by @maternityCPD | Sep 27, 2016 | Parental Leave CPD
Over the last couple of years, I have noticed an increasing number of friends and acquaintances insisting until they are blue in the face that as a teacher, I must be interested in politics and I must have an opinion on things. Until quite recently, I have been quite...
by @maternityCPD | Sep 21, 2016 | Parental Leave CPD
Today, baby and I faced our biggest professional challenge yet: appearing as panellists at the Teach First annual offsite conference for Teach First employees and partners. This meant two 60 minute Q&A sessions in Nottingham (I live in London) exploring the ideas...
by @maternityCPD | Sep 12, 2016 | Parental Leave CPD
Today, baby and I went to our local family-friendly cafe (hub of NCT reunions and baby massage) to have a coffee with my former Teach First coach and have a coaching conversation about where on earth I’m going with my career and what I should work on to get...
by @maternityCPD | Sep 10, 2016 | Parental Leave CPD
Today, this #maternityteacher made a joyful discovery. Please keep in mind during this anecdotal blog that despite my incessant Tweeting and blogging, watching me try to navigate social media and many forms of technology is a little like watching your grandmother...
by @maternityCPD | Sep 5, 2016 | Parental Leave CPD
Recently, I wrote one of my first blog posts that veered towards an opinion piece rather than a post based entirely on sharing practical teaching strategies, focusing on how to make productive use of my six months of maternity leave, and how this time could be used as...
by @maternityCPD | Sep 5, 2016 | Parental Leave CPD
Networking is important: it builds connections and communities with likeminded people. It enables you to tap into expertise and experience that you don’t have and learn from it. It can introduce you to lots of lovely, abstract ideas like wisdom, reflection,...
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