I have been a teacher of English for 24 years, a Headteacher for 9 years and, at the age of 48, this much I know about the the potential for Twitter and Blogging to engender an Education Spring. Blogging and Twitter have a lot to answer for. I began blogging…
I have been a teacher of English for 24 years, a Headteacher for 9 years and, at the age of 48, this much I know about the Strange Bedfellows Project: Creativity and Analysis in an Age of Austerity. Sometimes you intuitively pursue an opportunity and it blossoms into something quite…
I have been a teacher of English for 24 years, a Headteacher for 9 years and, at the age of 48, this much I know about how to develop a new Teachers' Pay Policy. Here is a summary of our proposed Pay Policy, with simple to follow Flow Chart!…
#blogsync - 30 June Blog. http://share.edutronic.net/ I have been a teacher of English and Media Studies for 24 years, a Headteacher for 9 years and, at the age of 48, this much I know about, a 'great classroom explanation' of genre theory. I owe a…
I have been a teacher of English for 24 years, a Headteacher for 9 years and, at the age of 48, this much I know about why we all need nourishment in challenging times. We all need to be nourished. My first poetic nourishment was Seamus Heaney’s verse; when…
I have been a teacher of English for 24 years, a Headteacher for 9 years and, at the age of 48, this much I (don’t) know about the future of ICT in schools. We all know the Wayne Gretzky quotation, Skate to where the puck is going, not to…
I have been a teacher of English for 24 years, a Headteacher for 9 years and, at the age of 48, this much I know about bridging the independent-state school divide. All our certainties seem to be crumbling away. In our complex, changing world hang on to your values and…
I have been a teacher of English for 24 years, a Headteacher for 9 years and, at the age of 48, this much I know about performance-related pay for teachers. Who brought politics into education? Last December I was asked by a BBC reporter whether I regretted bringing politics into…