A framework to contextualise our Tools.
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These layers draw on Graham Nuthall’s seminal work.
- Lessons require educators to be simultaneously mindful of the whole class, cohorts, and individual students.
- In problematic groups, the competing demands can feel like walking a tightrope—constantly adjusting, responding, and adapting, all while trying to maintain an internal sense of balance.
- Our tools ensure you keep balance and agency under constant scrutiny.
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pedagogical exchanges <> peer interactions
visible <> semi-visible
All teachers understand that the interplay between the learning agenda and students' social agenda is integral to the classroom climate. These two are so entwined that it can be difficult to decide where to focus initially—a case of the chicken or the egg. Behaviour may be impeding learning; yet, an uncomfortable truth is that the quality of teaching, shaping the learning experience, could also be contributing to the disruption.
In my research on dynamic classrooms, I had to address both of these factors, without neglecting essential coverage of the semi-visible and invisible dimensions.*
The insights I gained informed the tools I created. Before you invest your precious time, I’d like to briefly reassure you of my credentials as the author.
*individuals' strategies & sense-making processes
Navigating the demands of both the Social Agenda & the 'Learning Agenda'
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- I examined classroom climates through a 6-year, part-time PhD.
- Prior to that I completed a Master’s degree focused on Whole-School behaviour provision.
- I was seconded to deliver the National Strategy for Behaviour.
- I held Whole-School responsibility for behaviour, including creating and implementing policies, setting up comprehensive systems, and leading training for all staff over an extended period.
- This included included taking every centralised detention (weekly-then daily) for 4 years.
- … and perhaps most significantly, I was once a disaffected, underachieving pupil myself—leaving school with just one decent pass!
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- I was Head of Department for 14 Years
- I was an Advanced Skills Teacher (AST)
For details, select the 'About Us' tab on the toolbar.
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Critical Lenses Grounded In Your Reality.
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(re)Directing the Social Agenda
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Fostering Classroom Climate
provides you with a suite of tools designed to give you confidence in uncertainty. The two foundational courses equip you with an array of techniques. Subsequent tools encourage you to combine your decision-making capacity with imagination to explore and create effective strategies to respond. An extended set of scenarios enable you to prepare for unfolding events.
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These are for staff who...
SHOW MEroutinely plan their lessons but rarely plan how they will respond to inevitable disruptions.
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Impact of the Social Agenda
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Chalkface Check-Up
Chalkface Check-Up is an exercise in self-care. It is designed to secure your sense of balance and agency to ensure you are in the best place to teach effectively. The self-reflective tool uses your experience of a recently taught lesson to monitor your personal and professional wellbeing.
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This lens is for staff who...
SHOW MEare too busy to take time to reflect but nevertheless find themselves dwelling on issues well into the evening.
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Subtly Influencing both the Social and Learning Agendas
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The Signature of Expertise
These innovative tools build your ability to 'keep your finger on the pulse’ – to recognise and anticipate fleeting moments in order to respond swiftly and keep your lesson on track. The tools lead experienced, expert teachers to deconstruct and articulate their intuitive practice, equipping them to share valuable insights with their colleagues. A great training platform for less experienced teachers.
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It's for staff who...
effortlessly sense and anticipate the ebb and flow of a lesson, guiding the learning energy, but can’t quite pinpoint how they do it in a way that would help colleagues benefit from their intuition.
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& conversely, for those teachers who...
SHOW MEmiss those fleeting moments that can alter the lesson's trajectory and end up dealing with the implications further down the line. Oh, to be able to tap into the nuances and read the collective mind!
Steering the Learning Agenda
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The Illusion of Knowing
Engage your powers of critical reflection to avoid overconfidence in familiar content (such as assessment and meta-cognition) and ensure effective application of theory into practice.
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SHOW METhese tools place an emphasis on the nature and quality of pedagogical exchanges.
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Impact of the Learning Agenda
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Lesson DnA
Using your experience of a recently taught lesson, Lesson DnA leads you to closely analyse the learning process and examine what you were aware of and alert to while you were teaching the class. Each review leads you to gain a fresh perspective into how your planning and teaching impact learners. This tool places an emphasis on the Semi-Invisible layer and puts a spotlight on the 'R' student.
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This lens is for those teachers who’ve...
SHOW MEleft a lesson thinking they taught it really well, only to realise—when marking or in a later lesson—that much of it had fallen short.
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Edusense is an innovative platform serving those staff who aspire to be intelligent reflective practitioners, methodically unpicking habits to act with fresh intent.
Accepting classrooms as predictably unpredictable, Dr. Warren's methodology enables teachers to probe complexity and build confidence in uncertainty.
Complimentary
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Outcomes of your Investment
- Regardless of the lens you use, each tool collates all of your responses.
- Audio responses are automatically transcribed into text.
- You will receive an email notifying you when your responses are ready to review.
- You may choose to share specific aspects by selecting them as stimuli for discussion.
- Your feedback will provide a link and a code to access our comprehensive evidence of impact tool.
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+SUPPLEMENTARY TOOLS
The Hidden Gems Suite (tools on our Satellite site)
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Facilitating Collective Agency
In addition to providing a method for collating evidence of impact, Each reflective lens serves as a rich stimulus for professional dialogue.
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This provision is a gift for staff who...
Opportunities for Peer-Peer Coachinghave read a book, been on a webinar or completed a coaching course but haven’t practiced in a while, spending most of the session trying to remember what to say instead of really listening to their colleague.
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The Hidden Gems Suite (£0 - free tools on our Satellite site)
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The Art of Withitness
Free Access £0cultivates your ability to anticipate, observe, and respond to the various factors influencing classroom climate and management – to be ‘with-it’. This quality underpins our Signature of Expertise tools.
