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Issue 9.4

Leadership

Enabling a Culture for Thinkers with Ron Ritchhart

Ron Ritchhart has been a powerful advocate for educational practices that bring out the best in people, and creating places where thinking is valued, visible and actively promoted. We sat down with him to discuss his research and thoughts on the current state of education.

  • 21 Mar 2019
  • 24mins
  • Ron Ritchhart
Leadership

Leadership Briefing: Report Update

Leadership Briefing is a weekly online summary of all that’s new and relevant to education, linked to original source documents that can be downloaded or viewed on screen, and available to everyone in your school leadership team. The briefings here give a sample of what’s on offer.

  • 21 Mar 2019
  • 24mins
Leadership

The Lion That Has Failed to Roar

Head teachers have lost a great deal of their influence and ability to positively affect the education environment over the last decade. Geoff Barton, head of the ASCL, seemed destined to turn this around. But is his softly, softly approach the right one? SLT editor Howard Sharron reports.

  • 21 Mar 2019
  • 24mins
  • Howard Sharron
Leadership

Knife Crime: The Levers for Change Don’t Work in England

Blog by Howard Sharron on knife crime and the policy challenges in reducing it

  • 21 Mar 2019
  • 24mins
  • Howard Sharron
Leadership

Sparking Joy with Creativity

We often promote the value of imaginative pupil-focused education, but then set up and bureaucratic frameworks that make teachers feel powerless. Lucia Yandoli believes it’s time to incorporate creativity into the heart of the profession as a way of invigorating teachers and countering burnout.

  • 21 Mar 2019
  • 24mins
  • Lucia Yandoli
Leadership

Harnessing the Power of Peer Observation

John Blanchard looks at how colleagues’ visiting one another’s lessons and observing other activities can inform insights and innovations. He shows that this applies as much to leaders, managers and mentors as it does to teachers. Peer observation is a direct way of promoting job morale and satisfaction, while informing agendas for whole-school development.

  • 21 Mar 2019
  • 24mins
  • John Blanchard
Leadership

Acing the Leadership Interview

So you’re ready to move up in your career and are faced with the ritual of the competitive interview. Jon Tait shares some ideas for how to shine.

  • 21 Mar 2019
  • 24mins
  • Jon Tait
Leadership

Designing a Workplace That No One Wants to Leave

Positive teacher experience and engagement is crucial for schools to be able to work together and achieve educational aims. Karen Dempster and Stephanie Hill offer a framework for upgrading your school’s teacher experience.

  • 21 Mar 2019
  • 24mins
  • Karen Dempster, Stephanie Hill
Leadership

Authentic Strategies for Primary School Improvement

In the first of a series of seven articles, Rob Carpenter looks what real school improvement is and how important it is to stay focused on the real substance of education rather than pandering to the latest trends in accountability.

  • 21 Mar 2019
  • 24mins
  • Rob Carpenter
Leadership

Sparking Joy with Creativity

We often promote the value of imaginative pupil-focused education, but then set up and bureaucratic frameworks that make teachers feel powerless. Lucia Yandoli believes it’s time to incorporate creativity into the heart of the profession as a way of invigorating teachers and countering burnout.

  • 21 Mar 2019
  • 24mins
  • Lucia Yandoli