Guardianshipnoun the position of protecting or defending something. “guardianship of traditional beliefs and standards” Who has guardianship of learning in your organisation? If it’s the learning function, can you explain what you are protecting and defending? And if it’s ‘the way things are done here’, how are you moving the organisation forward?
I had to pause and bite my tongue this week. In my haste to deliver I’d forgotten how to debate effectively and broke one of these rules. Reading Donald Taylor’s succinct post recently made me realise that these rules need to be more well known. 1. Thou shall not attack a person’s character but the… Read More The Ten Commandments of Rational Debate
As promised, part 2 of my sweep of secondary schools. Heads Firstly, headteachers. You’re proud of your school, we know that. We don’t, however, need a 45 minute presentation telling us the same information that is in your prospectus. We can read the results, we can see that your 5 A*-C is a certain percentage. Better… Read More Education, Education, Education – 2