitment, with women and Global Majority data-profiles being advised to ask for a lower salary. AI is built on biases and bad advice 1/
Summer break has found us in Montana, North Dakota and Minnesota. Here, cousins are taking a dip in Flathead Lake, MT - bliss!
July 25, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Summer break has found us in Montana, North Dakota and Minnesota. Here, cousins are taking a dip in Flathead Lake, MT - bliss!
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Teacher @cathleenbeachbd.bsky.social shares 4 ways to put the science of slow into practice: edut.to/4nUtVZM
#EduSky
#EduSky
July 17, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Teacher @cathleenbeachbd.bsky.social shares 4 ways to put the science of slow into practice: edut.to/4nUtVZM
#EduSky
#EduSky
A parent sent me news about how schools in Estonia are progressively using #AI. This, combined with my team's continued work on AI Policy at St. John's International School and my own teaching experience, sparked this article; feedback welcome!
AI poses a large benefit to schools, @teachrankin.bsky.social says—but educators must be mindful of the pitfalls that come with well-meaning AI use. 🤖
Here’s how.
#EduSkyAI #EduAI #EdTech #EduSky
Here’s how.
#EduSkyAI #EduAI #EdTech #EduSky
How to Avoid 5 Common AI Pitfalls
Even with the best of intentions, problems might arise with artificial intelligence tools. Here’s how to keep things balanced.
edut.to
July 15, 2025 at 1:10 AM
A parent sent me news about how schools in Estonia are progressively using #AI. This, combined with my team's continued work on AI Policy at St. John's International School and my own teaching experience, sparked this article; feedback welcome!
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#Estonia schools to equip 10th and 11th grade students with AI accounts
💻 🤖🤯https://buff.ly/cx7PORE
"But there are concerns about potential pitfalls, such as algorithmic bias, compromising student agency and reliance on unreliable AI detection tools."
@teachrankin.bsky.social @edutopia.org
💻 🤖🤯https://buff.ly/cx7PORE
"But there are concerns about potential pitfalls, such as algorithmic bias, compromising student agency and reliance on unreliable AI detection tools."
@teachrankin.bsky.social @edutopia.org
July 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
#Estonia schools to equip 10th and 11th grade students with AI accounts
💻 🤖🤯https://buff.ly/cx7PORE
"But there are concerns about potential pitfalls, such as algorithmic bias, compromising student agency and reliance on unreliable AI detection tools."
@teachrankin.bsky.social @edutopia.org
💻 🤖🤯https://buff.ly/cx7PORE
"But there are concerns about potential pitfalls, such as algorithmic bias, compromising student agency and reliance on unreliable AI detection tools."
@teachrankin.bsky.social @edutopia.org
Reposted by Emily Rankin
AI poses a large benefit to schools, @teachrankin.bsky.social says—but educators must be mindful of the pitfalls that come with well-meaning AI use. 🤖
Here’s how.
#EduSkyAI #EduAI #EdTech #EduSky
Here’s how.
#EduSkyAI #EduAI #EdTech #EduSky
How to Avoid 5 Common AI Pitfalls
Even with the best of intentions, problems might arise with artificial intelligence tools. Here’s how to keep things balanced.
edut.to
July 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
AI poses a large benefit to schools, @teachrankin.bsky.social says—but educators must be mindful of the pitfalls that come with well-meaning AI use. 🤖
Here’s how.
#EduSkyAI #EduAI #EdTech #EduSky
Here’s how.
#EduSkyAI #EduAI #EdTech #EduSky
School’s out for summer! Just a few of the many highlights for me in the last days of term at our wonderful St. John's International School were… 🧵
June 28, 2025 at 8:08 AM
School’s out for summer! Just a few of the many highlights for me in the last days of term at our wonderful St. John's International School were… 🧵
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Hoping this week - with the combination of Gareth Southgate's talk and "Adolescence" - is the "Mr Bates vs The Post Office" moment for the Manosphere. Teenage boys deserves SO much more joy and optimism than Andrew Tate.
March 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Hoping this week - with the combination of Gareth Southgate's talk and "Adolescence" - is the "Mr Bates vs The Post Office" moment for the Manosphere. Teenage boys deserves SO much more joy and optimism than Andrew Tate.
Top take-aways from the @collegeofteaching.bsky.social annual lecture on #AI in education, in no particular order:
- Open with what you want to END with; what problems do you want to solve? frame it.
- Write a really good AI policy and expect to rewrite it soon
…🧵
- Open with what you want to END with; what problems do you want to solve? frame it.
- Write a really good AI policy and expect to rewrite it soon
…🧵
March 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Top take-aways from the @collegeofteaching.bsky.social annual lecture on #AI in education, in no particular order:
- Open with what you want to END with; what problems do you want to solve? frame it.
- Write a really good AI policy and expect to rewrite it soon
…🧵
- Open with what you want to END with; what problems do you want to solve? frame it.
- Write a really good AI policy and expect to rewrite it soon
…🧵
“Would you put AI back in the box?” - opening question from @catscutt.bsky.social at the annual @collegeofteaching.bsky.social lecture on #AI in education. So glad to be here all the way from Brussels!
March 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
“Would you put AI back in the box?” - opening question from @catscutt.bsky.social at the annual @collegeofteaching.bsky.social lecture on #AI in education. So glad to be here all the way from Brussels!
Giving quality feedback is non-negotiable for me—& the biggest time sink. I’ve tried it all: audio, video, email merges, TextExpander app, endless rubrics. AI can allow better & faster feedback so I can spend more time with Ss, not just writing about them. #EduSky #AIEdu
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Enhancing Feedback with AI: Making Feedback Clearer, More Meaningful, and More Human
AI process enables a shift from transactional student feedback to relational feedback
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February 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Another wonderful gift from @evidencebasededu.bsky.social , on memory and learning
Understanding Memory and Learning 🧠
This eBook offers an introduction that every teacher can use as a starting point.
What’s a memorable ‘aha moment’ you’ve witnessed when a student truly grasped a concept?
Download this free eBook from our Great Teaching series!
👉 https://buff.ly/3X8UcYw
This eBook offers an introduction that every teacher can use as a starting point.
What’s a memorable ‘aha moment’ you’ve witnessed when a student truly grasped a concept?
Download this free eBook from our Great Teaching series!
👉 https://buff.ly/3X8UcYw
February 23, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Another wonderful gift from @evidencebasededu.bsky.social , on memory and learning