Safe To Learn
Bullying is an issue in many schools. Certainly the school I had been involved with had a significant issue with the majority of students dissatisfied with the level of bullying and the way that...
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Restorative Justice
An article about restorative justice in Rethinking Schools describes what happened when a student who broke a window at Humanities Prep in Manhattan went before the school’s “Fairness Committee”: During that session, the members...
Behaviour Management
Judith Osgood writes an extremely interesting article looking at behavioural issues in EBD students, most of the principles of her paper can be applied in the general school context. Her key thesis is that...
Building Winning Teams
Step 1: Assess Capabilities Puppies – keen, low skill, need reigning in and managing without damaging enthusiasm Dolphins – movers and shakers Bear – slow to sign up but powerful, easy to become unaligned...
What Do pupils think Makes a Good teacher?
An illuminating source of information on effective teaching lies in asking the beneficiaries. What is again striking about the different studies that have been carried out into pupils’ perspectives on their teachers, is the...
Socratic Questions
The Socratic Questioning Technique The Socratic approach to questioning is based on the practice of disciplined, thoughtful dialogue. Socrates, the early Greek philosopher/teacher, believed that disciplined practice of thoughtful questioning enabled the student to...
Closing the Gap Between Boys and Girls
This report commissioned by the Welsh Assembly Government, presents findings from 2006 – 2008 relating to closing the gap between boys’ and girls’ attainment in schools. It is based on inspection reports and/or investigating...
Sweating the Small Stuff
This article tells the story of six remarkable inner city secondary schools that have eliminated the achievement gap…or at least come close. They are living proof that poor, minority kids can learn as much...
SMSC Training
Attached is CPD that I delivered to reintroduce SMSC to my school. It includes a powerpoint and handouts. It draws in many of the concept and values that I learnt through Future Leaders.
