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The Most Important Aspects of A School Staff And Student Wellbeing Policy Creating an effective staff/student wellbeing policy is of great importance as statistically the average classroom will have staff members and students struggling from mental illness. It is one thing having a wellbeing...

The Benefit of Mindfulness Meditation for Teachers Teach Well Alliance: Sam Waters Everyone has heard of mindfulness meditation. “Mindfulness meditation involves sitting silently and paying attention to thoughts, sounds, the sensations of breathing or parts of the body, bringing your...

How leaders can promote staff wellbeing in schools Teach Well Alliance: Sam Waters Staff in leadership positions and school staff can both simultaneously benefit from promoting wellbeing. However, creating it can be difficult, and many leaders are uncertain of how to do so. In promoting...

This Winter Term the Schools Practice at Odgers Berndtson launches the first series of articles for its new Voices in Education series. These articles are written by a number of leading voices across the schools sector. They have been written to start conversations about important challenges,...

'Teachers aren't experts - they need tools to talk about mental health' Teachers should be given training on how to broach mental health issues with pupils, says one mental health expert. Mike Armiger First Published in ‘The Guardian’ on 16th February, 2019 “Teachers should have mental...

No Ordinary Classroom unconventional thoughts on conventional eduthings JULY 31, 2019 JEREMY HANNAY PART 6 – BUILDING TRUST IN A CULTURE OF SKEPTICISM – Don’t Be A Dick (aka: EQ) This article aims to explore HOW we lead – what resources we draw upon – if we aim to build a culture of trust....

No Ordinary Classroom unconventional thoughts on conventional eduthings JULY 29, 2019 JEREMY HANNAY Jeremy blogs at https://noordinaryclassroom.home.blog and tweets @HannayJeremy PART 5 – Building Trust in a Culture of Scepticism – ALIGNMENT By now, it’s likely you’ve read the beginning of my...

No Ordinary Classroom unconventional thoughts on conventional eduthings JULY 22, 2019 JEREMY HANNAY Jeremy blogs at https://noordinaryclassroom.home.blog and tweets @HannayJeremy PART 4 – Building Trust in a Culture of Scepticism – DEVELOPING SOCIAL CAPITAL This post is to unpick some of the...

No Ordinary Classroom unconventional thoughts on conventional eduthings JULY 22, 2019 JEREMY HANNAY Jeremy blogs at https://noordinaryclassroom.home.blog PART 3 – Building Trust in a Culture of Scepticism – PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT If you have read PART 1 on Leading the Instructional Program: ...