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Senior Lead Specialist at Education Scotland. Professional learning for educators. All my own opinions. Reposts ≠ endorsements. He/him. LTL.
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Just got an email from my first coaching client. I worked with them last year on developing the confidence to give presentations. Today, they led whole school training and emailed to thank me for helping them overcome this fear. This is why I love coaching!

submitted 62 days ago • 0 comments

An open access article with four interesting themes of Teacher Leadership: 1: includes ongoing classroom responsibilities 2: involves work & impact beyond one’s own classroom 3: manifests through formal and informal roles 4: is a collaborative, interactive endeavor dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/real/...

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments

"A brave professional space:...," Zoè Robertson, Hannah Grainger Clemson, Kevin Brack, Rosemary Grady, and Fraser McCallum explore how Master’s courses help educators balance system demands, ideals, and relationships while developing as leaders. 📖 Read more: edin.ac/3CaVACq

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

Are you a teacher in Scotland? Check out this series of fun & friendly professional learning events from the Pedagoo team 👇

submitted 59 days ago • 0 comments

Hello folks. I’m here too! If you know me from elsewhere it’ll be lovely to connect. 😊

submitted 68 days ago • 14 comments

Today's open access journal article is around the factors which shape the recruitment practices of headteachers: "...from individual preferences of teacher quality in principals, to contextual and recourse-based factors in wider structural arrangements" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

submitted 95 days ago • 0 comments

Seeking all small rural secondaries - looking to connect re curriculum and offer? Want to learn how other small secondaries broaden the offer ?

submitted 96 days ago • 0 comments

This open access article follows on really well from the one I shared yesterday, especially if you're looking for intellectual stimulation! To be honest, I found this one to be a challenging read, but it's really left me thinking... www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

submitted 96 days ago • 0 comments

This is a fascinating open source article on the place of 'intellectual wellbeing' in the professional learning of teachers. For me, there are a lot of synergies here with the benefits of engaging in practitioner enquiry: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

submitted 97 days ago • 3 comments

A quite practice orientated open access article on how middle leaders facilitate teams of teachers: "...middle leader facilitation is (1) a democratic process; (2) consequential to how teacher teams operate; and (3) socially contingent." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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This is a really interesting open access article on the power of networking for school leaders: sciendo.com/article/10.2...

submitted 101 days ago • 1 comment

If you're looking for a way of following folk on here who you used to follow on the other place, this handy little chrome extension is worth a look: chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sky-f...

submitted 103 days ago • 0 comments

Long before I joined bluesky I'd stopped posting on the other place for many reasons. However, this fresh new place is feeling like the old days again so I thought I'd give it a go. Here's my first post, looking forward to (re)connecting...

submitted 103 days ago • 4 comments