by @maternityCPD | Sep 25, 2017 | Family Friendly Schools
Following a spontaneous Twitter chat on flexible hours, part time positions and job shares, with expertise provided by Flexible Teaching, we found that many of our community interested in requesting flexible working were not even sure where to start with their Head...
by @maternityCPD | Sep 17, 2017 | Family Friendly Schools
MTPT alumna Madeleine (@M_X_F) talks us through her first two weeks as a full time working parent on the leadership team of her new school. “Perhaps it takes courage to raise children.” – John Steinbeck, East of Eden (1952) I’m two weeks in to my new...
by @maternityCPD | Sep 2, 2017 | Family Friendly Schools
Primary teacher and MTPT Project blogger, Lucy Braidley (@Lucy_Braidley) responds to the August #MTPTchat by sharing her experience of a phased return after parental leave, and offering her top tips to other teachers interested in similar arrangements. It wasn’t...
by @maternityCPD | Sep 2, 2017 | Parental Leave CPD
Our MTPT Project blogger, Lucy Braidley (@Lucy_Braidley) has taken advantage of the DfE’s free coaching offer during her third maternity leave. I first heard about the DfE’s Women Leading in Education coaching scheme at a local WomenEd event. It sounded...
by @maternityCPD | Aug 31, 2017 | Parental Leave CPD
Emma Sheppard (@Comment_Ed), Founder of The MTPT Project, summarises the conversations and reflections of the recent MTPT Project London Summer Coffee Morning. Today we hosted our second MTPT Project coffee morning in the beautiful and light (despite the rain...
by @maternityCPD | Aug 21, 2017 | Parental Leave CPD
MaternityTeacher blogger, Lucy Braidley (@Lucy_Braidley) sums up her top 5 reasons for using Twitter as a CPD tool whilst on parental leave. Like any social media platform there are pros and cons to using Twitter, but over the last few weeks I’ve begun to see it as a...
by @maternityCPD | Aug 11, 2017 | Parental Leave CPD
Kate Fiddian (@kfiddian), Assistant Head, Science teacher and South West Representative for The MTPT Project explains how taking up a role as a Primary School governor has improved her understanding of whole school leadership, and enriched her experience of maternity...
by @maternityCPD | Jul 31, 2017 | Family Friendly Schools
Emma Sheppard (@Comment_Ed) , Founder of The MTPT Project explains how effective communication between SLT and expectant parents, and a solutions-focused attitude can result in exciting parental leave plans that benefit both the school and the individual stepping away...
by @maternityCPD | Jul 26, 2017 | Parental Leave CPD
A year after she first discovered the MTPT Project, Frances Ashton (@FKAEnglish) reflects on what it has brought her. HELMER: First and foremost, you are a wife and mother. NORA: That I don’t believe any more. I believe that first and foremost I am an...
by @maternityCPD | Jul 26, 2017 | Parental Leave CPD
Primary school teacher and MTPT blogger, @Lucy_Braidley sums up her recommended summer reads for your CPD shelf, proving that even with two small children and a baby, reading can be one of the best forms of CPD whilst on parental leave. I love a good book and I really...
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