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
Public Speaking
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 