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Leadership from the Middle

Leadership from the Middle

 "Our role is to help make sense of what we see and hear, feed it back, and use it to affirm, challenge, and stretch what educators are doing together with a trusted and collaborative relationship of critical friendship"(Hargreaves, 2024, p. xi). This is the "Why"...

It is all about Relationships

It is all about Relationships

In schools we're often caught in the pursuit of quantifying the unquantifiable. As teachers, we strive to measure aspects of student life that inherently resist simple metrics – wellbeing, effort, collaboration, character etc. But the challenge isn't just in the...

Navigating Ed-Tech Solutions to Maximise Impact

Navigating Ed-Tech Solutions to Maximise Impact

Ed-tech utilisation and spending are growing significantly in absolute terms and as a proportion of overall school budgets. This is happening alongside rising user expectations, increasing use of unauthorised “shadow IT”, and powerful education mega-trends that are...

Teacher Agency

Teacher Agency

Agency is important for teachers because continually learning and developing sets a positive example for their students. Having agency helps teachers be positive role models and act as leaders. It empowers them to make decisions about their learning and support the...

Student Agency

Student Agency

When students are agents in their learning, that is, when they play an active role in deciding what and how they will learn, they tend to show greater motivation to learn and are more likely to define objectives for their learning. These students are also more likely...