Best tricks for getting organised
“I’m all caught up,” said one teacher. Planning and marking are enough to keep teachers busy, but once you add school meetings and extra-curricular activities…
Category: Teacher Development
Summer School 3 – Get Ready…You are What Your Pupils are Waiting for!
“We in education understand that our naked subjectivity is the only means we have to relate to others….” Brad Olsen, Teaching What they Learn. (2011)…
Practical tips for supply teachers
Many teachers have been trying supply teaching for the first time. They love being able to work when and where they want. They enjoy that…
What should you prioritise this September?
The transition as August ends and September begins can seamlessly go from calm bliss to blind panic. Try to stay calm and focus on a…
Playground duties and having an effective presence
It is Tuesday morning and as the buzzer sounds for the end of the first-morning session you suddenly remember it is your break duty! No…
Loco Parentis
In an urban setting with a cocktail mix of cultures, religions and economic backgrounds, we discuss how the fundamentals of mentoring can help you to…
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…
Let’s refresh rather than recover in September 2020
We cannot begin September by talking about ‘lost learning’ or a ‘recovery curriculum’. Nothing has been lost because it was never there. There is nothing…
Performance reviews
“Bittersweet October. The mellow, messy, leaf-kicking, perfect pause between the opposing miseries of summer and winter” so says Carol Bishop Heaps and she’s right.
Preparing for your lesson observation!
Lesson observations are always scary! It does feel a little like you are being watched in a zoo and performing tricks and it is often…
