Creating Gender – Sensitive Schools: A Path to Equity
Gender equality is a fundamental human right, and schools play a crucial role in shaping attitudes, behaviours, and opportunities. To achieve true gender equity, educational…
Category: School
Welcome to the Opogo Star Teacher Awards!
A search for quotes relating to teachers quickly highlights how generous and indispensable teachers are. It’s a noble profession – one that creates all other…
Good Girls and Bad Boys
The interaction between teachers and students is complex and one factor which has been shown to play into the mix is gender – gender of…
COVID-19: Under Pressure and Unappreciated
Published by the Education Support Partnership on 16th September 2020, Emma Kell reflects on the lack of appreciation of education staff revealed by our Covid-19…
Making the horse thirsty…
Having been in the business sector in senior management for nearly two decades. I found myself in my first leadership role nearly a decade ago.…
Giving your teaching team a boost
As a leader, it is important to remember that you are very much part of a team. Knowing and understanding your team can be very…
Which artists will you study?
When teaching art, design and craft it is important to teach the pupils about real artists and their work. The decision about which ones to…
The ingredients of a great teacher
We all know one, don’t we – an educator of stupendous capacity and excellent teaching. So what exactly makes them stand one or two heads…
Technology in the classroom
‘Edtech’ is revolutionising the way we teach our children. Are you on board?
Maintaining your professional reputation
Starting a new school or a new setting can always be scary and overwhelming – whatever your background or experience. Maintaining your professional reputation is…
