I want to start this post by stating that teachers are not mental health practitioners and neither should they attempt to be. Should we have a broad understanding of child and adolescent mental health? A resounding yes! However, our role is to signpost towards the qualified professionals first. This will ensure that families can get…
Read MoreBeing a Successful Form Tutor
Recently I posted on LinkedIn that I had delivered training on being a successful form tutor. This gained some traction with several people reaching out to ask for the material – so here it is. Instead of me sending a bunch of emails to people, you can get it if you click here.
Read MoreThe Challenge Of Persistent Absence
Consistent school attendance is strongly linked to the quality of academic outcomes. It seems quite obvious really – for students to achieve academic success, they need to be in school with as few days’ absence as possible. As a senior leader, I have spent considerable time and energy analysing attendance figures, identifying students with the…
Read MoreLeading With Curiosity
It’s easy to lead with all manner of presumptions, assumptions and pre-conceived ideas. Lazy, in fact. But there’s a huge price to pay. If we’ve already made up our minds, we leave little room for encountering nuggets of wisdom and new ideas which present opportunities to learn. The alternative is to lead with curiosity. Curious…
Read MoreEating the PIE – pt2
This post is the second in the series of dealing with the Planning, Implementation and Evaluation of interventions. The first can be found here. I’ll be solely concerned with the Implementation phase in this article. Getting started can be the hardest thing. For example, when starting this blog I agonised over trivial matters and procrastinated…
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