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School Leadership – what an extraordinary job!
One of the great joys of being a consultant and ex-Head is meeting leaders in their schools and colleges and hearing them share their thoughts. It’s always an amazing privilege. Without exception there is a sense of them being on a mission, a palpable purposefulness that drives them and enormous pride in … Continue reading
Tackle Workload. This bandwagon actually matters.
Everyone is talking about workload and rightly so. It’s even becoming a line of enquiry for inspections. The folk up at Wizard of O HQ are banging on about it – because they are the new Good Guys – and Headteachers now have an extra incentive to make sure they are doing something. This time, … Continue reading
Teaching for Distinction @OldhamCollege. FE CPD in action.
Following on from the first post outlining our Teaching for Distinction Programme, here is an update including more of the materials. We’ve just completed the introductory day on Modules 4-6 alongside a recap of Modules 1-3. Oliver Caviglioli produced these lovely infographics to summarise some of the key elements of each module – although it’s … Continue reading
Towards an Assessment Paradigm Shift
Despite my reservations about some of the big data measures that are used to judge schools, I am hopeful that our discourse is shifting the debate on assessment in a very positive direction. If this continues it will represent an important paradigm shift with positive consequences for students’ learning and their overall school experience. The … Continue reading
EVENT: Powerful Curriculum Design
If you are interested in curriculum design, this one-day course could be the perfect opportunity to explore a range of powerful ideas to take your school forward. Martin Robinson and I will be delivering the programme based on our experience working with schools around the country. Please come and join us for what promises to … Continue reading
School Leadership in 12 slides.
Last week I was asked to lead a workshop on leadership for some middle and senior leaders. Here are some of the ideas I shared. Believe me, I’m not preaching from on high. I’ve had some successes but there isn’t a day that goes by when I don’t run through some kind of imagined … Continue reading
Headship Headaches: A brief index of leadership metaphors.
Hamster Wheel: Everyone is running round and round and round, getting nowhere fast but working really hard. There’s only one solution. Step off the wheel… STOP. Take a look around and think. What the hell are we doing? Let’s try something different…. Permanent White Water: There is no point telling people that it will pass; … Continue reading
6 things to get right in every school.
Over the years and in recent months I’ve seen lots of different, fascinating schools with great Headteachers; it’s so interesting to see how things are done in different places and the relative importance certain issues are given. Currently nearly everyone is talking about budget constraints, the challenge of implementing curriculum changes at every Key Stage … Continue reading
Teacherhead-consulting in action
I’m pleased to say that teacherhead-consulting is now up and running. If you are interested in the kind of support I can provide, here is a run down of some of the work I’ve done in the last two months. If you would like to contact me to discuss possible work, please use the contact … Continue reading
The Big Questions.
I am thinking of starting a series of blogs about the key issues, the big questions, that we wrestle with in our school – and probably in every school. So far, I have just sketched out what some of the big questions are. This will then become the homepage for this series -when I get … Continue reading
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