Leadership Middle Leadership Teaching and Learning 

Do You Have The Right People Around You?

21st April 201919th April 2019 @TeacherToolkit 243 Views 0 Comments Appraisal, decision making, delegation, Evaluation, Interview, leadership, Managing Deadlines, Mikael Krogerus, Performance Management, Roman Tschappeler, Self-evaluation, Self-Reflection, strategy, Tasks, teamwork, the decision book

Reading Time: 2 minutes When did you last evaluate the people around you and your team’s capabilities?

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Leadership Mental Health Workload 

How Can Schools Make Meetings Productive?

13th April 20199th April 2019 @TeacherToolkit 488 Views 0 Comments Difficult Conversations, LinkedIn, Mark-Plan-Teach, Meetings, Mental Health, Nicky Morgan, productivity, Stand Up Meetings, Teacher Training, Todd Dewett, Walk About Meetings, Workload, Workload Challenge

Reading Time: 2 minutes What workload issues are driving teachers crazy and how can we fix it?

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Leadership Staff Well Being Staffing 

Problem Solving: Advice For All Teachers

8th April 20197th April 2019 @TeacherToolkit 810 Views 0 Comments Appraisal, Coaching, conversations, Difficult Conversations, Headteacher, leadership, line manager, listening, Management, Problem Solving, solution focused questioning, Solutions, teacher

Reading Time: 1 minute What would be your number one piece of advice for all teachers?

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Leadership Policies Politics 

66 Organisations That Influence Education Policy

31st March 201929th March 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1044 Views 0 Comments @SLTchat, Ambition Institute, AQA, Ark, ASCL, Bacc For The Future, BAMEed, BELMAS, BERA, BESA, Cambridge Assessment, CBI, Centre for Education Management, City and Guilds, Edecel, Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), FFT Education Datalab, GL Assessment, Google, Headteachers Roundtable, Innovation Unit, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Leadership Matters, Learning and Work Institute, London School of Economics, Microsoft, NAHT, NASUWT, NESTA, NEU, New Schools Network, NfER, Now Teach, Nuffield Foundation, OECD, Parent and Teachers for Excellence, Pearson, PiXL, ResearchEd, RM Education, SSAT, Studio Schools Trust, Teach First, Teacher Development Trust, The National Governors’ Association, The National Literacy Trust, The Royal Society, The Sutton Trust, UCAS, UCL, UCL Institute of Education, unicef, UTCs, Wellcome Trust, WomenEd

Reading Time: 2 minutes Who are the organisations that influence school policy and what influence do they have on education pedagogy?

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Leadership Staff Well Being Workload 

Silly Concepts: A Teacher’s Workload Check-Up

31st March 201929th March 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1955 Views 2 Comments accountability, checklist, cover, Cover Lessons, CPD, Data, Detentions, Directed Time, high-stakes, Homework, leadership, line manager, Marking, Meetings, Professional development, Teacher Training, Timetable, toxic schools, Wellbeing, Workload

Reading Time: 1 minute What is your school doing to genuinely reduce teacher workload? Try this simple questionnaire…

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Behaviour Leadership Teaching and Learning 

5 Steps to Consistent Behaviour Management

26th March 201926th March 2019 Malcolm Drakes 1160 Views 1 Comment behaviour management, Behaviour Policy, consistency, Culture, ethos, Expectations, Paul Dix, praise, praise postcards, Ready, Relationships, Responsible & Respect., rules, Sanctions, scripted responses, standards, strategy, vision and values

Reading Time: 4 minutes Is your behaviour management consistent across the school?

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Leadership Staff Well Being Workload 

Toxic Schools: 16 Things Teachers Have Said

19th March 201920th March 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1931 Views 0 Comments Anonymous, attendance, Childcare, Data, Directed Time, Early Careers Framework, Education Support Partnership, interviews, leadership, learning walk, Meetings, Mental Health, MockSTED, observation, Ofsted, Pupil Premium, Shaved Hair, Special Measures, Staff Well Being, toxic schools, Workload

Reading Time: 3 minutes What do colleagues say about decisions made from above, that impact on their day-to-day work?

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DfE Leadership Research 

Research Questions About Education

17th March 201917th March 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1027 Views 0 Comments Areas of Research Interest, Coaching, Department for Education, diversity, EBacc, England, Holiday hunger, Mental Health, Nutrition, Pathways, Poverty, unicef, USA

Reading Time: 3 minutes What questions are the Department for Education currently researching about education in our schools?

