Every summer, I outline ten aims for the upcoming academic year but, to be honest, I considered skipping this year. With my new leadership role
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Eight benefits of being a specialist teacher
This year, for the first time, I stepped out of the role of classroom teacher and into the role of a specialist teacher (also known
The irony of a lighter workload
A couple of years ago, I published Teacher workload: why less is more. I maintain that a lighter teacher workload is better for students. I encourage you
We’re all on the same team
A few weeks ago, I published a post called My issue with Teachers Pay Teachers. I expected it to be controversial, but I didn’t expect the
What have children learnt from the US election?
At the beginning of this week, I was thrilled to find out that many of my students (in Hong Kong) had been following the US
The beauty of debate
It has been a tough week for me as a new blogger. Suddenly, people disagree with me! I wasn’t expecting this. Up until now, the feedback on