From time to time jobs come up in schools. Maybe your school, maybe other schools. Perhaps a TLR with additional responsibilities or perhaps a completely new role. Whatever it is can I just say, if the only reason you are applying is that it’s more money than you get paid now, don’t do it. Most […]
I’ve had the opportunity to spend time in schools over than my own over the past few weeks and have been treated generously by Heads and other SLT members who have given me part of their time. I’m still reflecting on specifics that relate to the particular context of my school and responsibilities but below […]
For a person with a background in maths and applied sciences I can be unusually pedantic when it comes to words, especially if they are words which convey an important concept. There are some words that I feel have become dulled in our current society through over use and often misuse. For example, in my […]
The above is the rather blunt question I that posed recently during an occasional focus/ discussion group that I attend with other educational professionals at the DfE. It was posed to a civil servant who was part of the team who advises Michael Gove and was part of a wider discussion about the direction of travel […]
Recently I’ve been asked advice by a few people who have been charged with turning around under-performing departments. I wouldn’t say I was an exert but I have some experience of this having run 2 departments in different schools and improving outcomes for students, by identifiying, utilising and developing the strengths of my team, in each case. As […]
This blog post could be considered a response or maybe even a companion piece to one written by Christopher Waugh (@edutronic_net), a teacher and thought-provoking educational blogger. Chris’s article was about the need to evaluate and constantly improve what happens in the classroom in order to improve outcomes for students. The bit that stood out for […]