I think Mary Myatt observed our ECT curriculum workshop on Friday. All five caveats were raised and more including balancing teacher autonomy vs compliance and ensuring that there are genuine learning opportunities (and not just a stream of worksheets) marymyatt.substack.com/p/five-caveats…

✍️NEW POST✍️ Building a school on trust and problem solving mrnickhart.wordpress.com/2022/11/11/bui…

Pulling together some thoughts on professional development… 1️⃣ What do teachers need to get better at? 2️⃣ What conditions are necessary for teachers to learn? 3️⃣ What mechanisms and forms can we use? 🧵 1/13

Inquiry > Measurement Knowledge Building > Judgement Emergent themes from two clear, pragmatic and coherent (and very much interrelated) books by Nick Hart

The longer your in this game called life, the more you understand that people are people. Doesn't matter age, experience or expertise. It's why you can read Montaigne from 500 years ago or Seneca from 2k years ago, and they're debating the same human issues that we are today.

“To travel is better than to arrive.” —Robert Pirsig

27 principles for getting on, and staying on, the path to mastery and sustainable excellence in 2023

When goal setting, think less about the outcome and more about the process: “Reaching the peak of a mountain is thrilling, but 99.9999 percent of the journey is spent on the sides, doing the actual climbing.” —Brad Stulberg #2023goals thegrowtheq.com/three-evidence…

A tiny thought from our newsletter: "Action creates progress. Progress creates momentum. Momentum creates motivation."

Consistency over intensity:

Reread Becoming Mobius, a truly excellent book by @debrakidd this week - a timely reminder of the importance of improvisation, optimism and becomings: “Hope is always in the process of becoming.”

"If someone admits they made a mistake, have the grace to let it go. Holding it over them ensures they won’t be quick to admit they were wrong in the future. Outcome over ego." A tiny thought in FS's weekly fs.blog/brain-food/may…

A wonderful opportunity to grow and develop with the Teacher Development Trust 🌱🌿🌳

Very honoured CollectivED - looking forward to it ☀️🌱🌳

"Do your job. Sweat the details. Put the team first. Be attentive. Ignore the noise. Speak for yourself." A Tiny Thought in the FS newsletter fs.blog/brain-food/sep…

An absolute master class by Brad Stulberg in ‘change’ and how we navigate a world where everything is changing including us. Love the analogy of a path (versus a road) and the concept of ‘rugged flexibility’ - being tough and durable but are open to new possibilities 🌱🌳🌄🦋

Everyone who cares about health, performance, and longevity should be required to read this piece from Alex Hutchinson. There is an entire industry selling you quick fixes and the illusion of control. Be careful and try to focus on what actually matters. outsideonline.com/health/trainin…

We've got a youth mental health epidemic. Part of the reason? Without being aware of it, adults are training kids to have hypersensitive threat alarms, without the tools or resources to handle any sort of challenge. The consequences are dire: thegrowtheq.com/stop-hovering-…