Educator inspiring stories

"I needed to quickly find a way to re-engage Adam and turn this new negative behaviour around.“

“By me seeing their work individually and building a relationship with them, their confidence grows. They are prepared to be wrong with me, but not with the rest of the class.”

“Teachers are enthusiastic about their teaching which encourages students to be the same towards their learning.”

“I was amazed at how eager the children were to learn. They were researching at home, engaged in all lessons and excited about learning.”

“...students acquired new vocabulary to speak about their engagement, resilience and learning and were able to identify their own resilience when learning mathematically.”

“...opportunity to learn new pedagogies which will become part of the way we teach maths at Claver.”

“I noticed immediate results in student engagement.”

“I often used to use the ‘old ways’ of doing maths.” 

"The partnership of researchers and teachers that was established by Make it Count proved to have considerable effect on my teaching." 

"In Make it Count Mona and I continue to engage regularly in discussions about the effectiveness of the lessons we collaboratively plan both from an academic perspective and from a cultural perspective.”