In the May 2018, still planning for September 2019, I reached out to a trusted colleague and highly regarded International Headteacher (now award winning Headteacher). A conversation that spanned a few weeks ensued. I am very fortunate to be able …
Thinking to intending Our starting point was where? We came up with a few loose guidelines. We needed a direct flight so that grandparents and family could visit. Asia/South America. Predominantly English speaking. Europe. Family friendly and on the quieter …
More than fourteen months before I stepped onto the plane to fly out to my new school, I started a professional diary that captured the process of making and seeking an international teaching experience. I plan to share that thinking …
I arrived in Dubai 92 days ago, ahead of my family, to start a new role at Deira International School (DIS). Here are a handful of observations from that experience that may have transferable value to schools elsewhere. DIS operates …
“Panda P” – a brain break game from Positive Education course I attended back in week 1 of my Dubai adventure, reappeared on a leadership training session last Sunday. It made my senior colleagues smile so here it is for …
Day three on a #PosEd course and I find myself distracted by my own thoughts. We are looking at how to build / promote positive relationships and I’m distracted. I am thinking about how positive relationships are being developed by …
Before I married my wife, the church where we were getting married required we attended a days counselling – “Preparing for married life.” We heard from the Reverend, marriage counsellors, a divorce solicitors and a church couple, thirty-five years married. …
Today, on our Positive Education course, we have been prompted to think about the duality of different character traits. The under cooked and the over cooked. David Bott opened the session with a poem, which in turn prompted me to …
