It’s rare for me to find a non fiction book that I can’t put down. I know I’m late to the party on this one but I finally got my hands on it. I wanted an early night last night but could not stop turning the pages! Thank you @Positivteacha@mr_englishteach
It’s full of such useful ways to rethink the dominant narrative around boys. I will be trying to change my language away from toxic masculinity and towards tender / non-tender masculinity , which will also give me a chance to mention the book to everyone ! #tendermasculinity
The first 2 chapters alone everyone should read: Roberts @mr_englishteach explains why all the typical ‘common sense’ approaches to boys’ engagement are flawed, risking entrenching low expectations/low self esteem through competition (there are always losers as well as winners)
Pinkett @Positivteacha gives a persuasive and concise take down the damage of setting children, which I may well share with colleagues when this topic comes up. He also includes how to get setting right if you have no choice, following @BeckyFrancis7’s work
Pickett also discusses teacher biases around disadvantaged students and their parents/carers, and how being aware of these can help protect against them. #unconsciousbias
Pinkett’s chapter on mental health is hard hitting; I liked the examples of ‘tender coaching’ and the power of male PE teachers and coaches to model a different, more open, type of #masculinity.
I’ve just got to the part on sexual harassment of female teachers by male students. The examples are 😱. The lack of appropriate action by SLT in some cases is 😱😱 and the question at the end about how they are then treating their peers is 😱😱😱
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The (free) 1h film is INCREDIBLE. Please please tell your #history departments all about it. I’ve been learning about the #Holocaust since I was 11 and learnt so much I didn’t know from this film, which centres on the impact of Nazis in Holland. @histassoc@HolocaustLearn
I didn’t know that 300,00 Dutch workers went on strike after Nazi roundups of Jews in Holland.
I didn’t know that Dutch resistance members sacrificed their lives to burn town records to try to protect the identities of their Jewish neighbours... nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/a…
Honoured to hear at least the beginning of @paulmundycastle ‘s talk to our Black staff community group about his story & the 7 principles of leadership #BlackHistoryMonth
Principle 1: moral purpose: why did you get into this job? Needs to be an ingrained part of you so you can draw on it in the toughest times … @paulmundycastle
Principle 2 : learn your craft. And don’t complain about marking! @paulmundycastle
My kids are 3 and 5. Since I started as Vice Principal (full time), several people have asked “how do you do it with your kids?” As it seems to be so popular a question, I thought I’d write a little THREAD 🧵 to answer and hopefully show it may not be as hard as it sounds… 1/
Out of interest, I asked my SLT colleague who has 5 children whether people often asked him "how he does it?" The (unsurprising) answer? No. They do ask his wife though (also a deputy head…) @MaternityCPD#MTPTProject@WomenEd@DiverseEd2020@SLTchat 2/
Before I start I’d like to take my hat off to anyone who does this while solo-parenting. It can be done and I know people who do it but I’ll wager it’s several levels up in the difficulty stakes. I know not everyone is lucky enough to have the support I mention below. 3/
THREAD on DUTIES: I do approx. 13 duties per week. Mostly in the canteen. With a reasonable AHT teaching timetable on top, I have a vested interest in not using my voice too much and certainly not shouting. So here’s a thread with some tips for any less seasoned duty staff /#ECT
A lot of these are mentioned as good in-classroom techniques by @DougLemov , e.g. ‘radar’ ‘be seen looking’ ‘least invasive intervention’ but I shall summarise them here in my own words as pertains to my (secondary) school canteen…
1. POSITION - have a couple of default high-visibility positions, where you can see as much of the space as possible. For me this is often near the door so I can see in + out of the canteen, or further into the room with max visibility.