by Jeremy Bird | Jun 5, 2023 | School Leadership
School Leadership We all know that if we take our eye off the ball, then our schools’ performance will decline. As school leaders we need to maintain the focus on our school improvement work all the time. This can be both mentally and physically exhausting! Perhaps we...
by Jeremy Bird | Feb 6, 2023 | School Leadership
Let’s be ambitious for our own schools and the communities they serve. Let’s do this by taking ownership of our work and encouraging / enabling our colleagues to lead. As Stephen Covey states ‘interdependence is a higher value than independence’. I agree! If you also...
by Jeremy Bird | Dec 8, 2022 | School Leadership
If we treat teachers as learners, then professional development activities should display the same characteristics as those described for effective learning in classrooms: active, collaborative, learner-driven, learning-focused. When these processes are in place,...
by Jeremy Bird | May 6, 2022 | School Leadership
Reflecting on our posts around being courageous as a leader, which links with empowering fellow colleagues, self-evaluation will be a pivotal process in developing such school leadership styles and attributes. BST is a simple and powerful resource to support school...
by Jeremy Bird | Apr 8, 2022 | School Leadership
As we have been developing BST, we have been in continual discussions with school leaders and school leadership teams. These discussions have been a fantastic learning opportunity for us, allowing us to cater the BST process for the leaders it is intended for. For...
