Leadership 55 is Haringey Education Partnership's popular webinar, where special guests discuss key leadership issues in their field. Hosted by John Tomsett, erstwhile headteacher of Huntington Research School, in its first two seasons the webinar attracted a host of educational experts.Tomsett's curiosity teases out gems of advice from the likes of Professors Becky Allen & Dylan Wiliam, Alex Quigley and Bennie Kara. To conclude the webinars, the host contributes his own nuggets of wisdom formed during 30 years of leading schools.This book captures both the essence of each special guest interview along with Tomsett's sage reflections. There is indispensable advice on a range of issues, from the complexities of assessment, to coping with the loneliness of leading a school, to exploiting the potential of artificial intelligence.And why call it Leadership 55? Well, the conversations are about leadership and each webinar is exactly 55 minutes long!
The A-Z of Trust Leadership is a compelling handbook for those leading multi-academy trusts and school partnerships, organised around the 26 letters of the English alphabet.
The A-Z of International School Leadership is a stimulating collection of sharp insights and creative perspectives drawing on the author's global experiences, organised around the 26 letters of the English alphabet."Leaders of international schools are free to choose from the best educational initiatives around the world, yet many find themselves blinkered by slavishly following historical traditions and patriotic ruts."The hindrance to development and innovation that follows from ploughing the single furrow is self-evident. The best schools are open and outward thinking, ready to critically accept ideas from around the world, even if these ideas emanate from people in countries other than their own. International schools are ideally placed to be at the forefront of innovation in education."- Simon Watson
The A-Z of Diversity and Inclusion is a powerful blend of advice, reflection and provocation on these vital topics, organised around the 26 letters of the English alphabet. Great educators recognise how diversity enriches their organisation. They have an ambition for every learner (adult and child) to be seen, represented and included, for their needs to be met and any barriers they are experiencing to be understood, tackled and overcome. To achieve this requires dogged determination, relentless and forensic focus and unwavering optimism and energy. Inclusive educators quite literally change lives.
Being a leader involves having followers and working as a team. Sometimes our teams get stuck and issues emerge that we don't always feel equipped to deal with. How do we get buy in, keep momentum, recognise and overcome dysfunction, and get the best out of introverts and extroverts so that everyone feels safe and brave? This book is for people who want to be daring and responsible in their leadership, who want to embrace paradoxes, and understand how to create and maintain thriving teams. Use this book to help you work through the issues that are most relevant to you and your teams so that you, and they, can thrive.
The A-Z of Early Career Teaching is a one-stop shop for those in the early stages of their teaching career, organised around the 26 letters of the English alphabet.'So look up from the individual trees and see the whole wood. Because in teaching, today is always yesterday before you know it, and on balance that's a good thing - there's no time for either despair or complacency. Yesterday exists to allow us to learn from our disappointments and build upon our successes. And that's entirely healthy.' Harry Hudson
Leaders Aren't Born, They're M.A.D.E. provides a practical, accessible approach to leadership, grounded in time-tested principles. Instead of reinventing the wheel, this book curates and synthesizes the most effective leadership techniques, organizing them into four essential pillars: Management, Awareness, Development, and Environment. Each pillar comes with a set of techniques, thoughtfully designed with memorable names, engaging fables, and clear descriptions that reveal the often invisible practices used by great leaders. These techniques serve as a roadmap for both personal growth and team development, making the book an invaluable resource for leaders at every stage. What sets Leaders Aren't Born apart is its flexible, interactive format: it's not meant to be read cover to cover. Instead, it's a dynamic tool that allows you to assess your strengths and challenges as a leader and choose your own path to growth. After taking the self-assessment, you can focus on the areas where you need the most improvement, ensuring that you develop into a well-rounded leader who excels across all pillars. Whether you're a seasoned leader, just starting out, or looking to develop your team, Leaders Aren't Born, They're M.A.D.E. is your guide to becoming the leader you aspire to be.
Pupil Book Study: Writing is an evidence-led framework for supporting schools in evaluating the impact of their Writing curriculum. Building on the global success of the original Pupil Book Study frameworks, this publication will explore the complex nuances of how to get children writing effectively. Writing is widely acknowledged as one of the most cognitively demanding aspects of the curriculum and leaders have sought for many years to balance the competing demands the subject. Pupil Book Study: Writing guides teachers and leaders to examine each facet of the writing process through a research-informed lens to help them understand how well their provision is serving their children. This approach allows us valuable insights into the lived experience of our curricula models, shining a light on how well learning endures. If you are looking for a more meaningful approach to monitoring and evaluation that puts children at the centre of the process, Pupil Book Study: Writing is for you.
