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Managing & Leading SLT Meetings

Principal of Beamont Collegiate Academy, Gareth Harris, shares his tips on how to manage and lead Senior Leadership Team meetings. Gareth Harris discusses how to ensure meetings are meaningful, constructive and efficient.

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Leading Teaching Development.

Daniel Roche, Assistant Principal, shares his Top 5 tips for leading Teacher Development and creating a coherent plan. The importance of knowing your local context settings as well as recognising the development needs of both students and teachers.

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How To Support Behaviour Management

Matthew Reynolds, Vice Principal at BCA, discusses his top tips on how to support staff with behaviour management. The importance of a whole school approach to the consistent delivery of routine of instruction and the (re)building relationships with students.

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GUESSing is good…

Paul Hesford, Teacher of Science, shares his opinion on the pitfalls of the use of troublesome formula triangles to solve equation-based problems in Physics, and which acronym is best used to reduce students cognitive load to solve the . I’m sure you can GUESS which it is…

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Expanding Business & STEM Opportunities In School

Chris Hillidge, Assistant Principal at BCA, discusses the business opportunities and ventures that he has undertaken as Director of STEM at TCAT and shares some of the success stories he has had along the way .

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Leading The Curriculum

Assistant Principal Melissa McMillan discusses her experiences and shares her top 5 tips on leading and managing Whole School Curriculum.

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Managing Your Wellbeing

Assistant Principal Claire Rixham shares her thoughts and experiences of maintaining a work/life balance, along with the benefits a ‘wellbeing hour’ added to a teacher timetable has brought.

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The Reason For Independent Enquiry

Assistant Principal of Teaching & Learning Dan Roche shares his thoughts on the importance of Independent Enquiry to create a reflective teaching practice.

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Reading Matters

Gareth Harris, Principal of Beamont Collegiate Academy, reflects on the steps taken to revolutionise the teaching of reading at BCA.

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