1.1 LftM – Personal change
This evening I started to look at the Leading from the Middle tasks. The quality of the materials is very good but I am really supposed to record my reflections on a piece of paper and move onto the next …
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I was wrong about Coaching (part 2/7)
Coaching – not sure it is for me? It was not until I asked to go on a Leadership Development course had I formally heard of ‘Coaching (and Mentoring).’ Day 1 of Leading from the Middle was almost nine years …
I was wrong about Coaching (Part 1/7)
I have captured my thoughts on coaching (and to a less degree mentoring) at various points in my teaching career, recorded here on the blog. Snippets here and there, segways and the occasional diversions within leadership post. Aligned articles, more …
Upstreaming
Time is a precious resource. When I started teaching, Tesco’s didn’t deliver and Amazon was a rainforest under threat, and all of my time belonged to me. Time was at my disposal, thought I accept that I had no personal …
Lipdub Completed
It took us just over an hour to video 3 full length ‘takes’ and then a further hour or so to convert the files, edit the titles, add the soundtrack before uploading to Youtube. The students were amazingly patient as we waited …
1.1 Middle Leader Development Diagnostic
Now that I have at least 5 raters contributing to my report, I can seek feedback. I am keen to see how this information is presented and what I can take from the information. I am hoping that the data …
Professional Firsts
Final posting for the weekend. I have two professional firsts. This year I am mentoring our first ICT GTP student. So far the process has involved advertising the post, interviews and appointment processes. Supporting the application to the GTP programme at Reading University (obviously …