Strategies, techniques and ideas come and go in education, but feedback will always be an important aspect of effective teaching, learning and assessment. Feedback should be helpful and actionable, and pupils must embrace it, but the reality is that this doesn't always happen. Pupils receive feedback on a daily basis, from their teachers and peers, so how can we make sure it helps rather than hinders learning? This book aims to answer that key question and provide a wide range of practical examples for the classroom.Feedback: strategies to support teacher workload and improve pupil progress, the latest book by bestselling author Kate Jones, explores a variety of evidence-informed and workload-friendly feedback strategies. Jones examines the ingredients of effective feedback, shows what actionable feedback looks like in practice, explores verbal feedback approaches, advises on peer and self-assessment, and includes a chapter on harnessing technology to support teacher workload. Fascinating case studies reveal how classroom teachers and school leaders across primary and secondary are implementing feedback in their settings.
Grow your knowledge, understanding and skills as you begin your path to a career in Agriculture, Environment and Animal Care.Created in association with City & Guilds and written by experienced practitioners Robin Jackson and Sally Green, this accessible T Level textbook provides comprehensive coverage of the core content, guiding you through the key topics, terminology and practices included in the qualification.- Build your knowledge of the core T Level content, including challenging topics such as business, finance, sustainability and ethics, plus content for several core pathways- Stay on track throughout the course, using the learning objectives at the start of each chapter and the 'Test Yourself' questions throughout- Improve your understanding of industry terminology with key terms defined clearly throughout- Develop a deeper understanding of each topic with case studies and varied activities, which help to contextualise the content within the industry- Feel confident ahead of assessment with practice questions to consolidate your knowledge and providing opportunities to test your skills
Direct Instruction is an incredibly powerful approach to teaching with a robust and wide ranging evidence base. Although you can buy field tested ready to go teaching programmes that are based on DI theory, there is much that can be applied to the everyday classroom. DI theory can help answer two of the biggest pedagogical questions: what should we teach and how should we teach it. DI is the closest we have got to a complete, scientific framework for approaching teaching and learning.
'Gifted and talented' is a zombie. It is dead, but still walking around. There are new labels to stratify students - 'more able', 'significantly able', 'high-aptitude learners'. New labels do not equal new thinking. The concept of 'gifted' is still stubbornly embedded in our educational structures, with its legacy of social immobility, racism and sexism. Students can be 'more able' when they have more financial resources, more access, more visibility, or more cultural acceptance. There are pervasive narratives that educators should prioritise extension for some students and not others. We can dispel the myth that pitching lessons judiciously to 'middle ability', and then differentiating up and down, is effective. This book explores how we can provide every student with rigorous challenge. Challenge for all is an inclusive approach to teaching, whereby every student is invited, and given the tools, to reach a place of mastery. This can be through project-based learning, Harkness round-tables, oracy, adaptive teaching, inclusive enrichment programs, dynamic classroom strategies and a schoolwide mission for equity. Educators can embed powerful knowledge into the curriculum, reimagine teaching to the top, and stretch learners through personalised and responsive instruction. The shift to enrichment, challenge and equity creates magnificent possibilities. The message to all students is: you belong here.
There is a paradox at the heart of contemporary school improvement and system change in education. Why is it that despite the phenomenal increase in our recent knowledge about what works in schooling, standards still lag behind expectations and school level performance is far too variable? Unleashing Greatness addresses this paradox and concludes that, unless we focus unrelentingly on the quality of teaching in both our small and large-scale reform efforts, current practice will never meet society's expectations. Unleashing Greatness is a compilation of David Hopkins' writing into one concise manual to provide an eight-step strategy for unleashing greatness. Introducing a rational and conceptual framework for pedagogic improvement that has the potential for generating an increasingly specific language for teaching and learning, this book significantly aids consistency and precision in the quest for both excellence and equity for all students. Written for 'school improvement activists', particularly those who work in laboratory schools or who wish to emulate that ethos and way of working, the author himself has located his professional practice for over forty years, as well as this book, in the middle of that triangle bounded by the vertices of practice, research and policy.
Why do so few school improvement initiatives actually improve pupil outcomes? In this practical guide to implementing school improvement, Dr James Mannion argues that there are two main reasons. First, school leaders aren't taught how to implement change effectively - and that's essentially their job. Second, there are many problems with top-down change - and top-down change is our default model. Making Change Stick is a game-changing approach to improving pupil outcomes in real-world contexts. Through using a 'slice team' to drive the process of implementing school improvement, you get much better decision-making - and you get buy-in like never before ... 'The impact has been huge ... As a school, moving forward, everything we try to implement will be done using this method because we've found it so successful. So go for it!' Sarah O'Kelly, Deputy Head, Queen Elizabeth High School
Is Leadership a Race? is applicable to leaders old and new, of all levels of experience and expertise. It is a book that will support people considering becoming a leader, who are new to leadership or who are established leaders. If you are undertaking a national professional qualification, then this book will serve as the ideal aide-memoire. Equally, if you just want a referral point that will serve as a touchstone for guidance and reassurance, then this is the book for you. The focus of this book is deliberately sharp and tight, with consideration predominantly given to the following seven areas: know who you are; understand what leadership means; know and respect your context; know, respect and support your people; positively drive behaviour; focus on the curriculum; and build your culture. If you want a book on leadership written by someone who has real experience of the job, then look no further.
