Post its, emails to self, photos, bookmarks. Originally this blog started out as a thinking skip. A place to collect my thoughts and off load. 1,648 posts later and I am still making good use of that facility. Teaching is …
Comment that’s passed my eye-line. When I talk to managers I get the feeling their important. When I talk to leaders I get the feeling I’m important. It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you …
Your smile is your logo. Your personality is your business card. How you leave others feeling after an experience with you becomes your trademark. Spending today complaining about yesterday won’t make tomorrow any better. Quick fixes are rarely quick, and …
If your can’t explain it simply. You don’t enough it well enough. It is often about making the complex, accessible. [qr_code_display]
Leaders don’t matter until they do what matters. I really liked this quote, though I felt it needed an answer. So I tweeted ‘what matters to staff.’ I admit there were only a few responses but dealing with behaviour and …
Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see. – Arthur Schopenhauer Would it be fair to say that most target setting systems in most schools therefore directs talent? If that is indeed the …
Great teachers praise students for their efforts but never confuse effort with mastery. Doug Lemov [qr_code_display]
“Each one of us can make a difference. Together we make change.” – Barbara Mikulski
