I have been a teacher of English for 24 years, a Headteacher for 9 years and, at the age of 48, this much I know about how all of us will improve our teaching (and so make our school a truly great school). If we worried too much about the…
#Blogsync post number 1. http://share.edutronic.net/ I have been a teacher of English for 24 years, a Headteacher for 9 years and, at the age of 48, this much I know about the number one shift in UK education I wish to see in my lifetime. WARNING: I’…
I have been a teacher of English for 24 years, a Headteacher for 9 years and, at the age of 48, this much I know about how we teach reading skills to our weakest readers. Primary-secondary transfer is profoundly important; I know we all know this, but I have to…
I have been a teacher of English for 24 years, a Headteacher for 9 years and, at the age of 48, this much I know about how we will become a truly great school. I have spent the last month working hard on a document entitled, eventually, How we will…
I have been a teacher of English for 24 years, a Headteacher for 9 years and, at the age of 48, this much I know about why all of us must improve our teaching. For the past month, since I last blogged, I have been thinking about how to develop…
I have been a teacher of English for 24 years, a Headteacher for 9 years and, at the age of 48, this much I know about keeping the main thing the main thing. Can we really structure our school so that increasing the impact of teaching on students' learning…
I have been a teacher of English for 24 years and, at the age of 48, this much I know about short stories for your Christmas assembly! I wrote this first short story; it is based on my wife's account of walking our youngest to school a couple…
I have been a Headteacher for over nine years now and, at the age of 48, this much I know about the tricky issue of planning the development of an outstanding school. Sustained, deep improvement of schools takes time. Twelve years ago I sat next to the late Derek Wise…