In the Staffroom

With all that is usually packed into a teacher’s workday, reflective discussion is seldom possible inside the staffroom. More often than not, teachers are checking notebooks or getting ready (in the short free period) for the next class. TEACHER PLUS and...

How do Heads of Schools ensure that their teachers grow?

Something interesting happened. I wrote to a few School Principals asking what their monthly/annual budget was for In-Service Teacher development. Almost all who replied – and not all did! – confessed that they had no such provision. Yes, they admitted,...