Headteacherchat has been collecting blogs for leaders/teachers.
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Blogs I read this week:
Other leadership blogs to read:
Steve Adcock
The specific things that leaders do
Shaun Allison
What remote learning has taught us about: Challenge
Ambition Insitute @Ambition_Inst
TEN THINGS WE LEARNED FROM EARLY CAREER TEACHERS
Ruth Ashbee @Ruth_Ashbee
Booklets, Rosenshine, Teach Like A Champion, and Knowledge-Rich Curriculum
Civics and Self: Powerful Knowledge Curriculum in PSHE and Citizenship
Curriculum is for ever – but not how you think
Literacy, Curriculum and Teaching
Rachel Ball @MrsBallAP
Alex Beachamp @al_beauchamp
Living and learning inside the story: How storytelling can shape curriculum design
Jennifer Barker @Barker_J
Adrian Bethune @AdrianBethune
Jill Berry @jillberry102
Simon Botten @Southgloshead
Strategic Laziness: how rested leaders make better leaders.
Claire Boyd @ClaireBoyd83
How extending playtime can help children after lockdown
Dwain Brandy @leadingequality
Educational Leadership- A personal journey
David Bull @DanielTBull
Andy Byers @Framheadteacher
Catch-Up: Please, for once, trust us to support our own students.
Jo Castelino
Censored Head @CensoredHead
I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!
Chartered College @CharteredColl
Curriculum, pedagogy and learning by Nienke Nieveen
Developing an inclusive curriculum; What can we learn from teachers’ inclusive pedagogy?
Daisy Christodoulou @daisychristo
Gary Lineker is not dead and neither is football – yethttps://blog.nomoremarking.com/from-scaled-scores-to-writing-ages-2e882bb155e0
Paul Cline @PaulCline_psy
Cornerstones Education @Cornerstonesedu
How to design an outstanding primary art and design curriculum
Resources for your primary curriculum
Christine Counsell
In search of senior curriculum leadership: Introduction – a dangerous absence
Jonathan Coy @headteacherchat
School leadership – four signs you’re ready to join SLT
Ben Crockett @BenCrockett1
‘Britain’s new tennis star and deliberate practice’
Mr Crome @M_Crome
Mason Davies @TheGeogTeacher
David Didau @DavidDidau
Five things new school leaders need to know
The Best 3 Sentences in Education
Megan Dixon @DamsonEd
Teaching doesn’t need another hero
Dan Edwards @DanEdwards_77
David Ellison @d_a_ellison
Endoxa Learning @endoxalearning
Mark Enser @EnserMark
Zoe Enser
Jugglers, magicians and stand-up comedians
Matthew Evans @head_teach
Getting the measure of a school
Ed Finch
Why the ‘read for pleasure’ curriculum shouldn’t be left to chance by Russell Pearson (@DynamicDeps)
Chris Foley @CSEL_STOC
Ignore the Noise 3 – Apocalypse not? – Leadership
Ignore the Noise 2 – Reflection
Pete Foster @pnjfoster
Why is improvement difficult in schools?
Expectations 2: How can we change our expectations?
Beth Greville-Giddings @bethgg
Support the individual and develop the whole
Josh Goodrich @Josh_CPD
Implementing Instructional Coaching: What to think about, and what to avoid.
Jeremy Hannay
Genuine, Deep Well-being: The Medium is the Message
Building a Happy School – PART 1: Marking, Planning & Admin
Sean Harris @SeanHarris_NE
Doorstep Disadvantage: Beyond the Pupil Premium
Nick Hart @MrNickHart
What does it take for school leaders to learn from other industries?
What leaders need to know about the curriculum
What leaders need to know about impact
Persuading parents – using what we know about school choice
What school leaders need to know about cultural leadership
Dr Heery
What goes up, must stay up – the delusion of social mobility
Kat Howard @SaysMiss
CPD series: diagnosis, treat and return
Difficult conversations are better conversations
CPD series: the leverage of professional discourse
Haili Hughes @HughesHaili
Recovery from toxic leadership
Josh Goodrich @Josh_CPD
How can we tailor our instructional coaching approach for both novices and experts?
