Description: Sharing ideas to enable independence and autonomy in learning and in life
I can’t underestimate the impact a phone call had on me towards the end of the summer term last year. A local advisor called the school to ask if I would consider the possibility of a secondment for a term at another primary, who found themselves short of a member of their leadership team. To be honest I didn’t hesitate, as I’ve always thought of myself as someone who would put themselves in a position to either try something new or offer help wherever it was possible to do so. But the thought genuinely exc
It’s very easy in all walks of life to get closeted away in our sense of importance/comfort and I wanted to embrace the idea of a different viewpoint and challenge. I was not to be disappointed as the experience proved to be some of the most rewarding and valuable of my career and one that I would wholeheartedly recommend for as many people as possible.
Within education we tend not to offer the opportunities for people to gain an idea of what happens away from our own context. We go on courses, occasionally deal with colleagues from other spheres, but to spend any length of time in another school doesn’t really happen. Time is always a factor and competition can be a real issue when local schools, who on the face of it offer each other support, can all too often be seen to be at odds with other local schools, comparing results, trying to increase numbers,