Work-life balance

Podcasts Teaching and Learning Technology 

Podcast 40: How Can You Protect Your Wellbeing?

17th February 201916th February 2019 Joshua McGovern 250 Views 0 Comments #TTkit100Women, #TTkitPodcast, achievement, 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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CPD Leadership Staff Well Being 

4 Tips For Valuing Your Staff

12th February 201912th February 2019 Malcolm Drakes 453 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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Mental Health Staff Well Being Workload 

How Are We Supporting Teachers’ Mental Health?

28th October 201825th October 2018 @TeacherToolkit 2492 Views 3 Comments Absence, Education Support Partnership, Employee Assistance Programme, leadership, Mental Health, School Leader, Stress, Teacher Wellbeing Index 2018, Wellbeing, Work-life balance, workforce, Workload, Workload Challenge

Reading Time: 3 minutes Are school leaders facing the brunt of external accountability and teacher workload?

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Mental Health Staff Well Being Workload 

10 Ways To Help A Colleague Survive And Thrive

17th May 201816th May 2018 Hazel Brinkworth 1846 Views 2 Comments Classroom Management, Collaboration, random acts of kindness, smile, teamwork, time-management, Wellbeing, Work-life balance, Workload

Reading Time: 4 minutes How can we help our work colleagues?

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Leadership Middle Leadership 

Tips For Being A Successful Head of Department

13th February 201814th February 2018 Lucy Kilgariff 4461 Views 0 Comments ambition, challenge, Feedback, GCSE, Head of Department, leadership, Maths, middle leader, teamwork, time-management, Work-life balance

Reading Time: 3 minutes How can a new head of department make a difference?

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Leadership Recruitment 

Let’s Make Flexible Working Work

30th June 201727th June 2017 John Dabell 6335 Views 1 Comment Association of School and College Leaders, flexible working, inflexible, Institute for Leadership and Management, Jonthan Simons, NASUWT, NfER, Policy Exchange, Wellbeing, women, Work-life balance, working mothers

Reading Time: 4 minutes Could flexible working solve the teacher shortage?

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Leadership Middle Leadership Workload 

Stand Up Meetings

18th June 20179th June 2017 @TeacherToolkit 3538 Views 2 Comments agenda, chair, delegation, items, leadership, Meetings, school leadership, Work-life balance, Workload

Reading Time: 2 minutes Hands up: who likes attending meetings?

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Behaviour Psychology Staff Well Being 

Workaholic Teachers

16th May 201716th May 2017 John Dabell 9278 Views 5 Comments addiction, Adrian Furnham, Behaviour, Education, Marilyn Machlowitz, overtime, Psychology, Randstad, School, teaching, Work-life balance, workaholic, Workload

Reading Time: 3 minutes Are you a workaholic?

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Staff Well Being 

Look After No.1

4th April 20174th April 2017 Jack Gulston 4453 Views 0 Comments Assessment, external pressures, Marking, pressure, selfish, Staff Well Being, time-management, Wellbeing, Work-life balance, Workload

Reading Time: 2 minutes Who ‘looks after us’ as teachers?

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Staff Well Being Workload 

The Work-Life Balance Fallacy

19th September 201619th September 2016 @TeacherToolkit 16679 Views 12 Comments Family, Nigel Marsh, TED talk, Work-life balance

Reading Time: 3 minutes Is work-life balance actually achievable in teaching, or is it just a fallacy?

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Blogging Social Media 

How Do You Do It?

16th October 201518th October 2015 @TeacherToolkit 4991 Views 1 Comment Blogging, Managing Deadlines, Work-life balance, Workload

Reading Time: 4 minutes “How Do You Do It?” is a question I am frequently asked. In this post I share what works for

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CPD Staff Well Being 

Going for Gold! The Life Of A Deputy Headteacher

11th May 201529th April 2018 @TeacherToolkit 3885 Views 7 Comments Consultation, Health and Wellbeing, IiP, Investors In People, Measuring Effectiveness, Quintin Kynaston, The Life of a Deputy Headteacher, Wellbeing, Work-life balance, Workload

Reading Time: 3 minutes This is a blog about teacher wellbeing and work-life balance.

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Staff Well Being 

Are you feeling #ThePinch? by @TeacherToolkit

10th March 20149th June 2014 @TeacherToolkit 2978 Views 9 Comments Easter, Education, Examinations, Revision, Spring Term, Work-life balance

Reading Time: 6 minutes It’s that time of the year when teachers are tired; tempers are frayed and every minute of the day is

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