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Darren Leslie: Becoming Educated

Darren Leslie: Becoming Educated

Work The Clock

Time is arguably the greatest resource you can have in the classroom. How can we maximise it by showing the clock and using countdowns.

4 min readJun 19, 2022

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Darren Leslie: Becoming Educated

Using Student Work to Improve All Students

Using the TLAC technique Show Call to display student work so that all students can learn from it.

4 min readJun 9, 2022

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Using Student Work to Improve All Students

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Darren Leslie: Becoming Educated

Nothing new, Just Review

Instead of teaching anything new I use one lesson a month to review what I have been teaching.

5 min readJun 3, 2022

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Nothing new, Just Review

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Darren Leslie: Becoming Educated

How I’m Using Mini-Whiteboards

Mini-whiteboards are quickly becoming a staple of my classroom practice. Here is how i’m using them.

5 min readMay 27, 2022

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Darren Leslie: Becoming Educated

Pass the Pen

‘Pass the pen’ is where you hand over the whiteboard pen to a students so that they can share their thinking with their peers.

3 min readMay 18, 2022

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Pass the Pen

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Darren Leslie: Becoming Educated

Finding My Voice

Tom Sherrington has inspired me to ‘find my voice’ and make an attempt to get into a routine of blogging and sharing what i’m wrestling with

2 min readMay 16, 2022

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Finding My Voice

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Darren Leslie: Becoming Educated

Aiming to Teach Responsively

After reading ‘Responsive Teaching’ by Harry Fletcher-Wood I have identified three areas I aim to improve in my classroom practice.

7 min readMar 11, 2021

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Aiming to Teach Responsively

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Darren Leslie: Becoming Educated

TLAC 301: Check for Understanding in the Online Classroom

Towards the end of my first workshop with Uncommon Schools they mentioned a new workshop they had just finished designing focussing on…

5 min readFeb 23, 2021

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TLAC 301: Check for Understanding in the Online Classroom

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Darren Leslie: Becoming Educated

TLAC 101: Principles for Remote Instruction

A few weeks ago I attended an Uncommon Schools webinar for remote instruction — 101: Principles of Remote Instruction.

5 min readFeb 22, 2021

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TLAC 101: Principles for Remote Instruction

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Darren Leslie: Becoming Educated

‘Ratio’ in the Online Classroom

Building ratio online can be done easily by transferring some great strategies to your remote teaching.

4 min readJan 20, 2021

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‘Ratio’ in the Online Classroom

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Darren Leslie: Becoming Educated

Darren Leslie: Becoming Educated

What are the hallmarks of High Impact Teaching? Discussing the features of a great classroom. Darren Leslie, Principal Teacher of Teaching & Learning. @dnleslie

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