Donate Your Mental Wealth
johndabell There are lots of things that you can donate. Money is the obvious one. A philanthropic act works wonders and you don’t need to be a billionaire to make a…
Behaviour
Be A Catalyst Of Can-Do
If you think you can’t then you probably won’t. Can’t is a contraction of cannot. It’s also a contraction of you. It makes you smaller. Can’t gets in your head…
Never Leave A Class Unattended
Absenting oneself from the demanding warp and woof of the classroom can be professional suicide, especially if something ‘kicks off’. One thing drummed into us when training was ‘never leave…
Are You A Graceful Teacher?
Teachers and other adults in the classroom all have an important role to play in ensuring that the conditions are right for effective learning to take place. And that means…
Do Your Staff Live By The Nolan Principles?
Do you adhere to the Nolan principles?
Rules For Creating Rules
It’s that time of year again when teachers agonise over rules and procedures for their classroom.
Knackered Pupils
Tired teachers make lousy teachers and tired pupils make lousy learners. Combine the two and you’ve got a bit of a problem. We all take it as given that teachers…
20 Teaching Mistakes
We all like to think we are good teachers but even so, we all make them. Some are big, some are whoppers and thankfully, many are small. But mistakes are…
8 Tactics of Mischievous Pupils
Schools are full of mischief. Sometimes that can be a good thing. A maverick teacher with a twinkle of mischief in their eyes can be inspire pupils because their lesson…
Belbin’s Team Roles
We all want to find a way of helping people to work together. But how do you find the right combination?