If you watched Teacher Development Trust’s live streaming event with SecEd last month, you would have heard Professor Sir Tim Brighouse talk about butterflies.
Why butterflies? He uses references to chaos theory where a simple act of a butterfly flapping its wings can initiate a hurricane weeks later.
Sir Tim’s metaphor is about encouraging teachers to find improvements to teaching which require the least effort but achieve the maximum impact. He maintains this is best achieved when teachers collaborate in their planning.
After listening to Sir Tim, the next day I was in a school in Lincolnshire where one young teacher inspired senior leaders from 17 local schools with her stories of doing the same thing.
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