In The Fifth Discipline, Peter Senge (1990) states “… to understand the most challenging managerial issues requires seeing the whole system that generates the issue.” Dividing an elephant in half does not produce two small elephants rather a mess. It’s about determining the correct system boundaries to allow you to look at all the interactions that are important to the issue at hand. Continue reading
Over the past few weeks I met with a couple of teachers, at their request, to provide an evidence statement about their work and development over the past academic year. I found the discussions absolutely fascinating; one I had observed teaching a class on a couple of occasions in the week before and the other I hadn’t. Continue reading
Looking to raise attainment in Mathematics, make sure more of our pupils do homework to a higher standard whilst also reducing workload is a bit of a conundrum. We flirted with Manga High a number of years ago but following a visit to Michaela Free School decided to re-engage in a more systematic way. Continue reading