More about culture!

People constantly tell me that things are impossible and the more I visit other places the more I realise what we had at Education Leeds. These are more of the things I've learned...

It's all about culture!

People constantly tell me that things are impossible and the more I visit other places the more I realise what we had at Education Leeds. These are the things I learned...

Nottingham again!

I was in Nottingham again today...

There are some great people working in the city; passionate, committed individuals who believe that the cities are special, unique and wonderful places where the real opportunities to make a difference lie and where we can achieve, and are achieving, great things.

What do you want to achieve?

What are your goals? How do you achieve them? Simple; simply believe in yourself...

So how do you see yourself?

"Life isn't about finding yourself.

Life is about creating yourself."

George Bernard Shaw

What you think about yourself is the single most important factor in your success...

How do we build great learning places?

I have been doing this for a long time and I still wrestle with many of the same fundamental questions...

What do we have to do to create extraordinary learning places?
What makes a great workplace and a great school?
What makes a great colleague, a great teacher or a great coach?

London!

 It is simple astonishing to see the investment between Tower Bridge and the Festival Hall in London...

The whole of the South Bank has been transformed into a thriving commercial and residential area full of cafes and shops alongside the replica of Sir Francis Drake's ship the 'Golden Hind'.

Communicate, Communicate, Communicate!

We must incentivise and reward co-operation, teamwork, collaboration, networking and partnering and we must encourage BRILLIANT projects, BRILLIANT challenges and BRILLIANT initiatives like Mathletics, STEPS and Every Child a Reader...

New Beginnings!

Whatever happens this year, it will be a year of new beginnings for many of us… 


New contracts, new colleagues, new challenges, new opportunities where we need to continue to be different, to be creative, to try new things, to learn new tricks and to make a real difference… whatever it takes! 

THINK TEAM!

I was reminded today that what we do is a co-operative and collaborative thing and that brilliantly talented people want and need to be part of something bigger where they are making a real difference...

The Children's Society or Teach First provide a club where extraordinary people can come together and share and learn.

Teach First!

Teach First's mission is to address educational disadvantage by transforming exceptional graduates into effective, inspirational teachers and leaders in all fields...

The charity Teach First is a movement founded to address the problem of educational disadvantage and modeled on the 'Teach for America' approach in the United States.

Teach First!

I attended a Teach First event at PwC offices on Wellington Street this evening...

I had been approached by Dean Johnstone, Relationship Manager at Carnegie Leaders in Learning Partnership to see if I could attend the session.

LEAP (Listening, Empowerment, Advocacy and Participation)

I visited the LEAP Team base on Stanningley Road in Leeds this afternoon...

LEAP is the local programme of The Children's Society and has worked in Leeds since 2002 benefiting hundreds of children and their families.