Bringing new teachers and support staff into a school can give the energy boost it needs, or maintain the momentum of positive change that may
Feedback that pops the bubble – overcoming the deflector shield
One of the obstacles educational leaders face when giving colleagues feedback is deflection. Over the years, through numerous conversations with educators centering on giving and
Are you getting in the way of the feedback you really need to grow?
It is questionable whether teachers and leaders are given regular feedback in order to grow professionally. When teachers work with students feedback is given in
Leading in schools does not start, or end, in a formal leadership position
A significant number of educators aspire to move into formal educational leadership positions, or to move up another rung on the leadership ladder. Moving into
The guilt trip of not doing enough in our schools
Working in education is a lifelong passion for many teachers. Even when teachers are sick, they dose-up on vitamins, cold and flu medication, just to
Why we must get away from tick box style teacher evaluations
A large number of schools still continue to use tick box evaluation models that make little difference to the impact a teacher has on teaching