Unlock the secrets to effective teaching with "Teacher Hacks," an essential book series for educators dedicated to mastering the art of instruction. In this book, Rebecca Chadwick zooms in on the most challenging concepts in History providing innovative, research-backed strategies to demystify and demonstrate how to approach them in your classroom. Perfect for both new and experienced teachers, this series is your go-to guide for enhancing student understanding and fostering a passion for learning. Elevate your teaching, inspire your students, and make learning easier with "Teacher Hacks."
Designed to be used alongside Jane Eyre Abridged, this workbook includes key questions for KS3-level discussion, a range of useful vocabulary and teaching activities for each chapter.Now you can teach Jane Eyre like never before.
Jane Eyre: Abridged has been edited for the secondary English classroom to a length comparable to a contemporary Young Adult novel. The original novel is often prohibitively long for the modern classroom setting. This edition helps KS3 students discover Brontë's rich, complex language and compelling narrative in a concise and pacy format, making it accessible to the modern reader and more compact to teach.Accompanied by lively, differentiated classroom-ready teaching resources, for students of all abilities, vocabulary banks and discussion questions, Jane Eyre: Abridged is ideal for both experienced teachers and those teaching the novel for the first time.
If you're a book lover with a To Be Read list as long as your arm, and you also happen to be a teacher of English Literature, How to Teach Literature - and Still Love Reading is the book for you. Written by two experienced teachers and English Literature examiners, this book is packed full of inspirational and original reading suggestions from poetry through to drama and prose, together with practical strategies to integrate your reading into the classroom. Aimed at Key Stage 3 and KS4 teachers, this book will not only help you to navigate the perils of external examinations but will also reignite your creativity in the classroom. It will revitalise your teaching and lead to engaging English literature lessons your students will enjoy. As for that TBR list - it's only going to get longer!
How do young children learn to count? What is number sense? Why is zero an even number?The maths might be easy, but teaching it well definitely isn't.Small Numbers, Big Ideas explains the most important concepts for teaching early maths in a straight-to-the-point format. Supported by vibrant illustrations and diagrams, it covers what young children need to understand, why these ideas are so important and ways we can teach them effectively.
The EdTech Playbook is your go-to guide to using EdTech in evidence-informed ways to help you work smarter, transform your teaching and enrich students' learning. Whether you're an experienced educator or newly qualified, this book is packed with practical strategies and real-life examples from fellow teachers you can benefit from. Learn about:- expert advice from experienced authors who know what works- powerful case studies showcasing how educators at all levels use technology to make a difference- time-saving tips to reclaim your precious time- how to leverage AI to support your teaching and their learning- workable ideas to bring light into your everyday teaching practice- how to support digital transformation at scale- the importance of online safety and the role of safeguarding and data privacy in EdTech. The EdTech Playbook is your roadmap to increasing not just your knowledge and skills, but also your creativity in how you apply technology in the classroom. Dive in and become the tech-savvy educator you've always dreamed of being!
This timely and powerful book is brought to you by the team behind Headrest, a free 24/7 wellbeing service for headteachers. It is clear that our current inhumane system of school accountability - inspection in particular - is no longer fit for purpose. Urgent change is needed. We hope this book serves as the catalyst for rebooting the system as we seek to explore alternative approaches to rigorous school accountability.Consisting of a diverse range of authentic voices - from headteachers to journalists, governors to teachers, and authors to researchers - Beyond Belief brings a refreshing dimension to the accountability debate. This book aims to provoke, challenge and reaffirm your beliefs in equal measure. Packed with thoughtful insights, honest reflections and a unique range of perspectives on accountability, these lived experiences provide a compelling case for change.Collectively, as a profession, we must seek to establish a robust, purposeful and humane system of how we hold our schools and each other to account. Once again, we must start to speak up for ourselves. This book aims to do just that.
Written by experienced Film Studies authors and teachers, this Student Book provides the core knowledge and exemplification you will need throughout your Film Studies course and will help to prepare you thoroughly for your exams.- Concepts are explored through in-depth case study chapters on 14 films from the specification including: Casablanca, Bonnie and Clyde, La La Land, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Trainspotting, Sightseers, Mustang, Taxi Tehran, Stories We Tell, Sunrise, Buster Keaton shorts, Pulp Fiction, Daisies and Saute ma Ville, as well as references to many other films- A dedicated chapter on the Non-Examined Assessment production element of the specification provides practical tips on film production- Independent Activities provide direction and suggestions for study outside the classroom to broaden knowledge of the genres under study- Study Tips give advice on skills and highlight best practice when revising for your exams- Key Definitions introduce and reinforce key terminology and examples of how they should be used are provided- Exam-style questions enable you to test yourself and help you refine your exam technique- Sample extracts from student essays with expert commentaries help you to improve your exam technique
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