QUESTION: I loved your ideas for getting school teams to follow simple systems and principles to keeps professionalism at the heart of the school. How can we set the bar for all our teaching staff in a user-friendly way, but which still ensures that all the team know what our expectations are?
ANSWER: Try rounding up an INSET day each year by drawing together the key concerns/new innovations/expectations into a loose acrostic. Ask if they wish to add anything as class practitioners or co-ordinators. This helps to focus the mind and you can bring them back to it if they “forget” something that is critical. I ask them to keep this at the front of their portfolios each year and I change it each year to keep it fresh and relevant. Here are my ideas for the acrostic: “Effective Schooling for the 21st Century”
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