Is the most important person in your school or team is the one who has the key to the stationery cupboard?
Read MoreExplosive atmosphere, by Terry Freedman
Toxic leadership
It's all very well enjoying power, but ultimately power is only useful if it gets things done without unfortunate side effects.
Read MorePreparing for a head of department post doesn’t only involve reading. Picture credit: Reading (cartoon), by Terry Freedman
The benefits of supply teaching...
I don’t think I would go so far as to recommend supply teaching as a career option, even temporarily. However…
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The benefits of an open door classrooms policy
Should classrooms be open, in the sense that anyone might see what's going on, and perhaps even take part in them?
Read MoreHelping staff to develop and move on
You can’t hold on to good teachers forever. They will, at some point, wish to move on and seek positions of influence themselves.
Read MoreWhat does a Head of Department do?
If you’re the Head of Computing or Education Technology, you may also have a responsibility for the use and possibly even the co-ordination of the use of technology across the whole school.
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