Dan Thomas trained to be a primary school teacher at the University of the West of England, qualifying in 2001. Since then he has worked across the primary and secondary sectors focussing on innovation and teaching and learning in a variety of leadership positions. Dan has worked as a senior leader in a federation of secondary schools as well as working for the SSAT. More recently he has worked as an interim Headteacher in South Wales and been the Headteacher and then the Executive Headteacher at Shavington Primary School, moving to being Executive Headteacher for the Learning for Life Partnership which includes both Shavington and Wheelock primary schools.
No teachers like being observed when they are teaching; when it comes to schools positioning cameras in classrooms for lesson observations, teachers naturally feel in the spotlight and under pressure. Assessing children is one thing, but while all teachers want professional development, no one is comfortable being reviewed and assessed themselves.
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