Coaching and Diagnosis, Pt 1.
Mr Gordon @MrAWGordon
Jo Gray @Jo_c_gray @OneEducation
Ben Levinson OBE @MrLev
Our five top tips for being proactive with mental health
Maxim Kelly @maximjkelly
How to run a virtual parents evening with zoom...
WHO do make the BEST leaders and why?
10 things I wish I’d known when I became a Headteacher
Shuaib Khan
Not Even Water? Supporting Muslim Staff and Students During Ramadan
Ollie Knight
THE CUMULATIVE RADICALISATION OF SCHOOL LEADERSHIP.
Nimish Lad @Nlad84
The difficultly of asking for help
Ros McMullen @headsroundtable
HeadsRoundtable Assessment Policy Proposals
Amanda McShane @Headshipjourney
Tara McVey @tara_mcvey
'What are they thinking about?'
@MBDscience
Jonathan Mountstevens @MrMountstevens
Quality Assurance through Lesson Observation
Mary Myatt @MaryMyatt
Tom Needham @Tom_Needham_
Ben Newmark @bennewmark
One Education @OneEducation
SUPPORTING WELLBEING THROUGH SUPERVISION
Mrs. P Blog
Deputy Headteacher Interviews & those blue, suede shoes!
Mrs Pearce @PearceMrs
Embedding and evidence-informed culture
Andrew Percival @primarypercival
Confessions of a curriculum leader
Adam Robbins @MrARobbins
What we need to know about cognitive bias
Dan Rosen @musingsofadr
Better Questions, Better Evidence
David Rusby @DavidNautilus1
Clare Sealy @ClareSealy
HOW TO SPEAK TRUTHFULLY ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMAN: A USER’S HANDBOOK.
Tom Sherrington @Teacherhead
Planning Professional Learning: One system; three streams.
Time to replace ‘formal observation’ systems with Instructional Coaching for everyone #CPD
Rescuing Differentiation from the Checklist of Bad Practice.
Five Steps Towards an Embedded Coaching and CPD Culture.
School Development Priorities for 2021-22
Counter-examples in CPD. The power of ‘don’ts’.
The Secret Headteacher @secretHT1
Expert Teachers 1 – What Teacher Expertise Isn’t
Helen Skelton @DrHSkelton
Does that make sense? Breaking bad habits
Assessment – what’s the point?
Adam Smith @MrSmithRE
The case for a national curriculum for RE
Simon Smith @smithsmm
The Special Relationship #FierceKindness
Beware false prophets, silver bullets and the curse of the FAD
Pointless…Why do we continue to do this to ourselves?
Fee Stagg @dogspaws23
Helen Stevenson @HelenStevenson4
Recruitment is at the heart of safeguarding efforts
Claire Stoneman @stoneman_claire
School leadership is not like football
School leaders, are you paying attention?
Kyrstie Stubbs
The 3 R’s- refrain, refuse and resist!
Ross McGill @TeacherToolkit
The Cognitive Science of Powerpoint (Pedagogy)
Persistence: Children Learn Less When Adults Take Over
John Tomsett
This much I know about…what it feels like when you are criticised about your remote teaching
This much I know about…where you can find school leadership wisdom in a challenging world
This much I know about...how nothing needs to matter too much
This much I know about…how senior leaders like me are often curriculum chocolate teapots
This much I know about…putting your staff first
Emma Turner FCCT @Emma_Turner75
Curriculum is a knife and fork
Sam Twiselton OBE @samtwiselton
‘Beyond the curriculum’ – trainee teachers’ models of knowledge
Jonny Uttley
Build Back Bolder: Five Choices All School Leaders Can Make
Josh Vallance @VallanceTeach
Sequencing and coherence: what are we really talking about?
What can businesses do to support employee wellbeing and mental health?
Ben Whitaker @Itsbenwhitaker
5 Ways to Motivate in Hybrid Learning
Helen Whitty @HelenAWitty
Hannah Wilson @Ethical_Leader
Zen Educate @zeneducate
Keeping children safe in education: Updates for September 2021