No sleep with little one and up on and off over night thinking of work! Parenting and teaching is hard! Thought that for years, wandered how people do it. Now I’m there still don’t know 😴
Part of being authentic as a leader or teacher is letting them know you don’t know it all and that you do make mistakes and that both are ok. You’re human.
When I walk in a school, I don’t just observe to see if front office or teachers are happy. I observe custodians, cafeteria workers, everyone. Because building positive school culture means everyone is valued & appreciated. And it shows!
When you’ve worked in a toxic school for many years the effects of that are long lasting. To assume that moving schools solves the problem is naive.
All of the panic & anxiety will take years to work through. @RogersHistory touched on this a while back.
Today I supported a team member with overhauling the PSHE curriculum, helped steer behaviour policy and completed a Perf Manag after school. All while teaching full time. Never a full day as Asst HT.
Teachers, a reminder...you cannot be the lone solution to each of your school’s challenges.
•YOU need supportive school leadership
•YOU need a culture of trust and respect
•YOU need an engaged community and parents
•YOU need more prep TIME
•YOU need high quality PD
Things which are rapidly becoming fads:
Metacognition
Dual Coding
Curriculum
Retrieval practice
Limited understanding + forced implementation = ripe for becoming a Bad Thing
Symptoms below >>
⚡️‼️”The teachers who take time to build relationships, who take time to connect, the teachers who have genuine love and joy for what they do, that will be what students remember.” - Danny Steele⚡️‼️
I've made a set of ten tree ID cards if anyone would like them. Let me know and I'll transfer/upload a link.
Would appreciate a RT @MrEFinch@Teacherglitter@DeputyGrocott if you don't mind to spread this a bit further! Trying to be a bit more 'sharey'. screen shot below.
#MantleoftheExpert How do you maintain a sense of purposefulness and structure, without ‘bossing’ the students about? Mantle of the Expert is about freedom not license, the work requires a sense of purpose and discipline, it is not a free for all.
I’ve heard some educators and many non-educators say to teachers who ask for improvements...
‘Love it or leave it. Stop complaining.’
How about...
‘Love it AND try to IMPROVE it.’
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