L4L 2015
Within 13 months we have made netbooks available to students in Years 9, 10 and 11 at Hamble College. The percentage uptake this year has not yet hit 50%, a little disappointing, but we have not received 100% of answers. …
Leadership
Outlining vision and leading strategy
GTP to NQT (PGCE)
I am very pleased proud pleased to announce that Liam Nicol, our GTP student, successfully completed his formal assessment with Reading University. This was my first experience of being a GTP mentor, having mentored PGCE students in both PE and ICT previously, and I just wanted to share a …
Reach Out to Jeff Utecht
I have never met Jeff, I think we Skyped on a few webware discussions, we have emailed and his blog has been in my RSS reader for over 2 years. I have listen to his podcast (for a short while) and …
John Wooden
John Wooden, affectionately known as Coach, led UCLA to record wins that are still unmatched in the world of basketball. Throughout his long life, he shared the values and life lessons he passed to his players, emphasizing success that’s about …
General Teaching Council Axed
12 months ago I signed a petition that challenged a ‘Code of Conduct’ written by the GTC. It would appear that the GTC is now the walking dead with some quite firm criticism from Education Secretary Michael Gove and the …
Ofsted Reflections
First, the number of requests for IT Services unsurprisingly peaked this morning. Ian, Alan and I were all in early for an early informal meeting. The next opportunity I had to speak to both Ian and Alan was…. 3:00 before …
Becta or Ofsted?
Who gets my attention this evening? Reading about the demise of Becta or preparing for Ofsted? The immediate job at hand, Ofsted inspection tomorrow, or the immediate future of iCT, Becta? Ofsted have been expected for 3-4 weeks now but …
Important and Urgent then Do It.
I am sure you have come across the decision making matrix / Covey’s quadrants in one form or another. For 3 years, whilst working at Tauntons College, I faced a copy the matrix when sitting at my desk, in an …