Wellbeing

Technology Workload Writing 

How To Use Voice Dictation And Work Smarter

7th April 20194th April 2019 @TeacherToolkit 889 Views 4 Comments AI, Android, Artificial Intelligence, Blogging, Cortana, Desktop, Feedback, Google, Google Alexa, Google Classroom, Google Documents, iPad, iPhone, Kaizena, Marking, mobile phone, Paul Sutton, Siri, technology, voice, Voice Automation, Voice Tecnology, Wellbeing, Working Smarter, Workload, Writing

Reading Time: 1 minute How can teachers and school leaders use spoken language to optimise time available to complete tasks?

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Leadership Staff Well Being Workload 

Silly Concepts: A Teacher’s Workload Check-Up

31st March 201929th March 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1979 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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Exams Parenting Students 

Eat, Sleep, Revise, Repeat

25th March 201924th March 2019 David Lowbridge-Ellis 1329 Views 2 Comments #Bananas, Academic Research, Assemblies, Breakfast, caffeine, chocolate, Crisps, Energy Drinks, Exams, Habits, Health, Marijuana, motivation, NASA, NHS, Nobel Prize, Nudge Theory, organ donation, Parenting, pupil wellbeing, research informed, Revision, Spider-Man, Spiders, Wellbeing, willpower

Reading Time: 4 minutes How can we help students prepare for exams more effectively?

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International Job Hunting Staff Well Being 

Teaching Overseas: Is It For You?

13th March 201912th March 2019 Gina Pearson 979 Views 1 Comment Abu Dubai, career opportunities, DESC Dubai, Dubai, ethos, holidays, international, lifestyle, Middle East, Overseas, Pay, Quit Teaching, Salary, United Arab Emirates, Weather, Wellbeing

Reading Time: 2 minutes Does teaching overseas appeal to you?

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Assessment Primary Teaching and Learning 

8 Tips For Making Marking More Manageable

25th February 201924th February 2019 Ed Davis 1781 Views 0 Comments Assessment, Formative Assessment, highlighters, Marking, success criteria, Summative Assessment, The Blue Box, Verbal Feedback, Wellbeing, Workload

Reading Time: 3 minutes What do teachers hate the most about teaching?

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Leadership Staff Well Being Teaching and Learning 

10 Senior Leadership Resolutions

25th February 201923rd February 2019 David Howe 1058 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 1515 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 1217 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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Leadership Staff Well Being Staffing 

35 Things Great Headteachers Do

16th February 201915th February 2019 John Dabell 4000 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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CPD Leadership Staff Well Being 

4 Tips For Valuing Your Staff

12th February 201912th February 2019 Malcolm Drakes 1144 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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DfE Ofsted Teaching and Learning 

The Tail Wagging The Dog

10th February 201910th February 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1413 Views 3 Comments accountability, Book looks, Chicken and Rice, Department for Education, Dog, Graded Lessons, haircuts, Intervention, leadership, Marking, Mobile Phones, Ofsted, Outstanding, Parenting, Parents, parents' evenings, Pizzas, Postcode, Poverty, Requires Improvement, School Inspection, Wellbeing, Work Scrutiny, Workload

Reading Time: 3 minutes What silly reasons drive good people out of the teaching profession?

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Podcasts Students Teaching and Learning 

Podcast 39: How Can You Make Your Students Feel Seen?

9th February 20199th March 2019 Joshua McGovern 912 Views 0 Comments #TTkitPodcast, EdTech, Education Reform, Flip the System, GES Forum Dubai, Global Teacher Prize, Interview, Jelmer Evers, Podcast, school reform, Wellbeing, Workload

Reading Time: 1 minute What small things help students know they’re important?

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Mental Health Psychology Staff Well Being 

Time To Talk With Natasha Devon

7th February 20196th February 2019 Holly Gardner 695 Views 0 Comments BBC, burnout, Coventry University London, Damian Hinds, Funding, Natasha Devon, Stress, Teacher Recruitment, teacher retention, The Guardisn, Time to Change, Time To Talk Day, Wellbeing, wellness

Reading Time: 3 minutes Do you speak up about mental health?

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Podcasts Staff Well Being Teaching and Learning 

Podcast 38: Why Can Quitting Make You A Better Teacher?

2nd February 20199th March 2019 Joshua McGovern 799 Views 0 Comments #slowhealthchat, #TTkitPodcast, andy milne, Chicago, community, leaving teaching, Podcast, quit, Quit Teaching, send a teacher, University of Chicago, USA, Vic Goddard, Wellbeing, Workload

Reading Time: 1 minute Why can quitting teaching make you want to be a teacher even more?

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Behaviour CPD Teaching and Learning 

CPD Picks of The Month

1st February 20191st February 2019 Holly Gardner 738 Views 1 Comment #TTkit100Women, #TTkitPodcast, Behaviour, conflict management, Differentiation, diversity, Half-Term, holiday, inclusion, Northern Rocks, NQTs, random acts of kindness, Relax, Research, Resources, Safer Internet Day, Wellbeing, Workload

Reading Time: 2 minutes What’s been popular on the blog in January?

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Psychology Staff Well Being Workload 

Workload: Are Teachers Just Too Greedy?

25th January 201922nd January 2019 John Dabell 1786 Views 0 Comments ambition, Barbara Mistick, Carl Hendrick, Greed, Jim Smith, Karie Willyerd, lazy teachers, overwork, Peter Gronn, Wellbeing, wellness, Workload

Reading Time: 3 minutes Is teaching a job with a consumption problem?

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Pastoral Students Teaching and Learning 

8 Tips For Becoming A Teacher Role Model

21st January 201921st January 2019 Fabian Darku 1056 Views 1 Comment @SteeleThoughts, Decipher model, energy, Feedback, imperfection, in loco parentis, inspiration, Jeanette Kwakye, motivation, Reflection, responsibility, role model, Wellbeing

Reading Time: 5 minutes How can we be the best role models for our students?

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