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May 13 2018

The importance of listening

By Mark Anderson Leadership No Comments

"There is as much wisdom in listening as there is in speaking - and that goes for all relationships, not just romantic ones." - Daniel Dae Kim I've been reflecting a lot on listening recently. I haven't been the best at it but I'm trying to get better. The Greek…

May 01 2018

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Edval to add value to your curriculum

By Mark Anderson Curriculum, Education, ICT, Leadership, Learning No Comments

It’s that time of year again where school timetablers are starting to get themselves ready for the forthcoming year. Coupling that with the balancing act of colleagues leaving for pastures new and trying to ensure teacher coverage for all of the courses you will be running next academic year can…

Aug 31 2017

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Making waves with Apple technologies in Hackney

By Mark Anderson EdTech, educators, iPad, Leadership, Learning, Pedagogy first, Work with me No Comments

It has been my distinct privilege to work over the course of the past year with the New Wave Federation in London. Already an established centre of excellence around teaching, learning and standards under the leadership of their Executive Headteacher, Michelle Thomas. I have been working with them on a…

Aug 27 2017

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#threequestionsEDU with Andy Buck

By Mark Anderson #threequestionsEDU, Education, Educator Spotlight, educators, Leadership No Comments

I'm looking forward to the #threequestionsEDU series of posts. I always enjoy reading the writing of others and I hope you find the responses interesting. Please respond in the comments and share what you think. If you'd like to respond to the questions, please read this post first. Kicking off…

Mar 27 2017

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Advice on team meetings for new leaders

By Mark Anderson Leadership No Comments

Team meetings can be a daunting thing as a new leader either to a senior or middle leader role. If you're new to the senior leadership team you may be worrying about; how you'll fit in, how and when to speak up, if your Head will respond positively to interjections,…

Sep 16 2016

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Stop! Don’t press send!

By Mark Anderson Leadership

Email is great. I love it. Such a quick, efficient and immediate means of communication. Many of us use it and for good reason. Whenever I have a corridor conversation with a colleague I always make sure that I follow it up with an immediate email to summarise the conversation…

May 11 2016

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Dealing with difficult conversations

By Mark Anderson Leadership 4 Comments

It is true that honesty is always the best policy but how you deliver that feedback and have that conversation is something which can turn that conversation in to a win or a massive lose. Delivering bad news is never easy but these frank and honest conversations are an important…

Apr 27 2016

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Empathy in school leadership

By Mark Anderson Leadership No Comments

Originally written for the Show My Homework blog, this post examines the different ways you can show empathy as a school leader. I hope you find it on point and useful. Empathy: (noun) the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. Life can be pretty sucky. It’s true.…

Mar 22 2016

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Digital Leadership matters – my #EdShow16 keynote

By Mark Anderson Leadership 2 Comments

It was a pleasure to be asked to speak at the Education Show again this year. My presentation focussed on some key areas of leadership specifically in relation to matters of digital integration in schools. I promised attendees to my session and a few on Twitter that I would share my…

Dec 28 2015

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Top ten mindfulness tips for leaders

By Mark Anderson Leadership 3 Comments

I wrote a post a while ago titled 'Do superheroes cry' which contained deep within it some mindfulness tips for leaders. Leadership is something which carries along with it management roles but sometimes leaders can forget about the effect their actions and decisions can have upon others. Head teacher John…