Retention over recruitment. Education is falling on both counts. We can not keep teachers in the profession, 40% of teachers do not expect to be in the profession within the next five years (NEU Survey). There are specialist recruitment and …
In almost all teacher staffing articles or posts, I see recruitment preferencing retention. It could be nothing more than the favoured ordering, like Starsky and Hutch or Tom and Jerry, but I think it is more than that. Here is …
What do you get, when you don’t get what you want. Experience. This week I witnessed how unforgiving leadership can be. A colleague sharing a wholeschool agenda, with positive staff ‘buy-in,’ working to the benefit of almost all teaching staff …
We have made a new appointment, to support in the implementation of our Learning Platform and to improve the College’s effective use of Sims. The reason for this post is that we recognised that we were missing the expertise to …
For some time, in various guises, wiki pages, tumblr blogs, twitter, newsletters and the office whiteboard, I have been reflecting and writing about my educational experiences. I am regularly encouraged by my digital colleagues to share these thoughts with a …
