Mental Health

Assessment DfE Exams 

Baseline Testing: Education Requires Brave Politicians

20th March 201920th March 2019 @TeacherToolkit 687 Views 0 Comments Assessment, Baseline, Department for Education, Economy, Exams, Mastery Transcript, Mental Health, OECD, Pisa, Politicians, Rankings, Reception, Scott Looney, Testing, The Assessment For Children Charter, The End of Average, Todd L Rose, Workload

Reading Time: 2 minutes Should 4-year-old children sit school exams?

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Leadership Staff Well Being Workload 

Toxic Schools: 16 Things Teachers Have Said

19th March 201920th March 2019 @TeacherToolkit 972 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 717 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 Policies Teaching and Learning 

Probably The Best Teaching and Learning In The World

24th February 201924th February 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1296 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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Podcasts Teaching and Learning Technology 

Podcast 40: How Can You Protect Your Wellbeing?

17th February 20199th March 2019 Joshua McGovern 1150 Views 0 Comments #TTkit100Women, #TTkitPodcast, achievement, Bukky Yusuf, Curriculum, Interview, Mental Health, mobile technology, Podcast, science, Wellbeing, WomenEd, Work-life balance, Workload

Reading Time: 1 minute Why is it important to “down tools” at the weekend?

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Research Review Students 

Closing The Gap

15th February 201918th February 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1150 Views closing the gap, disadvantaged pupils, EBacc, English Baccalaureate, Exclusions, Free School Meals, GL Assessment, Hilary Fine, Mental Health, Parents, Product Review, Pupil Premium, Research, SATs, Stephen Tierney

Reading Time: 3 minutes How does a narrow curriculum disadvantage the disadvantaged?

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Behaviour Leadership Mental Health 

Leading Others Without Being An Asshole

19th January 201920th January 2019 @TeacherToolkit 2802 Views 0 Comments @DebiHope, Agressive, Bourdieu, Bullying, Daniel H. Pink, Darth Vader, Depression, EdD, Habitus, leadership, line manager, Lne Manager, Meetings, Mental Health, Positioning, Professor Susan L. Robertson, Robert I. Sutton, Self-Esteem, Shouting, Sociological, Sociology, Staff Meeting, The Asshole Survival Guide, To Sell Is Human

Reading Time: 2 minutes How do you interact with other people you work with?

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Mental Health Recruitment Staff Well Being 

5 Things I Learned From Quitting Teaching

14th January 201916th January 2019 Andy Milne 2803 Views 8 Comments Attrition, breakdown, burnout, Mental Health, quit, Quit Teaching, Relationships, Resignation, Retention, Staffing, Stress, Wellbeing, Workload

Reading Time: 3 minutes What did I learn from quitting my teaching job?

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Leadership Pastoral Students 

5 Tips For Succeeding As A Head of Year

7th January 20195th January 2019 Dan Hallsworth 1257 Views 2 Comments counsellor, Expectations, Head of Year, listening, Maslow's Hierarchy of needs, Mental Health, Pastoral, prioritise, Relationships, Wellbeing, Workload

Reading Time: 3 minutes Do you have what it takes to be a Head of Year?

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Mental Health Seasonal Staff Well Being 

6 Home Wellbeing Tips For Christmas

19th December 201819th December 2018 Fabian Darku 1150 Views 0 Comments break, burn out, Christmas, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Health, holiday, Improving Access to Psychological Therapy’ (IAPT)., Mental Health, organisation, planning, recreation, Tyrese Gibson, Wellbeing, Workload

Reading Time: 3 minutes How can we look after ourselves over Christmas?

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Mental Health Ofsted Staff Well Being 

The School Happiness Standards Agency

10th December 201810th December 2018 John Dabell 2884 Views 4 Comments Andy Cope, Every Mind Matters, Food Standards Agency, happiness, Health, Helen Woodley, Mental Health, Ofsted, positivity, Three Bridges Primary, toxic schools, Wellbeing, Workload

Reading Time: 6 minutes Where do you score on Ofsted’s new inspection framework?

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Podcasts Resources Students 

Podcast 35: How Do You Talk About Mental Health?

1st December 20189th March 2019 Joshua McGovern 1041 Views 0 Comments #TTkit100Women, #TTkitPodcast, Communication, consultant psychiatrist, doctor, Dr. Sarah Vohra, Lean in, medicine, Mental Health, mental health traffic lights, Psychiatrist

Reading Time: 1 minute How well do your students communicate how they are feeling?

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CPD Staff Well Being Workload 

#1MinCPD: Overcoming Teacher Anxiety

21st November 201821st November 2018 Hanna Beech 1139 Views 1 Comment #1minCPD, Anxiety, Education Support Partnership, Headspace, Mental Health, sleeplessness, Wellbeing, wellness

Reading Time: 1 minute How can you take control of work-related anxiety?

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CPD Mental Health Teaching and Learning 

#1minCPD: Banish Gender Stereotypes

19th November 201819th November 2018 Hanna Beech 930 Views 0 Comments #1minCPD, behaviours, emotional health, Expectations, Gender, International Men's Day, language, male, Male Teachers, Men, Mental Health, November, sexism, stereotypes, Stigma, Suicide

Reading Time: 2 minutes Did you know suicide is the biggest killer of men under 45?

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Policies Staff Well Being Workload 

Email Protocol For Schools

12th November 201811th November 2018 Phil Naylor 1205 Views 3 Comments Acas, digital detox, Dr Emma Russell, Email, email protocol, inbox, Kingston University London, Mental Health, Parenting, Pavlovian, Wellbeing, Workload

Reading Time: 3 minutes Are teachers a slave to emails?

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Curriculum Students Teaching and Learning 

8 Tips For Talking About Sex and Relationships

12th November 201811th November 2018 Laura George 927 Views 0 Comments British Medical Journal, chil protection, Life skills, Mental Health, PSHE, PSHE Association, Risk, risky behaviour, Safeguarding, Sex and Relationship Education, sex-positive, sexual health, Wellbeing

Reading Time: 3 minutes How do you teach children about sex and relationships?

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CPD Mental Health Staff Well Being 

#1MinCPD: Managing Email Workload

31st October 201825th October 2018 Hanna Beech 957 Views 0 Comments Classroom Management, Emails, Mental Health, Policies, Workload

Reading Time: 1 minute Are you drowning in emails?

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