Finding time, space and empowerment
Reading Time: 9 minutes A guest post by @TeacherEmpower Wondering whether I was having a heart attack or a panic attack on the way in to work should have been a wake-up call. The […]
In praise of…Teaching!
Reading Time: 4 minutes A guest post from Jon of @EVCWeb. Whilst writing the last few blogs I have tried to, and probably failed to convey the condition of modern teaching as I see […]
Love is the answer
Reading Time: 4 minutes How compassion fixed me: and how it can fix our schools. A guest post by @andy_samm. I ignored all the warning signs. The signals my mind was sending to my […]
Loo or lunch?
Reading Time: 4 minutes This week I put out a Twitter poll asking if teachers had had breakfast. The results were initially surprising to me, a diehard breakfaster. I’m aware enough to know that […]
Teacher workload. We don’t all go home at 3pm
Reading Time: 8 minutes A guest post from @Framheadteacher The reason I get my hair cut at Jaff’s* on Gosforth High Street (other than the very reasonable £9 it costs me) is that the […]
Passion, Pasties, Poldark
Reading Time: 2 minutes It’s a chilly cornish Saturday morning. I’m fresh from a glorious train ride through stunning, if somewhat drizly, countryside. I’m standing in front of a pub, preparing to go in […]
Seasons Greetings
Reading Time: < 1 minute Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year. Our Christmas message this year is in support of @EdSupportUK and designed by the talented @AndyKnillArt. Find […]
Do Less DISCIPLINING Better
Reading Time: 4 minutes A guest post from @the9to5teacher. Having recently had the annual ‘settling in’ parent meeting, I was slightly surprised with how many parents asked about ‘does my child disturb the class? / […]
A more altruistic advent?
Reading Time: 2 minutes Got your advent calendar yet? What have you gone for? Dairy milk? Lego? Craft gin? What about something a little more nourishing this Advent? It’s becoming increasingly popular to […]
The system for appraising teachers is totally broken
Reading Time: 3 minutes A guest post by Bruce Greig of SchoolStaffSurveys.com. There’s something very wrong with the way teachers are appraised in England. On the one hand, every teacher reports receiving a formal appraisal. […]