Focus on the Big 7 this school year: 1. Take care of yourself 2. Take care of each other 3. Love kids 4. Pursue excellence, not perfection 5. Control the controllables 6. Be in the moment 7. Have fun!

This ❤️🙌

At @coopbellevue we have the workload and well-being of staff at the forefront of our decision making. It is everyone’s responsibility to support each other through the ups and downs of life. Here some of what we do that creates a supportive community 👇

Dear parents, This year, like every year, we will do our best. We will care for and look after your child, help nurture them and teach them new things. Sometimes, we might get it wrong. We won’t mean to. That doesn’t make us bad people, it makes us human. Yours, School staff

Best school lanyard ever? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Starting a lesson after break duty:

Eight hundred years of the post of Chancellor of the Exchequer. Every one, a man. On July 5 this year, we changed that.

Leadership 🙌❤️

Students cannot be allowed to act however they want in classrooms. There must be accountability for actions. We are not preparing students for the workforce if they are allowed to be disrespectful in classrooms. This is also true at home. Parents must be parents.

Teachers with few behavior issues have the following in common: 1. Rarely gets offended 2. Starts every day with a clean slate 3. Talks w/ kids before/after class 4. Considers de-escalation a win 5. Doesn't need the last word Add yours 👇 #teacher #teachers #TeachingStrategies

Worst dinner party guest ever

Chick-fil-A is always a good reminder that you’re going to be just fine if you take a day off. Actually, you’ll be better for it.

A Teacher should be able to ask a class to listen in a calm voice, once and the class should stop talking and listen. It's a very low bar.

***CODIFYING FEEDBACK*** Thread 🧵 What are we Longdendale High School doing to codify feedback and create opportunities for students to feedforward? All too often feedback doesn’t create opportunities for students to feedforward and allow application to different contexts from

Children's mental health week Before a child can flourish, they need to feel happy and safe.

Classroom management… There’s one word I often don’t hear used enough yet children need to hear it more so they know where they actually stand… It’s…. No

🧵In 1942 a Japanese cargo vessel The Lisbon Maru carrying over 1,800 British POWs was torpedoed off the Chinese coast by the US Navy, unaware it was carrying POWs.  Hundreds drowned.  More than 380 were saved from the sea by Chinese fishermen from the nearby Dongji islands.

Imagine being bent over, plug still warm, caged and shaking, forced to count the notes you just handed to a Man who hasn’t even touched you. He smirks, pockets the cash, and leaves. You thank Him. You’re finally where you belong.