TES column 6 February 2015 ‘Professional’, used as a descriptive term, has undergone a transformation. Today it means ‘unequivocally good’. Governors are expected to work ‘professionally’ to encourage school improvement. Top-of-the-range tools and products are ‘professional quality’ and we aspire …
Professional foul: there is more to life than mammon Read more »
TES column 28 November 2014 No band is better than its drummer, goes an old saying among rock n’ rollers. It reflects the vital underpinning that the rhythm section provides any musical ensemble, even if its members are the musicians …
Just a minute: without notes, meetings are wasted hot air Read more »
TES column 25 July 2014 “We all have a talent – it is just a matter of finding yours”, was a popular mantra among the teachers who tried to guide my education. Certainly at school, some pupils excelled – effortlessly, …
TES column 16 May 2014 Glancing around the assembled governors, we start a subtle game of cat and mouse. My mission, as chair, is to get through our agenda effectively. I have visualised a meeting of an hour and a …
Fatal distraction: why meetings get stuck in the carpark Read more »
TES column 11 April 2014 With anxiety rising and heart pounding, I willed the first arrival to swing round the corner. My gaze fixed on the corner of a bungalow – the end of a block of modest homes lining …
Pedalling ideas: learning from the meeting cycle Read more »