NCSL – Ten Years Younger
Its been too long since I spent time on a Middle Leadership CPD learning task. Accepted, I read technology and education blogs most days, I try and write to my blog most weeks and I have taught myself how to …
Leadership
Outlining vision and leading strategy
Performance Management
Well there is not too much to share. The meeting was simple. The head was pleased with the progress academically and understandably squeezing for every extra percentage point for ICT pass grades. Conversation quickly moved onto the IT focus which …
Performance Review
I have now been at Hamble College for nearly 12 months and its my performance review this week. How do these meetings mould our progress as middle leaders. What can I glean from this experience to make me a better …
Brad Freidel Attendance Award
Aston Villa keeper Brad Friedel broke the record for continuous games played in the Premier League after his 167th game finished in a 0-0 draw with Fulham. That’s five years without a Premier League game off? Although impressive this is …
Day 3 @ SSAT
Another inspiring student presentation with wow factor, I forget to mention the Pearl of Africa, impressive. A modern Step Up performance with great music and costume. An overview of the impact of federation was supported by series of shorter presentation by future leaders. Given the …
Day 2 @ SSAT
A enjoyable start to the day with a seminar style event with Sir Ken Robinson, only problem was the booking system delayed the start and frustrated a fair few delegates and of course restricted the time we had to hear …
SSAT Conference Day 1
It’s day one of the SSAT conference. The 3000 delegates. Impressive venue and the first two speakers set an enquiring tone. Sir Dexter Hutt, only introduced the conference but I felt that there was more I could gleaned from his …
What is the Focus?
With nearly a year passed, I recently looked at what ‘we’ had been working towards, the items the Department and I had fulfilled or had left incomplete. The areas of IT Networking we had addressed and those that still posed …