A guest post by @CeriStokes. SLT and Inspections are often seen as the cause of low wellbeing in schools. Well if you read Twitter, then that is how it seems. And whilst I see that this can sometimes be the case, if we actually want things to change and to address staff wellbeing, then we have […]
I never meant to be a blogger. The vision for Schoolwell was for it to be a directory of school wellbeing. Once it began however, it was obvious that to get traffic you have to get new content. All the time. So, I began blogging myself and as well as begging and borrowing blog posts […]
We love talking to authors at Schoolwell, so we were thrilled to be able to ask Jamie Thom @teachgratitude1 a few questions about wellbeing in general and Slow Teaching in particular… How did your book come about? In February last year I came across Carl Honore’s excellent TED talk and bought his book ‘In Praise of […]
Ever feel like you’re rushing headlong through your working day? Constantly compromising? Marking into the early hours? In his new book Jamie Thom @teachgratitude1 argues that we can all achieve more by doing less. Drawing on popular psychology and the latest educational thinking, he sets out a manifesto for an altogether more considered approach to […]
A huge pile of workload documents have been uploaded to the DFE website this morning. There are some great case studies on the site but they have all just been labelled “Reducing Teacher Workload”, making it timeconsuming to navigate, especially if you are looking for a specific area. The table below lists the foci of the research. […]
Our friends @HealthyToolkit have launched #TeaAndTalk, an initiative to get people in schools talking. You can find out more on their site and you can download the leaflet from here Share this
Grade your #wellbeing for the last half term. Reply with an illustrative gif (optional). Pls RT for a greater sample and more funny gifs. 😂 — Sam at Schoolwell (@samschoolstuff) February 10, 2018 I asked people to grade their wellbeing and respond with an illustrative gif. And they did. If you need support, remember that […]
We caught up with teacher, author and academic Dr. Emma Kell following the recent publication of How to Survive in Teaching and asked her a few searching questions… 1-How did you get interested in teacher wellbeing? Like any area of interest, the focus was initially a personal one. As a mother as well […]
A guest post by @KDWScience Yesterday my small upright freezer finally gave up the ghost. It’s been a loyal servant, first serving my parents well, then being gratefully handed down to my family when they upgraded to the super deluxe version of a chest freezer. The seal has gone, the door won’t close properly and […]
