Values

Policies Staffing Teaching and Learning 

Who Are The Teachers In Your School?

27th January 201926th January 2019 John Dabell 1678 Views 3 Comments Andrew Moorish, community, Culture, David Woods, inclusive, labels, language, NASA, non-teaching staff, President John F. Kennedy, Safeguarding, Sir Tim Brighouse, teaching staff, team, Values, Vision

Reading Time: 4 minutes Does your language make or break your school?

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Blogging Social Media Writing 

Teacher-Blogger Request 2019

12th January 201912th January 2019 Holly Gardner 943 Views 7 Comments 2019, advertising, Analytics, Author, authors, Blogger, Blogger Request, Coding, Resources, SEO, social-media, TeacherToolkit Team, Values, Views, Vision, Visitors, Wordpress, Writing

Reading Time: 3 minutes Could you be the next blogger for Teacher Toolkit?

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Mental Health Psychology Teaching and Learning 

4 Ways To Promote Kindness in The Classroom

13th November 20181st November 2018 Adrian Bethune 1655 Views 2 Comments Charles Darwin, Christopher L. Kukk, evolution, Good Deed Feed, kindness, Random Act Of Kindness, survival of the fittest, survival of the kindest, Values

Reading Time: 3 minutes How can we encourage more kindness in our classrooms?

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Leadership Seasonal Staff Well Being 

Back To School: Values And Metrics

2nd September 20181st September 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1510 Views 4 Comments Appraisal, Back To School, Collective Teacher Efficacy, GCSE, Mental Health, Metrics, target setting, Values, Vision, Wellbeing, Writing

Reading Time: 3 minutes What are your values and how will you measure your success this academic year?

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Behaviour Leadership Teaching and Learning 

Standing And Walking In Lines

7th July 20187th July 2018 Nick Burton 2704 Views 5 Comments ADHD, Behaviour, behaviour management, Classroom Management, corridors, Expectations, Health and Safety, inclusive, Lines, Safeguarding, safety, school buildings, tradition, transition, Values, Victorian

Reading Time: 3 minutes Is it time to stop telling our children to stand and walk in straight, quiet lines?

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Middle Leadership 

10 Tips For Middle Leaders

23rd January 201815th February 2018 Daisy-May Lewis 4583 Views 2 Comments coordination, Darrell Williams, Department, Difficult Conversations, leadership, Management, Middle Leadership, NAHT, planning, prioritise, Reflection, Resilience, school effectiveness, School Improvement, teamwork, Values, Vision

Reading Time: 3 minutes What do middle leaders need to do to be effective?

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Leadership Middle Leadership 

Advice To My Senior Leadership Self

28th August 201728th August 2017 @TeacherToolkit 5443 Views 2 Comments Assembly, behaviour management, Classrooms, corridors, Data, deadlines, leadership, Lesson planning, Management, Marking, Meetings, Safeguarding, school leadership, Self-evaluation, senior leadership team, senior management team, SLT, SLTchat, Values, Vision

Reading Time: 3 minutes What advice would you give to someone who is ‘starting out’ in school leadership? 

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Leadership Policies Seasonal 

Advice For School Leadership Teams

26th August 201728th August 2017 @TeacherToolkit 5369 Views 6 Comments Back To School, Behaviour, Behaviour Policy, Data Analysis, demotivated, Meetings, New Term, Priorities, school leadership, Self-evaluation, Values, Vision

Reading Time: 2 minutes What advice would you offer to school leadership teams who are returning to school?

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Leadership Politics 

Education Empowerment

11th May 20179th May 2017 @TeacherToolkit 3492 Views 2 Comments budget, business, commodity, Finance, Free Schools, government, MATs, Policies, politics, Values, Vision

Reading Time: 4 minutes How can we empower teachers and schools without sucking the life out of the education system?

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Behaviour Psychology 

Tidy Up Time!

20th February 201720th February 2017 John Dabell 4265 Views 3 Comments appreciation, care, duty, pupil participation, responsibility, school maintenance, teamwork, togetherness, Values

Reading Time: 3 minutes Should pupils clean their own schools? 

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Staff Well Being 

Just Get Out

18th February 201718th February 2017 John Dabell 5220 Views 1 Comment Andy Buck, empathy, Harry Fletcher-Wood, Health, Leadership Matters, Respect, Stress, team-building, Ticked Off, Values, Wellbeing, Workload

Reading Time: 4 minutes What can school leaders do to promote wellbeing?

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Leadership 

10 Poor Leadership Attributes

13th March 2016 @TeacherToolkit 30716 Views 7 Comments #SLTchat, Bullying, Respect, school leadership, Trust, Values

Reading Time: 4 minutes There are many types of leadership that exists in schools. If leadership is less than desirable, how does it manifest itself?

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Assemblies Resources Students 

We Are What We Do: The Life Of A Deputy Headteacher

26th September 201429th April 2018 @TeacherToolkit 12380 Views 11 Comments Aspirations, Assembly, Erich Fromm, Quintin Kynaston, Resilience, Resource, The 5 Minute Assembly Plan, The Life of a Deputy Headteacher, Values

Reading Time: 2 minutes This week I spoke in three key stage 3 assemblies at school.

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Blogging Leadership Staff Well Being 

The #LastLecture Revisited

12th July 201423rd August 2015 @TeacherToolkit 1969 Views 5 Comments Greig City Academy, leadership team, Leaving speeches, The Last Lecture, Values, Vision

Reading Time: 4 minutes In June 2014, I blogged about The Last Lecture as a source of inspiration and reflection of my own vision

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Leadership 

The teacher-genetic-code by @TeacherToolkit

17th May 201428th September 2017 @TeacherToolkit 2793 Views 4 Comments Education, Genetics, leadership, teaching, Values, Vision

Reading Time: 4 minutes Some time ago, I had an annual appraisal review meeting with my headteacher. Of course, I won’t blog the full

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