Tag: productivity
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How To Make A Meeting Effective With One Simple Behaviour
Meetings can be useful. I know, I know – sometimes they are the bane of people’s lives. Not only in schools, but in many jobs. They can feel like: BUT there is one behaviour that can make an immediate difference as an attendee. It’s simple: giving my attention to the speaker. Whilst it’s simple, it’s not…
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How To Find Your Talents (And Do More With Them)
You’re amazing at things. Teachers do so much in so little time when in other careers it would be shocking to do the same thing. Before I became a teacher, I worked for a media planning agency. We would have time to prepare for a pitch or meeting. It would feel pressured, but there would…
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Work/ Life Balance Is An Illusion
Our chosen career is tiring. It can be filled with pointless tasks (updating a scheme of work?) that can seem to have no relevance to the classroom experience. But I have heard colleagues (and teachers more widely) talk about work/ life balance. I used to think it was a laudable aim. Not any more. Forget…
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Is being a teacher taking over your life?
Teaching is a profession that can become all-consuming. Which is fine if you’re ok with that. This post is different. As a teacher, perhaps you’ve had experiences where you: But I’ve seen posts and articles celebrating teachers that… At the same time, teachers are supposed to… It has seemed being a successful teacher demands total commitment…at…