Leading is like working on a puzzle without the cover.
Leading is rarely stable, nor should it be. The organisation is in constant flux. You have to play the cards you have, not the ones you wish you did. Hence the leadershp quote struck a cord.
Teaching
Applying teaching strategied, techniques and ideas.
Summative Assessment with Cultures of Thinking
I am working through Creating Cultures of Thinking and nearing the end of Ron Ritchharts book and I am aware of the minimal conversation surrounding the use of summative assessment. Afterall making thinking visible is formative by its very nature. …
Wisdom, skill and virtue
Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it.
The pain of regret
Brad Stevens – Boston Celtics
I don’t care about the result, I care that we have no regrets. The pain of discipline isn’t as bad as the pain of regret. – Brad Stevens
Cultures of Thinking – baking and teaching
I have for toyed with the idea of baking as an extended metaphor for teaching here and there. Fundamentally, both are part Science and part Art, complex processes that, to an extent, are unpredictable. In both cases, looks can be …
Not even reliably wrong
On more than a handful of occasions I have asked the DfE and Ofsted to discuss the effectiveness of annual performance reviews. Both parties are unremarkably quiet on the matter. Now, after reading Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio article “How Gender Bias Corrupts Performance …
Cultures of Thinking
Back in January I attended our National In-service day. In between the big hitters, we were introduced to Cultures of Thinking #culturesofthinking courtesy of educational consultant Simon Brooks. His whistle stop tour, was exactly that. As part of the Headteachers meeting the …
One-on-on conversations
If leaderhip is the the art of convening conversations that might not happen otherwise. Then the art of conversations is a critical skill to master. Of the past few weeks, where I have found articles on conversations or coaching, I have bookmarked …