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The Hi-5 of Principled Marking Design
Marking is simultaneously an occupational necessity and the bane of many teachers’ lives. The current marking frenzy and associated workload in schools is a product of system wide fear, stupidity and ignorance. Fear of Ofsted, stupidity of some leaders (mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa) and the ignorance of too many teachers about the principles that sit behind a pile of books which need marking. Fear, stupidity and ignorance are powerful multipliers of each other. Continue reading
It’s the Retention, Stupid #SaturdayThunk
The original message hung on Bill Clinton’s Little Rock headquarters reminded workers of the three key campaign messages: Change or more of the same; the economy, stupid and don’t forget health care. At last government ministers are beginning to agree with Ros McMullen that there is a staffing crisis coming, change is needed rather than more of the same. Continue reading
Visits and Visitors: Telling Your Leadership Story
Over the past few weeks I’ve had the opportunity to visit Alex Atherton & Ross McGill at Quintin Kynaston Community Academy in London and welcome Carl Jarvis & Jon Chapman of the New Dawn Trust to St. Mary’s & Christ the King. What struck me most was that both occasions were about storytelling. Continue reading
Leadership: Being, Knowing, Doing (New Book)
Liminal Leadership
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