Criticality: The Key to Clarity

Reflection

  • as a CORE skill
  • as a habit
  • ways of reflecting: selecting a form & structure that is fit for purpose

Reading

  • of statutory texts
  • of academic texts
  • clarity of criteria to use when selecting reading to inform practice

Evidence

  • data in all its forms
  • audits & evaluations
  • applying evidence to a ‘reflect, review & research’ approach

Planning: The Key to Competence

For Teaching and Learning

  • the why and what of lesson planning
  • the essential elements of lesson planning
  • teaching and learning as a cyclic process

For Professional Development

  • a statutory starting point
  • learning v performance
  • deliberate practice & enablement

To overcome challenges

  • essential elements
  • triad of enablement
  • applying a change management approach

Action Taking: The Key to Capacity

Psychological Flexibility


  • a redefinition of wellness
  • the impact of our inner critic
  • how to act in spite of our emotional challenges

Sustainable ways of working

  • The Wellbeing Charter as best practice
  • Contracts and conditions of work
  • Work-life balance

Relational Practice

  • Working with colleagues
  • Individual contributions in the setting
  • Alignment of values and ethos