Our school has gone through a number of changes recently driven by the introduction of whole school policies. I want to take a couple of these as case studies to talk about the line between teacher autonomy versus leader autocracy. I find it interesting that generally teachers are ‘goodies’. There’s a strong streak of lawContinue reading “Autonomy versus Autocracy”
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It’s my way or the highway: It’s time to ditch ‘non-negotiables’
We all know about business terms being dragged into other contexts, expecially schools. Blue sky thinking, buy-in, stakeholders, these are all well established ‘business speak’ terms that are regrettably ubiquitous in schools and while they aren’t too bad, they clearly have their origin in a competitive, corporate area. Other ideas have come into schools fromContinue reading “It’s my way or the highway: It’s time to ditch ‘non-negotiables’”
This Teacher Speaks 