Author: Jill Berry

Our guest review Jill Berry shares her top picks from the edu-blogosphere this week.   Being a Head of Faculty – A guide to a happy team By @ladybarkbark My first choice this week is a few months old, but I came across it only recently (the joy of Twitter). Sarah Barker talks succinctly here […]

Guest reviewer Jill Berry shares her top picks from the education blogosphere this week How do we equip youngsters today to cope with the often quite pernicious effect of ‘fake news’? @HeadDurham My first choice is from Kieran McLaughlin writing for the Schools Northeast blog. He explores the challenges inherent in the current political climate […]

Guest reviewer Jill Berry shares her top edu-blogs this week.   A teacher in life and after death By Penny Rabiger (@Penny_Ten) My first choice this week dates from May last year, but I only discovered it recently (the joy of Twitter – the good stuff comes round again). It is a timeless and powerful […]

Reviewer Jill Berry takes us through her top education blogs.   #TalkingHeads @chrishildrew First up this week is one of the Talking Heads series, an initiative started by new head Hannah Wilson that features serving heads whose advice and example may well inspire the next generation of school leaders. The heads reflect on questions such […]

Guest reviewer Jill Berry takes us through this week’s best education blogs. Bengal tigers welcome @BELMASOffice My first choice this week is by Susan Splichal for BELMAS (the British Educational Leadership, Management and Administration Society – see how easily that rolls off the tongue?), an organisation that is well worth joining if you are interested […]

I have read so many brilliant blog posts since I wrote my last column, that this week I intend to take a leaf out of Andrew Old’s book and fit in as many recommendations as I can! Why take the barriers down? @StarlightMcKenz Using the example of volunteering at a shelter for the homeless at […]

Guest reviewer Jill Berry takes us through this week’s best education blogs. 8 conflicting habits of wildly successful people @LollyDaskal If you think of the educators that you consider to be particularly effective, are you aware that there can be contradictions and tensions in the way they behave? Lolly Daskal explores eight conflicting habits that […]

Guest reviewer Jill Berry takes us through this week’s best education blogs. If you know me, you will not be surprised when I say that I am a believer in accentuating the positive. I hope I’m not a blithely naive, overly-optimistic Pollyanna, but teaching and school leadership are tough, so I use Twitter and blogs […]

My blog choices this week all relate to motivation and priorities, including: why we teach, how we teach, why we take on leadership roles, and how we decide what kind of teacher/leader we hope to be. It was him @davewhitaker246 Dave Whitaker, now executive principal of a special school, reflects on a formative experience from […]