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Collaborative Planning
Free Access £0provides a platform for teacher autonomy and fosters collaboration between colleagues. It leads intelligent, reflective practitioners to deep shared thinking as they seek to create and deliver high-quality learning experiences for their classes.
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The Hidden Gems Suite (tools on our Satellite site)
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Four Corners
7-Day SubscriptionThese four key aspects complement core elements of our Lesson DnA tool, drawing on literature and practitioner research to provide innovative insights.
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& for those teachers who...
Templates to Review Videoreview their video clips, dissatisfied that their investment yields superficial observations, they struggle to know how they might glean insights. Includes, Retrace - Cultivating Professional Noticing.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What do I need to use these tools?
You can view any of the tools on a laptop, pc, tablet or smartphone.
What's the distinction between FITS & Gems Tools?
Both come under the umbrella of Edusense Reflective Tools.
- The two sets of tools use different software platforms. FITS is more sophisticated and requires you to create an account. Within FITS, you purchase 'Footprints' (credits) to use, and you can invite others to access bundles you’ve purchased. It offers audio-to-text transcription, allows you to pause and resume your reflections, and keeps a record of all your responses at the end.
- On the other hand, Gems tools offer equally rich content but are hosted on a separate satellite site. You create an individual account and subscribe to specific tools through the Gems Shop. Access your subscriptions via the 'My Account/Active Subscriptions' tab on the Gems task bar. Unlike FITS, Gems does not save your content. You’ll need to download and save your responses as you go, ensuring you format them and save them to a designated folder.
What does FITS stand for?
All is revealed as I share my methodology in the second video via this link.
What about time – how and when do I find time to reflect?
We appreciate the relentless demands of a school day. The FITS tools can be used at a time to suit you and are designed to fit in with your schedule. We recommend school leaders provide teachers with a dedicated block of non-contact time to ensure maximum value is gleaned from each reflection.
The reflections takes approximately 30 – 40 minutes. A progress bar at the top of the screen helps to track your progress.
Keep the momentum going for as long as possible. When concentration wanes, take a break to process your experience and resume later. We've integrated a pause and resume function that allows you to save your progress, log off and return to your reflection when convenient. (Although, because your reflection focuses on a specific lesson from your timetable, we advise you resume before your memory fades.)
Where can I reactivate the reflection?
Just log back into the FITS platform, and under 'Footprints in Progress,' click 'Resume' to continue where you left off. Watch the FITS instructional video, available on log-in, for guidance.
What sets the FITS tools apart?
The FITS tools are designed to foster thoughtful engagement. They probe your experience, your interactions, your values, your context, and your knowledge. The FITS tools give you space to think for yourself - and permission to be curious.
As you interact with the prompts, you'll notice that some of your responses will be immediate, tied to vivid memories. Others will encourage you to take your time, prompting deeper contemplation as you search for a considered response.
The prompts are grounded in Dr Warren’s research and experience.
Sometimes I find it easier to just speak as it captures something of my thought process and tends to save time. Is there an option to use audio?
Absolutely. You'll often have the choice between using a text box or audio to respond to the prompt. Furthermore, if you opt for audio, FITS will automatically transcribe each utterance into text for your convenience.
I have quite a strong accent, what if the transcript is hard to make sense of?
The default setting for the software is British English and is typically accurate. To preserve the integrity of your responses, audio is presented alongside the text giving you the option to play back your responses.
Can I share specific responses with a coach, mentor, or colleague?
Of course! You have the option to share extracts if you choose to. This offers substantial material for meaningful, professional conversations. Alternatively,
you can add evidence of your insights and learning to your personal, reflective journal.
If I log in and a different FITS tool catches my eye, can I switch?
Absolutely, each tool on the menu is available every time you log in. With logos and brief descriptions, you can easily choose the one that suits your needs or interests.
Can I purchase more than a single reflection?
Yes, you have the option to buy a 'Mini Bundle' of 6 reflections or invest in a 'Mighty Bundle' that gives you access to 25 reflections.
Will opting for a bundle save me money?
Yes, indeed. The 'Mini Bundle' offers a 10% discount, while the 'Mighty Bundle' provides even greater value with a 20% discount.
How does that translate into prices?
A single reflection costs just £11. The 'Mini Bundle' of 6 reflections is
priced at £59.40 (unit price £9.90).
The 'Mighty Bundle' of 25 reflections is available for just £220. That drops
the cost to £8.80 per unit.
So the Mighty Bundle is the best value?
Yes, the 'Mighty Bundle' empowers you to make the most of our discounted bundle of 25 reflections. This provides a versatile range of options to create tailored solutions for diverse professional needs across the entire school or multi-academy trust.
What advantages come with investing in a Mini Bundle?
Firstly, our 'Mini Bundle' of 6 reflections is thoughtfully designed to conveniently address an individual’s Professional Development needs throughout the entire year. You might choose to use a specific tool throughout, and may even decide to restrict coverage to a single teaching group to compare and contrast your initial responses with those that follow. Each half-term, you'll have a resource at your disposal.
And Secondly?
If you're working as part of a team, our 'Mini Bundle' of 6 provides each team member with the opportunity to independently collect data on specific priorities. You might collectively choose a particular tool that directly addresses a priority issue you're focusing on.
Can you provide reassurance about GDPR?
Certainly. Rest assured that we are fully GDPR compliant. All the details can be found in our policy document. This ensures that you can focus on enhancing your ability to analyse and articulate your thoughts, while effortlessly
sharing insights with others. While pupils won't directly contribute to FITS, they will be the primary focus of your responses. To maintain confidentiality, we advise the use of initials or codes to avoid using pupils' (or colleagues') full names.