Our jobs are tough too – we need to be courageous for our children, young people, staff and families that we serve.
Yearly Archives: 2020
#LockdownLeadership Blog 2: ‘Human leaders’
Lockdown leadership is about being humans, in all its messy glory.
#LockdownLeadership Blog 1: ‘Reckless Heroism’
I have a job to do, a difficult job to do, and part of that is not to listen anymore to self-edifying caterwauls of ‘reckless heroism.’
#DailyWritingChallenge Day 40: Dreams
To start harnessing and harvesting our dreams we need to start by turning our can’ts into cans, and our dreams into plans. I intend to embrace being a dream-catcher for myself and others, to encourage others to realise their dreams as our dreams can become our realities if we are determined and committed to make them happen.
#DailyWritingChallenge Day 39: Responsibility
Becoming a teacher, becoming responsible for a class, a year group, a subject, a faculty, a school were natural steps in the level of responsibility I felt comfortable carrying on my shoulders.
#DailyWritingChallenge Day 38: Authenticity
Authenticity is about presence, living in the moment with conviction and confidence and staying true to yourself. … Authentic is defined as: “not false or copied; genuine; real” and can also be described s “representing one’s true nature or beliefs; true to oneself or to the person identified.” Authenticity is something I think, talk, read and listen aboutContinue reading “#DailyWritingChallenge Day 38: Authenticity”
#DailyWritingChallenge Day 31: Perseverance – a blog by Liz Cartledge
Living through the COVID-19 pandemic is similar to a marathon. We must see the fight against this virus as a marathon, not a sprint.
#DailyWritingChallenge Day 37: Respect
I think we all need to pledge to respect each other, our world and life more moving forwards.
#DailyWritingChallenge Day 36: Curiosity
I think my questions are sometimes taken as a criticism, instead of being recognised as me seeking clarity and understanding. I need to understand to believe, I need to be clear to have conviction in my actions.
#FearlessFriday
I am fierce, I am fearless and I am free. I will fall, I will make mistakes, I will fail at times, but I know I am doing the right thing. I am empowered to make my own destiny.
