It started with reading sports team Coach biographies. John Wooden, Phil Jackson, Mike Krzyzewski (Basketball), Sir Alex Ferguson, Johan Cruyff, Anson Dorrance (Football), Sir Clive Woodward and James Kerr’s Legacy (Rugby) and Dave Brailsford (Cycling) and there were plenty others. …
I will be honest, time to dedicate to writing has been hard to prioritise. However, some topics I find harder to resist than others: “organisational design,” and trust are almost irresistible. When my professional work encounters both, I tend to …
Just so you know, I shared the draft post and sought M*’s permission to share her correspondence and redacted names as a professional courtesy. Having arrived at work, the building locked, I checked my personal emails whilst waiting. Below is …
With the change of government, SEND is certainly getting its two minutes of fame and a new Children’s Wellbeing Bill. My Ministers will seek to raise educational standards and break down barriers to opportunity… A Bill will be introduced to …
Here is a short post about the end of year and a story about a pupil, a teacher, a class reader and the end of year tradition to thank teachers. The pupil is Tom. I’m the teacher. (With my safeguarding …
I am investing time connecting with others via LinkedIn, learning and thinking hard. This professional learning edventure started with a Team Teach webinar with Dr Alec Clark and Jonathan Newport (Chief Learning Officer and Global Director of Team Teach.) It …
I have always been committed to helping all pupils thrive and learn. My edventures in teaching therefore, focused and explored strategies and routines with broad impact, rather than targeted subsets of learners, for example low achieving boys (usually low-attaining also), …
As a school leader, the twin stands of Organisational and People Management come only second to the Leadership of Teaching and Learning. And yet, they are arguably, inextricable linked. Every sector will be assessing the immediate, the imminent and expected …
