The Naïve SENDCo Series As dawn broke through the early morning horizon, the Naïve SENDCo retreated to the troop accommodation to share battle wounds and strategy. As an educator, passionate about my field, there is nothing more fulfilling than galloping off to conference at the end of the working week, where there is the opportunity … Continue reading We Collaborate Special: Tales of the Naïve SENDCo
Conferences & CPD
Online Engagement
My thoughts on why we should, without shadow of a doubt, move online to improve parental and student engagement. As a millennial I have grown up with the ever-changing social media platforms so, to some degree, I understand the draw towards the light of online communication. Whilst I can't profess to understand the mindless short … Continue reading Online Engagement
Finding My Teaching Leaders Tribe
Why having that neutral ground to touch base with, outside of the work place, has being crucial for my wellbeing. In the 2017-2018 academic year my wonderful Principal nominated me for the Ambition Institute's Teaching Leaders 2018 cohort. This meant, amongst other things, that I would embark on an intense leadership journey like no other. … Continue reading Finding My Teaching Leaders Tribe
#TENC19 Talk – How to enthuse and encourage Pupil Premium students with the English Curriculum
It was back in September 2018 when a DM from the awesome TENC (Team English National Conference) women appeared in my inbox asking me to lead a workshop at this year’s conference. I was stupefied at the thought that people actually wanted to hear from me. Keeping in mind, that this during the period when … Continue reading #TENC19 Talk – How to enthuse and encourage Pupil Premium students with the English Curriculum
Going Twelve Rounds with Public Speaking
A follow-up post to 'Speaking in front of colleagues: the art of talking slowly' Earlier this year, I set myself a personal-professional target of pushing my perceived limits around public speaking. I first openly discussed this on LinkedIn (I have now migrated the post to this site for your reading pleasure) and feared the response … Continue reading Going Twelve Rounds with Public Speaking
Speaking in front of colleagues: the art of talking slowly
As a Scouser living in Yorkshire I have had a long and laborious relationship with public speaking. Within the first year of teaching in the grassy hills of Huddersfield I learnt that I was going to get nowhere unless I slowed my accent down a touch - yet two years later I still felt the … Continue reading Speaking in front of colleagues: the art of talking slowly
A Scouser's Guide to Education 