In this 7-page Best Practice Focus, Mr Burns outlines a comprehensive reading framework for the primary school, broken down into 5 distinct parts. He offers tried & tested ideas & covers key aspects such as text selection & struggling readers: buff.ly/3XAFeK4 #literacy

As a school leader we are focused on impact, but does this lead us to forget about the importance of influence? Mr Burns explores ‘influence’ & how it links to leadership impact in our #schools: buff.ly/4g3QExG #education #teaching

Influence is more important than impact.

The reading school leader: Five ways to cultivate a CPD habit for life. Reading matters if you want to be a good leader, but finding the time can be difficult. Mr Burns describes 5 habits that have helped him become a reading #school leader buff.ly/3ZyqWf7 #leadership

I read between 30 and 50 books a year. Here's how.

As a school leader we are focused on impact, but does this lead us to forget about the importance of influence? Mr Burns explores ‘influence’ & how it links to leadership impact in our #schools buff.ly/4g3QExG #education #teaching

The reading school leader: Five ways to cultivate a CPD habit for life. Reading matters if you want to be a good leader, but finding the time can be difficult. Mr Burns describes 5 habits that have helped him become a reading #school leader: buff.ly/3ZyqWf7 #leadership

In this 7-page Best Practice Focus, Mr Burns outlines a comprehensive reading framework for the primary school, broken down into 5 distinct parts. He offers tried & tested ideas & covers key aspects such as text selection & struggling readers: buff.ly/3XAFeK4 #literacy

10,000 pages later...my year in books. It's been a good one! Check out #GoodreadsYearinBooks Goodreads to discover the 36 books I read in 2024! goodreads.com/user/year_in_b…

I absolutely could not agree more.

Nothing happens fast.

You don't need more time. You need more focus. Time isn't the constraint. Your choices are.

How to cultivate discipline:

“To add a library to a house is to give that house a soul.” –Cicero

but most importantly, just start ‼️

Everyone needs to remember this…

The implementation of initiatives is core to school improvement. In this 5-part series, Mr Burns reflects on a 4-step model as proposed in the book Making Room for Impact. In part 1, he considers why we must begin with de-implementation: buff.ly/3iiklZd #schools

“Knowledge isn’t free. You have to pay attention.” — Richard Feynman H/t: Reads with Ravi

As teachers prepare for back to school, now is the perfect time to brush up on ONE of the many strands of the reading process! I have updated my Reading Rope of Resources to align with each strand of Scarborough’s Reading Rope (2001), acting as a visual reminder that there is

Had a mentor tell me once: "When you're feeling overwhelmed, there are only two things you should do: get organized and get to work. The rest is just noise. Peace is found in progress."