Complete Teacher Wellbeing in Schools

Do you work in a toxic school? In this video, I cover the common elements of a "toxic school".

In this lecture, I discuss some of the possible solutions when working in a toxic school. Please see the additional resource for an even more in depth discussion around this.

What is emotional intelligence and what does it look like in a school context?

An article I wrote to summarise the content in this section.

An outline to some of the themes emerging when looking at how to review and reform whole school accountability systems.

A lecture outlining some approaches to accountability and teacher development.

A lecture explaining what instructional coaching is and how it might appear in a school setting.

A detailed look at the evidence and research against linking student outcomes to teacher performance. The implications of this evidence should allow schools to re imagine their traditional performance management policies.

This is an article I wrote for the TES in 2019 about accountability reform.

In this lecture, I explore the performance management policy written by Chris Moyse for Bridgewater Trust and explain why its aims, purpose and implementation could have a very positive impact on teacher wellbeing in schools.

The second performance management case study comes from Jeremy Hannay at the Three Bridges School in Essex, UK.

In the resources with this video, I include a downloadable copy of my adapted version of Jeremy's performance management documentation.

In this introduction, I outline some of the key ideas and areas for reducing workload with regards marking and assessment. I move into more detail in other lectures.

In this article, I look at what the current trends for marking and feedback are in the UK.

In this lecture, I share a number of strategies that can be implemented to move from marking towards feedback.

In this lecture, I highlight the best marking and assessment policy i've seen.

An introduction to how schools can focus on changing student behaviours.

I share how some schools around the UK are challenging and changing student behaviours to create a positive learning culture.

A day in the life of secondary headteacher, Sam Strickland, focusing on transforming the behaviour in a school through high expectations.

Pete Sanderson is an experienced senior leader with responsibility for behaviour in his current setting. Here, he talks to me about why managing the behaviour of students is crucial to developing genuine teacher wellbeing.

How a realignment of what effective and efficient pedagogy is can save you time, stress and money.

An article I wrote to detail the evolution I went through in my pedagogical approach from PGCE (2007) to present. There are implications on teacher workload and wellbeing throughout.

Rosenshines Principles of Instruction and how they can be implemented in the classroom.

How to reduce teacher workload - part 1

In this lecture, I share key strategies for reducing teacher workload that the best schools are implementing today.

In this video (share credit: TES), I discuss whether paying teachers more or investing in edtech could solve teacher recruitment and retention issues.

A contribution by Mark Anderson, ICT Evangelist, on edtech tools to reduce teacher workload.

How can schools save up to 20 hours of teacher time every week?

A one page teaching and learning plan I produced, influenced by Ross Mcgill (teachertoolkit).

An article I wrote detailing my own mental health challenges and how they have impacted my professional life.

Should you disclose a mental health issue with your school/institution? A discussion with multiple educators.

In this lecture, I interview teacher Alice Boyd who is open about her diagnosis of bipolar disorder. How did the school support her? Was it right to disclose or not?

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