Thinking Deeply about Primary Education
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Learn more about The Story of Maths and ACEL Pro - www.alta-education.com/tsom-overview and https://www.acel.pro For maths curriculum questions contact us here or via support@alta-education.com Get your tickets for the TDaPE Conference Edinburgh For show notes, links, and a summary episode, sign up for the Hey! What You Reading For newsletter. Mondays at 7am BST - https://tdape.beehiiv.com/subscribe AI For Teachers newsletter Episode 305: Teachers should not feel abandoned when behaviour becomes unsafe, but neither should asking for support leave them feeling that they have surrendered responsibility for their classroom. In this episode, Kieran is joined by Shannen Doherty and headteacher Becky Leeves to explore the 3Ds: a simple shared language for deciding when additional support is needed. Shannen and Becky explain how the approach has reduced emotion and ambiguity, improved communication over school radios and helped leaders prioritise their response. Crucially, it has also protected teachers’ professional judgement. The 3Ds are not a rigid checklist or an automatic route to removing a pupil. They provide a common language through which staff can ask for another pair of hands without judgement. The conversation offers a thoughtful model for balancing teacher agency with collective responsibility, while keeping the dignity, safety and needs of pupils at the centre of every response.