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Leadership Research Teaching and Learning 

3 Important Pieces of Education Research

16th March 201915th March 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1093 Views 0 Comments Bloomsbury Publishing, Book, Carly Sandy, disadvantaged pupils, Doctorate, Education Policy, England, Faculty of Education, Independent School, Just Great Teaching, Kardashian Effect, Mark Quinn, Northern Ireland, Rutgers University, Scotland, social-media, State schools, Twitter, UCL, University of Cambridge, Verbal Feedback, Verbal Feedback Project, Wales

Reading Time: 1 minute What are some teachers and schools currently researching?

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CPD Leadership Review 

How To Make Lesson Observation Meaningful

11th March 20198th March 2019 Holly Gardner 1148 Views Bloomsbury Books, Bloomsbury Education, Carte Blance, checklist, Coaching, Feedback, focus, how to be an outstanding primary middle leader, lesson observation, middle leaders, observation, Product Review, Teacher Development, Zoe Paramour

Reading Time: 3 minutes How can you conduct a lesson observation so that it actually improves teaching?

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CPD Leadership Teaching and Learning 

#1MinCPD: Ready For Leadership?

6th March 20196th March 2019 Hanna Beech 672 Views 0 Comments #1minCPD, career, expertise, leadership, Middle Leadership

Reading Time: 1 minute Are you wondering if you’re ready to step into leadership?

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Leadership Policies Teacher Training 

Risk-Averse Schools Drive Me “Potty”

4th March 20193rd March 2019 John Dabell 2324 Views 2 Comments Art, bacteria, CLEAPPS, craft, danger, Design and Technology, germs, handwashing, Health and Safety Executive (HSE), Mike Fairclough, Myth Busting, Ofsted, paranoia, Risk, risk assessment, toilet rolls, urban myth

Reading Time: 4 minutes Has your school banned toilet rolls?

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Leadership Staff Well Being Teaching and Learning 

10 Senior Leadership Resolutions

25th February 201923rd February 2019 David Howe 1056 Views 0 Comments continuous improvement, CPD, Expectations, learning walk, moral purpose, New Year resolutions, professional promises, Progress, social justice, talent, Wellbeing, Workload

Reading Time: 3 minutes Have you revisited your new year resolutions yet?

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Leadership Policies Teaching and Learning 

Probably The Best Teaching and Learning In The World

24th February 201924th February 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1509 Views 1 Comment accountability, autonomy, common vernacular, Compliance, consistency, Feedback, Great Kingshill Combined School, High Wycombe, Mark-Plan-Teach, Marking, Mental Health, Ofsted, Policy, School Inspection, school policies, Statutory, Suzanne Best, Teaching and Learning, Wellbeing, Workload

Reading Time: 3 minutes How can schools secure the balance between autonomy and accountability in the classroom?

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Leadership Staff Well Being Staffing 

35 Things Great Headteachers Do

16th February 201915th February 2019 John Dabell 3998 Views 2 Comments @southgloshead, Andrew Moorish, Andy Buck, Dan Buettner, Expectations, fellowship, leadership, Relationships, School Community, Sir John Dunford, staff, Wellbeing

Reading Time: 3 minutes Is your headteacher a people person?

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Behaviour Leadership Policies 

Permanent Exclusion And Youth Violence

15th February 201915th February 2019 Steve Warner 966 Views 3 Comments #SLTchat, #ukedchat, @amanda_spielman, @ChildrensComm, @educationgovuk, @OfstedNews, @vickyfoxcroft, DfE, Exclusions, knife crime, off rolling, Ofsted, politics, Safeguarding, school leadership, Serious Violence Strategy, Vicky Foxcroft MP, youth violence, Youth Violence Commission

Reading Time: 3 minutes Is it a huge risk to exclude vulnerable young people?

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CPD Leadership Staff Well Being 

4 Tips For Valuing Your Staff

12th February 201912th February 2019 Malcolm Drakes 1142 Views 0 Comments CPD, Damian Hinds, DfE, flexible working, Ken Blanchard, Meetings, mentor, Professional development, School-Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT), Teach First, value, Wellbeing, Work-life balance, Workload, worth

Reading Time: 4 minutes How can we truly value our staff?

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