There has been recognition across the world that pupils have had their wellbeing significantly impacted as a result of the pandemic. Children in
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Supporting Our Pupils With The Ongoing Conflict (via Teacher Toolkit) + Further Resources for National Reflection Day
With the ongoing fighting, the plight of those who have been affected by war is not far from any of our minds. The conflict has been problematic for teachers to know what to say; what is too much and what is not enough. It is a huge challenge to cater to everyone’s wishes in this situation; kudos goes to all of our schools that deal with these issues with sensitivity.
The Life After Teaching Chronicles Episode 2: Chris Walsh (Tutor Right)
Here is the 2nd installment where I speak to Chris Walsh from http://www.tutorright.co.uk/ about how he left education world in order to start a tutoring business which has now expanded exponentially!
Let’s Stop Calling it Teacher ‘Burnout’ (via Nexus)
I am all for self-care but so many of us don’t have the capacity for this luxury.
What if we used the word ‘exploitation’ in place of burnout?
What if we changed the narrative?
SENCO Overview Of Workload (editable)
This is a useful document which you can use to explain your workload to others. It’s fully editable so you could colour code it to show what is the most/least time consuming for you or write approximate times next to each entry.
SENCO Talks – QFT strategies for secondary (via Spotify)
oducing SENCO Talks – Informative discussions on Additional Educational Needs, to help all Secondary school staff better support pupils with additional needs. May also be suitable for some of your primary children. There are nine episodes on a range of SEND needs. Hope you enjoy them and are able to share them with your colleagues.
A PowerPoint Journal for Children: An Alternative To Writing
e, rewarding and reflective process but for some children who hate to write, well there’s no way you could get them to do it! Hopefully by using a PowerPoint they will find that it more acceptable than writing but with the same benefits.
Adult Screen Time; A Different Perspective
There is so much bad press surrounding adult screen time and how it encourages you tune out of the world around you, meaning you are less present in your life. I am a firm believer in everything in moderation and although I don’t look at my phone at the table or while I’m talking to someone, sometimes, I do just enjoy mindlessly scrolling though feeds and posts. It was a guilty pleasure of mine, until I chose to forget the ‘guilt’ element.
Teacher workload; are you a self-fulfilling prophecy?
We as educationalists are also our own worst enemies in expecting to live up to our own self-fulfilling prophecies, which we have imposed on ourselves by simply aspiring to be great teachers. Many are finding that they cannot keep up with the high output that both they themselves and the profession has expected of them.
SENCOs: Raising The Profile of These Unsung Heros
This post goes out to all those SENCOs who work tirelessly behind the scenes to ensure that children on the SEND register have everything they need to access their education. I see you.