I recently read Johann Hari’s excellent book on Stolen Focus. I realised that as a HT my clarity of thinking is regularly impeded by a lack of focus. Is it stolen? I think so. We are required to be strategic and yet have to have solutions to staff shortages or pupil behaviour at the dropContinue reading “Stolen Snatches”
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What if..?
A key part of being an educator in contemporary Scotland is about always asking questions to improve. How Good Is our School? 4 (Education Scotland, 2015) is a book of questions. Any self-evaluation is predicated on questions. As an enquiring HT I also love asking questions. It’s what I’m good at. However, sometimes my questionsContinue reading “What if..?”
Being a headteacher is a lot like… crochet
Been thinking about finding something that will take me off thinking too much about school, leadership and masters level learning. I decided that crochet could be for me. My mum has been crocheting since I was 7… four decades of watching her would clearly make me an expert.. right? Actually no!A lot like leadership, crochetContinue reading “Being a headteacher is a lot like… crochet”
The Enquiring Head Teacher 