This is an edited extract from How to Lead: The second edition of Leadership for Learning by Matt Bromley, published by Spark Education Books UK and available in paperback and ebook. The qualities and skills I listed in my previous two posts about school leadership (read Part One here and Part Two here)Continue reading “How to achieve a work life balance (Part 1)”
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Leadership and staff retention (Part 1)
This article was written for SecEd magazine and first published in January 2018. You can read the original version on the SecEd website here. You can access the full archive of my columns for SecEd here. “The strength of a nation’s economy and the vitality of its society depend on the quality of its schools.” So beginsContinue reading “Leadership and staff retention (Part 1)”
The four qualities of great school leaders
This is an edited extract from How to Lead: The second edition of Leadership for Learning by Matt Bromley, published by Spark Education Books UK and available in paperback and ebook. In my book Teach (2015) I wrote at length about what makes a great teacher. In short, I said that great teachers are relentlessContinue reading “The four qualities of great school leaders”
The six realms of school leadership
This is an edited extract from How to Lead: The second edition of Leadership for Learning by Matt Bromley, published by Spark Education Books UK and available in paperback and ebook. A good school leader is synonymous with being: A good school leader should not and must not be consumed by what other people think.Continue reading “The six realms of school leadership”
The open loop
This article was written for SecEd magazine and first published in November 2017. You can read the original version on the SecEd website here. You can access the full archive of my columns for SecEd here. To help pupils learn, we need to provide them with plentiful opportunities to practise, receive feedback, reflect, and then act uponContinue reading “The open loop”
A lesson plan is not a planned lesson
This article was written for SecEd magazine and first published in November 2017. You can read the original version on the SecEd website here. You can access the full archive of my columns for SecEd here. This article is about planned lessons not lesson plans. I do not advocate spending your evenings and weekends writing detailed proContinue reading “A lesson plan is not a planned lesson”
The learning process: Part 10
This article was written for SecEd magazine and first published in November 2017. You can read the original version on the SecEd website here. You can access the full archive of my columns for SecEd here. This is the final instalment in a 10-part series. Catch up with the series so far. I started this 10-part series by askingContinue reading “The learning process: Part 10”
The learning process: Part 9
This article was written for SecEd magazine and first published in November 2017. You can read the original version on the SecEd website here. You can access the full archive of my columns for SecEd here. This is part nine of a 10-part series. Catch up with the series so far. As we have discovering in this series,Continue reading “The learning process: Part 9”
The learning process: Part 8
This article was written for SecEd magazine and first published in November 2017. You can read the original version on the SecEd website here. You can access the full archive of my columns for SecEd here. This is part eight of a 10-part series. Catch up with the series so far. The process of learning is the interactionContinue reading “The learning process: Part 8”
The learning process: Part 7
This article was written for SecEd magazine and first published in September 2017. You can read the original version on the SecEd website here. You can access the full archive of my columns for SecEd here. This is part seven of a 10-part series. Catch up with the series so far. The process of learning is the interactionContinue reading “The learning process: Part 7”
