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  • Closing The Vocabulary Gap / March 7, 2020

    ‘We Did Vocabulary Last Year’

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    We are ‘Doing Curriculum’ – so what are we stopping?

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    Curriculum Development and Teacher Development

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    What do we mean by ‘knowledge rich’ anyway?

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  • Closing The Vocabulary Gap, Resources / October 20, 2018

    Vocabulary Clinic

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    More than Just ‘Word Walls’

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The Teacher Expert and the Cynic

In The Confident Teacher by Alex Quigley21/09/201318 Comments

“In pursuit of knowledge, every day something is acquired; In pursuit of wisdom, every day something is dropped.” Lao Tzu (cited by Karl E. Weick) Most of us know, or have known, …

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Reassuring to see schools and trusts sharing well thought out plans for September. Thank you Jon. https://twitter.com/joncoles01/status/1279119493965512706

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As promised please find below the link to sign up for the Reciprocal Reader CPD on Thursday 9th July at 7.30pm. I will go through how I have launched this whole school and why you should be using this approach in your own schools. #TENConline #TeamEnglish https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reciprocal-reading-cpd-with-chloe-woodhouse-aviewaskew-tickets-112292471806?utm-medium=discovery&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&aff=estw&utm-source=tw&utm-term=eventcard

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So excited and proud to be part of this conference talking about a topic I am insanely passionate about! @Team_English1 @TeamEnglishNC https://twitter.com/TeamEnglishNC/status/1278350628679553025

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Alex Quigley

Alex Quigley

I am National Content Manager at the EEF, supporting teachers to access research evidence. After over fifteen years in the classroom, I now support from outside the school gates.

I write edubooks and I am very lucky to have a column for both TES and Teach Secondary magazine.

Alex Quigley

I am National Content Manager at the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), after fifteen years as an English teacher and school leader. The focus of my work is supporting school improvement and making research  evidence accessible and useable for teachers and school leaders.

I write books for Routledge, including the bestseller, ‘Closing the Vocabulary Gap’. Currently, I am a columnist for both TES and Teach Secondary magazine. I am a ResearchED Trustee & a member of the Chartered College of Teaching Impact Journal board.

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