Leave ‘26 = coastline coves, the sound of the sea, boating down estuaries, & cream teas…… #devon26
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Prof. Claire Ball-Smith
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Director ITE, Uni of York; UCET Chair; teachereducator; history education advocate; lifelong learner; likes nothing more than being outside esp. in the North. Derbyshire lass. Views my own. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇰🇪🇸🇪🇨🇦🇬🇧
@educprofclaire.bsky.social@educprofclaire.bsky.socialProud aunty day….my eldest niece graduated from Swansea Uni today with a 1st class degree in marine biology! She commences her masters at Swansea in the autumn - what a superstar!!
@educprofclaire.bsky.socialCongratulations Will and welcome to your history education tribe!
@educprofclaire.bsky.socialCongratulations Holly and welcome to your history education tribe!
@educprofclaire.bsky.socialMany congratulations Joseph and welcome to your new tribe of history educators…..
@educprofclaire.bsky.socialI did once have a 2 hour December coach journey to a Tudor Manor House in Somerset that can compete on the litres front - when we arrived at said Manor House it snowed on us all day. We literally skidded out of the car park on return coach journey prompting more use of bags and wet wipes….
@educprofclaire.bsky.socialAnd carry plastic bags at all times as well as wet wipes in my experience
@educprofclaire.bsky.socialEvery year I read this and consider my equivalent tale (involving inhalers and asthma attacks up the steep slopes of Peveril Castle) a mild inconvenience by comparison!!
@educprofclaire.bsky.socialAn absolutely classic tale, I venture no one can top this @apf102.bsky.social in the history education world…..
@educprofclaire.bsky.socialI just don’t get this on so many levels. and the money attached is staggering. What exactly makes these teachers better than those of other providers???
@educprofclaire.bsky.socialCongratulations!!!
@educprofclaire.bsky.social@educprofclaire.bsky.social*won - gotta love predictive text!!
@educprofclaire.bsky.socialWe are so so proud of one of our UoY mentors this evening - Erin Josh of Northallerton School & Sixth Form has won the inaugural Helen Snelson HTEN mentoring award! See the thread below for more details as to why, plus all the other incredible mentors who were nominated.
@educprofclaire.bsky.socialVery proud that a UoY mentor has one this inaugural award, Helen would be smiling!!Congratulations to Erin & Northallerton School! But Helen would also be incredibly happy to see such superb mentoring happening for BTs & ECTs across the UK: what an amazing group of inspirational history teachers.
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@educprofclaire.bsky.socialGood luck to the 2025-26 UoYPGCE primary and secondary cohorts tomorrow as they go into placement schools across Yorkshire & Humberside. You’ve got this!
#newteachergeneration
#pgceUoYprimary
#pgceUoYsecondary
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@educprofclaire.bsky.socialThis 👇👇👇👇
@educprofclaire.bsky.socialA huge welcome to our 2025-26 @universityofyork PGCE cohort! Virtual hello for secondary BTs this week, but the secondary team are looking forward to saying hello in person on Monday next week. Primary BTs already up & running!! Welcome aboard your PGCE journey at York!
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@educprofclaire.bsky.socialImportant article getting at the heart of retention problems with ECTs. Push-pull factors clear. Lots of good for thought for schools, DfE, trusts, appropriate bodies and ITE providers. bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/PRNJER...
bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.comThe five‐year itch: Motivational factors that influence the career decisions of early career teachers in EnglandYou have to enable JavaScript in your browser's settings in order to use the eReader.