Book of the Month Library

By addressing feedback, engagement, and well-being in ways that are sustainable and founded in justice, Just Teaching supports comprehensive growth while elevating the essential work of educators.

Follow this evidence-based framework to determine the efficacy of current practices, take practical steps to replace ineffective ones, and chart your school’s path to de-implementation.

Mindframes—your internal set of beliefs about your role as school leader—determine the high-impact leadership practices you choose to implement. In other words, how you think about the impact of the actions you take has more effect on student achievement than your leadership practices themselves.

We have previously explored the Cynefin Framework in Osprey Consulting PLD for school networks. You may like to visit this again over the summer break…

John Hattie provides a simple 10 step plan for parents to nurture and develop their children’s learning. He draws on his globally famous Visible Learning research; Applicable for children of all ages; Includes advice on choosing the right school, communicating effectively with teachers and being the ‘first learner’ for your child. 

Most change efforts fail because most change methods are built to deal with single challenges in a nice, neat, linear way. But leaders know that today, pressures for change don’t come at you one at a time; they come all at once. It’s like riding a roller coaster: sudden drops, jarring turns, anxious climbs into…