After attending sharings at school, cluster, zonal, and even national level, you come to realize that classroom teaching is more or less the same.

It is a people-job, and ultimately boils down to classroom time, practice, and consistency in students' effort.

There is no substitute for giving work, and marking work.

A class that do more work, gets their work marked promptly and getting the needed feedback, will do better than a class with less work, and less feedback.

Every few years they will introduce new fads, and teachers will rush to follow.
Like using ict tools such as padlet, kahoot, mentimeter in lessons.

And then latest fad is to change the way lesson plans are designed.

But if we look at the flow of lessons, it's always essentially about teaching-class work- homework.

Same stuff, just packaged differently.

Packaging matters ;)

Whether we want to admit or like it or not...

I think you are a good KP. Please don't burn yourself out!

Tell me about it. I have encountered all sorts thus far: Team-Based Learning, Inquiry Based Learning, Design Thinking, Assessment for Learning, Problem Based Learning.

Just what on earth are we doing? Is it a sin to teach the traditional way?

I'd like a KP like this! Free up my time to prepare for T&L.

Sure, do kids learn better the traditional way? Or do they simply score well for exams with the tried and tested drill and practice Methods? What’s wrong with having new ways to teach?

Creating more work for the sake of creating something new.

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At a basketball match if one insist to use your legs to kick the ball because it's more effective, one will definitely be fouled.

KRAs are subjective but also very clear that academics are only one area that one is assessed. Can argue against it till the cows come home, it won't make a difference.

It's also not that "teaching" work is low impact, but it's clearly stated that GEO4s and especially GEO5s are expected to impact teaching beyond just their own class. GEO5s need to make level-wide impact. And these expectations are just for meeting expectations i.e. a C.

Let's say teaching SEN students is one's passion and strength. How to increase impact? Not by teaching more and more classes with SEN students. But by contributing at level-level, school-level, cluster-level or even national-level. High-impact work may not be more effort which is less enjoyable. Mentor younger teachers or peers who need help with SEN students. Write newsletters to share about SEN strategies. Be the IC / initiate some SEN-related committee or event. Make sharing on school, cluster or national platform about teaching SEN students.

High impact work need not be tiring or meaningless. Go with your passion, then extend the level of impact higher.

You sound like one of those boomer teachers who are too stuck in their ways to realise that times have changed. Please retire soon so that you don't stand in the way of younger teachers who have a better way of teaching.