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The Difficult Conversation and 1000 Missed Opportunities
Courses or parts of courses for leaders abound with sessions about having the difficult conversation. It’s part of a look tough, act tough mentality that is rooted in a view of teachers or leaders as lazy idle wasters who need a kick up the proverbial if they are ever to get their act together. Continue reading
Rethinking Target Setting, Flight Paths and Pupil Tracking
The post levels World has thrown many schools’ target setting into meltdown. This has been exacerbated by numerous concurrent curriculum changes and performance tables containing new value added measures; for secondary schools now based on Progress 8 and for primary schools … well yes, there will be something for primary schools too. Continue reading
What Award Should You Get for Great Service? #SaturdayThunk
Following a proposal from one of our Directors I’ve been working on a series of in-service loyalty awards. The policy applies equally to all staff employed by the Trust and is based on total years of continuous service with us. How would you view these proposals? Would you think it’s tokenism, be suspicious of “the management” or welcome the fact that your service has been recognised? Continue reading
Leadership: Being, Knowing, Doing (New Book)
Liminal Leadership
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