Reading Time: 6 minutes I am joined today by Andrew Cowley. I last spoke to Andrew two years ago when The Wellbeing Toolkit was published and I am delighted to see a follow up in the form of The Wellbeing Curriculum. So Andrew, I asked you two years ago if writing had changed your life. Has it changed now? […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Interested in accessing funding for Senior Mental Health Lead training? Not sure where you can get training? Here’s an alphabetical list of acredited training providers. Use these tools from the Carnegie Centre of Excellence from Mental Health in Schools to assess your learning level and find a course. The full list of accredited providers […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes A guest review by Lisa Lea-Weston of Talking Heads – Supervision in Education. When I first sat down to read this I was unsure if I could bear it. As a mental health professional, who has worked with schools in this capacity for over 15 years, I feared it would be very generalised and possibly […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Charlotte Hobbs (@Lottefran), a Lincolnshire-based English teacher is preparing to return to work full time after maternity leave with her daughter. She reflects on how spending time developing her understanding of her own wellbeing whilst out of the classroom may have the most significant impact on her teaching and learning. I went back to work after […]
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 and talk to a group of educators about looking after their wellbeing. Including managing your working hours. The irony is not lost on me. Later […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes A guest post by @maternityCPD. The MaternityTeacher PaternityTeacher Project, which inspires, empowers and connects teachers choosing to complete CPD whilst on parental leave, throws up immediate questions about teacher wellbeing. Both teaching and parenting any age of child – but especially newborns – can involve significant periods of stress and are associated with other […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes So, twitter chats, here’s the deal – You log on to twitter at a given time, follow the relevant hashtag and take part in a professional, structured chat about a specific subject. Or you can just lurk if you want to, who’s going to know? It’s also a great way to find interesting edutweeps to […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes Last year, I enjoyed Teach Meet Torquay, and so I jumped at the opportunity to attend #TMDevon. TeachMeets are a fairly recent development in the CPD landscape. They take different forms, but have a few common features. Usually funded by sponsorship from educational companies, they are free to attend and feature a range of classroom […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes A guest post by @Mfeildorf Teaching can be one of the most rewarding careers! Ask any teacher about the buzz they get in the classroom when they have planned a lesson that gets everyone engaged and having fun learning. The penny drop “AHA!” moment that fires up a child and makes them a few inches […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute TeachMeet Connect This year’s Scottish Learning Festival happens on Wednesday 21st and Thursday 22nd September in Glasgow. To celebrate SLF16, we’ll be holding a TeachMeet and we want you to do the same! TeachMeet Connect is an exciting opportunity for teachers from all over Scotland to get involved with TeachMeet and share what they do. […]
