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Posts by SouthGlosHead
Still available for Christmas from Santa… or Amazon… amzn.eu/d/0BmEWrj
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Currently ‘Best Seller on Amazon’ (albeit for School Governance)! The ideal gift for the current and aspiring school leaders in your life! www.amazon.co.uk/Headteacheri...
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Done!☑️
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Good to see Blackhorse’s DHT ‘on brand’ with her reading whilst out and about in New York! @bloomsburyed.bsky.social
5 months ago
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Two questions every school leader should be able to answer:
1. Why does my school exist?
2. How easy is it to be a good teacher at this school?
@bloomsburyed.bsky.social
5 months ago
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HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who has bought #HEADTEACHERING so far! More here from my Gen Z Social Media Marketing manager…
6 months ago
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Been knocked off the top of the ‘School Governance’ chart by a much younger and much more handsome DHT’s new book. I feel like Cliff Richard having ‘Saviours Day’ knocked off #1 by Wham! And who buys a hard copy of the OFSTED framework?? That’s like been done over by Status Quo!!
6 months ago
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"..So hard as some days will be, remember that what you do matters deeply to our society. And then get on making your moment leading your school community sun shine brightly." Advice for school leaders, @southgloshead.bsky.social in www.bloomsbury.com/uk/headteach... @bloomsburyed.bsky.social 2/2
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Releasing the last set of posts from @southgloshead.bsky.social's new book today: 'Headteachering - A practical guide...with the mess bits left in', from @bloomsburyed.bsky.social www.bloomsbury.com/uk/headteach...
Hope those who have read them have found the advice & insights interesting & useful.
6 months ago
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Huge thanks to Jill who had kindly (and voluntarily 😂) been bigging up the book over the last couple of weeks!
6 months ago
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"I absolutely love my job. It is the best job in the world. The relentless demands of the role are exciting… but they can also be all-consuming. So if you want to be doing the job happily, for many, many years, as I have, then you need to take your wellbeing seriously." @southgloshead.bsky.social 👇
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"..issue which has no good solution, only the least-worst one. So, as headteacher, you need to cultivate this relationship as you will rely upon it more than you think." @southgloshead.bsky.social is really good on governance, in www.bloomsbury.com/uk/headteach..., @bloomsburyed.bsky.social 2/2
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"..Governors offer a vital alternative perspective and are grounded in the communities which we seek to serve." @southgloshead.bsky.social in www.bloomsbury.com/uk/headteach..., out now from @bloomsburyed.bsky.social 2/2
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"..So when it comes to having to make that difficult phone-call, there is at least some trust and good will to draw upon." @southgloshead.bsky.social in www.bloomsbury.com/uk/headteach..., @bloomsburyed.bsky.social 2/2
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"We as leaders need to know the mood in camp. Whether morale is good, bad or indifferent, unless we have access to this information we are forever working in the dark. So knowing this information is key to an effective & happy staff team" @southgloshead.bsky.social www.bloomsbury.com/uk/headteach...
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"I am increasingly of the opinion that the most dangerous moment for any successful school is the year after a successful Ofsted inspection. I am also of the opinion that the second most dangerous moment for any successful school is following a run of good results." @southgloshead.bsky.social 👇
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"If you are flying high on great results then long may it continue.
But keep your feet on the ground." @southgloshead.bsky.social in www.bloomsbury.com/uk/headteach..., out from @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social TOMORROW!
6 months ago
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It’s the final countdown to #HEADTEACHERING 9/10!
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"...and that this research has never been more easily accessible to educators." Absolutely, @southgloshead.bsky.social. I started teaching in 1980, so I feel this even more acutely! (And I remember my own secondary schooling in the 70s.) I think of this whenever anyone lambasts education today. 2/2
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"There is no such thing as ‘best practice’, only ‘best bets’. Leaders need to carefully look at the available evidence to decide whether the proposed change will have the desired impact in their setting." @southgloshead.bsky.social www.bloomsbury.com/uk/headteach... @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
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"I believe that a headteacher who still teaches from time to time sends out a powerful message to the staff, to the children and to the parents." @southgloshead.bsky.social in www.bloomsbury.com/uk/headteach.... I agree! I've written about it here: jillberry102.blog/2017/12/02/s...
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"I believe that teaching has improved dramatically since I started my career in the late 90s, when you could pretty much teach anything you wanted, however you pleased. I also believe that we live in a golden age of research into the science of teaching & learning..." @southgloshead.bsky.social 1/2
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"For staff to buy in to school improvement, they need to know two things:
1. Why it is important to both the future of the school as a whole & to them as individuals.
2. How safe they will be (professionally speaking) during the messy early phases of implementation..." @southgloshead.bsky.social 1/2
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"Audit which children attend clubs & other activities & which don’t. Cross-reference this with their level of attendance & their conduct. Is there a link between a lack of belonging & low attendance/poor behaviour?" Advice from @southgloshead.bsky.social in www.bloomsbury.com/uk/headteach...
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First official review… 😬
www.schoolleaderbooks.com/books/headte...
6 months ago
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"...The best visions are coloured by the present but nod to brighter days on distant shores." @southgloshead.bsky.social in 'Headteachering', out from @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social on Thursday 9th October. 2/2
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"Discretionary effort comes more from feeling than cold logic. And how people feel about the school’s vision & the journey you & they are embarked upon has as much impact as the practical, sensible, logical things which you as leader are doing to improve the school." @southgloshead.bsky.social
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