As a former socially-anxious student, now in the position of a teacher, I’ve gathered some good strategies to support these students in becoming confident as well as academic. Here are my top 5!
Teaching and Learning
Lesson plans, ideas, activities and resources related to teaching in general, along with the occasional rant in response to the latest government initiative.
Supporting mental illness and anxiety in the classroom
The role of educators when it comes to students battling poor mental health.
Skills for Success
An introduction to FISHING NET skills: the transferable life-skills that everything else rests on.
Brave new world: Act II (a plan is formed)
Why I’m currently loving supply teaching while at the same time turning business ideas into realities.
Brave new world: Act I (leaving my job)
My reasons for deciding to leave the security of a permanent teaching job and go it alone.
Slow writing? Quick progress for weak writers.
A great technique to encourage creative writing for special needs and low ability writers.
A simple and effective way to learn from our mistakes
A quick lesson idea which allows students to see mistakes as a means to deeper learning.
Teacher Wellbeing: Does your morning set you up for rock-star teaching?
Why skipping the snooze and developing a morning routine might actually make you a much happier person.
Teacher Wellbeing: Never put your happiness on hold.
A quick reminder that stepping into the moment at any given time can bring about happiness.
A broken system (and vegan hotdogs…)
A sad little story to demonstrate how I feel about the education system in the UK.