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By Mark Richards, 24 Jan 2020
The beginning of the new school year can be a very challenging time for students. Transition is a word that is used a lot in schools – usually referring to the move from primary to secondary – and much is done in most schools to make the transition smooth. New Intake Meetings, Taster Days and all...
By Mark Richards, 24 Jan 2020
You might be ambitious. You may want a new challenge. Your headteacher might be encouraging you to make the move into senior leadership and it might seem like a logical next step. However, it still requires some serious thought. For many teachers, moving into middle management is a natural and...
By Mark Richards, 24 Jan 2020
I thought that a little bit of research on the kind of middle management courses that were available to teachers looking for promotion might be handy. I thought I could have a look online, have a word with a few ex colleagues and offer a few details about half a dozen promising courses from which...
By Mark Richards, 24 Jan 2020
The best teachers are taken away from the classroom the further up the career ladder they move. The education sector has always wrestled with an important challenge – one of many, of course – in that it is, ultimately, the quality of teaching and the classroom experience that enables students to...
By Ryan Crawley, 24 Jan 2020
Listed below are ten poor leadership characteristics to be aware of that will not impress anyone. These poor leadership qualities are not ideal in any work situation regardless of the profession. Being considered a highly professional educator means that you are able to lead both in and out of...
By Ryan Crawley, 24 Jan 2020
There is no cure for dyspraxia, there are ways teachers can help dyspraxic learners so they are able to manage much better throughout life. Educators are expected to be psychologists, physicians, and psychiatrists. We don’t just have to teach children, but we have to know what is going on in...
By Alan Peters, 24 Jan 2020
Anybody can be a tutor. However, not everybody can be a good one. Some experience of teaching is really a must, but assuming that as given, there are then three options
By Charles Feliciano, 24 Jan 2020
Every year in September students all over the UK return to school. This busy time normally sees a surge of parents and students rushing around to prepare for the new academic year. The same that happens in...
By Mark Richards, 24 Jan 2020
It is absolutely normal to have difficult colleagues in staff room. In a perfect world, the school staff room would be a place of harmony and support. Ideally, in any school its staff will embrace a shared vision and will pull together in the same direction at all times. But, that’s the ideal...
By Alan Peters, 24 Jan 2020
The most significant step on the path to the four lettered door is the one that takes us to senior leadership. As the challenge (and there’s a euphemistic word if there was one) of facing the Chair of Governors loomed, it was those experiences of senior leadership that kept me sane. ...
