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Leading Learning From Afar; the Data Dimension
Being able to influence people is arguably the ultimate leadership behaviour. You can’t be a leader if you don’t influence others; how long you stay a leader may well depend on the methods you use. The use of data in schools can be a bludgeoning experience or an enlightening one. If the purpose of data focuses on accountability it tends to be the former and as it tends towards learning the later. Continue reading
Bring Your Best and Your Worst #MarkingScrutiny
As the saying goes, “If I had a pound for every policy I’ve written over the years I would have retired ages ago.” However, if I had a pound for every policy which has had a huge positive impact on children’s life chances or reducing teachers’ workload I may be a bit more impoverished. Continue reading
Teaching In a Terminal Testing World
The pendulum has swung once again and the World of modular examinations is disappearing in favour of the terminal examination. A single terminal examination is certainly more manageable for schools but concerns exist about the lack of a distributed assessment dimension and the removal of certain skills from the assessment. It’s now down to a one off high stakes assessment that can leave teachers and pupils alike pretty nervous and anxious. Continue reading
Leadership: Being, Knowing, Doing (New Book)
Liminal Leadership
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