Podcast 69: How Can Schools Improve Social Skills?
Reading Time: < 1 minute How can external agencies support schools when schools have no money to support young people?
Tag: Continuing professional development
The 7 Characteristics Of Effective Professional Development
Reading Time: 5 minutes What should we look for in CPD?
Podcast 37: Why Did Northern Rocks Have To End?
Reading Time: < 1 minute What’s next after Northern Rocks?
Professional Development: Teachers Leading Teachers
Reading Time: 3 minutes Are colleagues the best source of professional development?
The 5 Minute CPD Plan
Reading Time: 5 minutes How can you get the most out of CPD?
Observation as a Tool to Enhance Teacher Learning, Part 2 by @DrMattOLeary
Reading Time: 5 minutes In Dr. Matt O’Leary’s first blog, he asked; “if teachers are so used to being observed, why should it be a big bone of contention?”
Can you manage the school organisation? #360Review (Part 4 of 6)
Reading Time: 7 minutes In my fourth self-refection on leadership, I offer musings on my own school leadership. In this post: Can you manage the school organisation? I pose a series of questions for the reader and offer my very own public #360Review. You are reading part 4 of a 6-part series of leadership articles on managing the organisation.
How to develop yourself and work with others? #360Review (Part 3 of 6)
Reading Time: 6 minutes In part 3 of my leadership review, I offer musings of my own school leadership. In this post: How to develop yourself and work with others? I pose a series of questions for the reader and offer my very own #360Review.
The #5MinCPDPlan
Reading Time: 5 minutes Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and in particular, INSET Days can vary from the sublime, to the downright awful, and often falls somewhere in-between.
How to move your teaching on from ‘requires improvement? by @TeacherToolkit
Reading Time: 4 minutes The article was published in The Guardian Teacher Network here, on 27.6.13. When a teacher who has been judged to “require improvement” asks for advice I always caveat it by saying that I can only offer the benefit of my own experience and a listening ear. But regardless of criteria, I do still remain vexed […]
Professional development for teachers: How can we take it to the next level? #Outstanding
Reading Time: 5 minutes Schools should offer more support and time for training, but teachers also need to take responsibility for their own growth, writes Ross Morrison McGill – this post can be found on The Guardian Teacher Network.