Ethical Leader

NourishEd: Mother, Daughter, Sister, Woman

I am proud to be a woman and I love the different facets of my identity. My relationships with other women make me the woman I am today. I consider myself very lucky to have so many strong, phenomenal women in my life looking out for me.

NourishEd: This is How We Look When We Lead

But how has my height shaped me as a leader?

CollectivEd: Mentoring Matters

As a system we know we have a recruitment issue, moreover we have a retention issue, perhaps we can mend the leaky pipeline of early career teacher attrition if we invest more in our mentors.

CollectivEd: Virtual Reality Mentoring – co-authored by David Gumbrell and I

To be effective, there needs to be an emotional connection. Mentoring is a feelings and values-driven process. Mentors need to consider how to start building this relationship, in a virtual way, with their mentees from September.

The #DailyWritingChallenge Day 101: Reflections

At the start of lockdown I decided to use writing to create a positive daily habit and to also help me process my emotions about what was going on in the world. I started the #DailyWritingChallenge with the pledge to write every day, it was a pledge to myself. I shared this idea on TwitterContinue reading “The #DailyWritingChallenge Day 101: Reflections”

#DailyWritingChallenge Day 100: Humanity

Who am I? What do I do? Why do I do it? What is my purpose? What impact do I have? What will my legacy be? What kind of human being do I want to be? How do I want to be remembered?

#DailyWritingChallenge Day 99: Belonging

We long to be seen.
We long to be heard.
We long to be accepted.
We long to be valued.
We long to be loved.

We long to…be.

#DailyWritingChallenge Day 98: Justice

My world is and always has been just. However, my world is white. I live in a privileged bubble where I do not experience prejudice and I am not discriminated against.