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teaching history

Subject Leader Development Programme

Lianne Moore has written about her experience undertaking the Historical Association’s SLDP. The impact it has had on her teaching and opportunity to work with a range of colleagues in the history teaching community. What really drew me to this programme was the opportunity to engage in leadership CPD that was subject specific. Leadership CPD, whilst certainly of benefit, can often feel generic, and doesn’t … Continue reading Subject Leader Development Programme

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curriculum and planning, diversity and inclusion, KS3, subject leadership, teaching history

Gained time = curriculum time

Thanks to Catherine Priggs, member of HA Secondary Committee, and Geraint Brown, HA Fellow, for this blogpost on how to use time gained in the best possible way for your history curriculum. They provide practical help to guide you in a curriculum review process. Pupils on study leave? Exam season coming to an end? More non-contact time? Now is the perfect time to relax… and … Continue reading Gained time = curriculum time

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Quality assuring your history curriculum by listening to students

Thanks to Phil Arkinstall and Helen Snelson of HA Secondary Committee for writing up this blogpost to share the HA Young Voices project and ideas about how you can develop your own work with students to support quality assurance processes. As history teachers we are required to quality assure what we do and to develop improvement plans. How often do we check with the young … Continue reading Quality assuring your history curriculum by listening to students

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CPD, curriculum and planning, subject leadership, teacher knowledge

Curriculum Mapping your History Department

Thanks to Philip Arkinstall, Curriculum Leader for History at Hardenhuish School, HA Secondary Committee member and Trustee for this blogpost. Phil guides us through the process of curriculum mapping in a history department. Curriculum mapping our department was one of the best things we have done as a department and we began the process in 2018. It started in a department meeting, where I used … Continue reading Curriculum Mapping your History Department

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curriculum and planning, subject leadership

This blogpost isn’t for you; what your line manager needs to know about history

Thanks to Catherine Priggs, Assistant Headteacher T&L, Dr Challoner’s Grammar School and member of HA Secondary Committee for this week’s blogpost. In it Catherine explains how to work with senior leaders to ensure that they have the knowledge they need to support history teaching and subject leadership. Curriculum leadership needs our attention. In the face of non-specialist teaching due to a recruitment and retention crisis, … Continue reading This blogpost isn’t for you; what your line manager needs to know about history

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How special(ist) is your Line Manager?

Thank you to Simon Harrison, Headteacher of Crofton School and member of HA Secondary Committee, for this blogpost. In in Simon discusses line management by specialists and non-specialists, and points us in the direction of support for the latter to help them with their understanding of history as a school subject. As a history teaching headteacher, I find it hard to keep my nose out … Continue reading How special(ist) is your Line Manager?

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curriculum and planning, KS3, subject leadership, teaching history

Where do marks on KS3 assessments come from?

Thanks to Martyn Bajkowski, Head of History at Pleckgate School and member of Secondary Committee, for sharing work on assessment at Key Stage 3. Martyn shares how his department have read, thought and discussed their way to a manageable system that is focused on secure historical learning. Pupils find it engaging and it is providing the department with useful data to use to work on … Continue reading Where do marks on KS3 assessments come from?

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beginning teacher, CPD, curriculum and planning, historical literacy, KS3, speaking and listening, subject leadership

Literacy and Oracy in History – a new HA CPD guide

As we near the end of the long autumn term, subject leaders may be starting to think about preparation for INSET time at the start of January. The HA is here to help with a range of CPD guides that SLs can use to structure learning together as a department. You can find the currently available guides here. The most recent guide focuses on literacy … Continue reading Literacy and Oracy in History – a new HA CPD guide

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beginning teacher, CPD, curriculum and planning, GCSE and A level, subject leadership

Curricular implementation at Key Stage 4: Anatomy of a GCSE History Unit.

Thanks to Hugh Richards, Head of History at Huntington School and course leader of the HA’s Subject Leader Development Programme, for this blogpost. In it Hugh walks us through the process of planning a GCSE History Unit. From that he draws out GCSE planning principles. This blogpost is useful for anyone also planning GCSE units and to discuss in departmental CPD. I have recently planned … Continue reading Curricular implementation at Key Stage 4: Anatomy of a GCSE History Unit.

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curriculum and planning, GCSE and A level, subject leadership

Some thoughts on responding to results: a guide for new (or nervous!) Subject Leaders of History

In this blogpost Hugh Richards shares his experience of results’ days. Hugh is Head of History at Huntington School in York and the leader of the team of SLs who work on the HA’s Subject Leader Development Programme. Firstly, I am no expert on data. I am an experienced head of department, but I am not claiming any particular authority, just sharing my approach in … Continue reading Some thoughts on responding to results: a guide for new (or nervous!) Subject Leaders of History

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