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Education Leaders

Weekly newsletter for education leaders around the world. Expect strategies and reflections on the complexity of school leadership.

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A thank you after a difficult few weeks

Happy Friday, Reader I’ve been away from work for the last few weeks because of a family emergency. At times like this, you lean on the people around you, personally and professionally, and I’ve had a lot of reason to be grateful. My team at Education Leaders have been working behind the scenes to keep the podcast going and preparations moving for the next Leadership Intensive cohort. Others have reached out to ask how they can support. Being able to step away while people take care of things...

Happy Friday Reader This week, i had the pleasure of working with Masters students at St. Mary’s University Belfast, guest lecturing on what makes professional development actually work. We kept coming back to a brilliant framework from the Education Endowment Foundation that breaks effective PD into 14 mechanisms across four areas. Build knowledge. Motivate staff. Develop teaching techniques. Embed practice. All sensible. All evidence-based. When I asked which mechanism is most often missing...