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The wellbeing of staff in schools has never been more important. With almost a third of new staff leaving the profession after just five years and 26% of teachers saying they are thinking of leaving in the next 12 months (National Foundation for Educational Research), we are facing a teacher retention crisis. The We Lead Well Podcast has been created in response to this crisis, to encourage and support schools to create places where people love to work. We support leaders to enhance the wellbeing of all staff in schools. Each week, leading educationalists share their experience, views and tips on how other school leaders can promote wellbeing in their organisations for the benefit of all staff.
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Oct 6, 2021
Oct 6, 2021
1hr 21 min
Happy one year anniversary to the We Lead Well podcast. In this one year anniversary episode of the podcast, I interview Andrew Earl, restorative practice practitioner.
Andrew is currently the Restorative Apporaches Lead Practitioner for Stockport Local Authority. He has worked in primary education for the last 15 years, the last 5 of which he worked as the deputy headteacher and subsequently headteacher of a large, complex primary school in inner city Salford.
If you are not as familiar with the concept, Restorative Approaches is an ethos - or way of being - which places relationships at the core of everything an organisation does. It promotes active thinking about how we build our relationships, how we work to keep them healthy and how we can repair them when there has been conflict. Restorative Practice is relevant to us all. It supports us to connect with each other as fellow human beings, guiding us in our interactions. It can help us to consider how our actions and responses affect our relationships, whether these are relationships at work or at home.
I think you're going to love what Andrew has to say about how to build relationships, support pupils and staff with restorative approaches and how to approach challenging conversations more effectively.
@andrewearl0
www.transformeducationcoaching.com
Sep 24, 2021
Sep 24, 2021
1hr 13 min
Haili is Head of Education at IRIS Connect, a senior lecturer at the University of Sunderland, a journalist, speaker and author of several well-renowned education books. In this episode, Haili talks about the new ECT framework and the Core Content Framework for ITE and the golden thread that runs through CPD from training through to the NPQs.
Haili's books (available in paperback):
Mentoring in Schools
Humans in the Classroom
Preserving Positivity
@HughesHaili
www.transformeducationcoaching.com
www.teachwellalliance.com
Sep 9, 2021
Sep 9, 2021
1hr 12 sec
Bianca Greenhalgh is in her first year as headteacher at The Gatwick School. In this interview, she is brutally honest about the reality of taking on your first headship and doing so with authenticity.
@BCGreenhalgh
www.transformeducationcoach.com
@WeLeadWellPodc1
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Aug 25, 2021
Aug 25, 2021
1hr 2 min
Simon is the headteacher at Black Horse Primary near Bristol. He has written numerous blogs about leadership and what it is to be a head. You can find him on Twitter at @southgloshead and you can read his brilliant blogs at https://southgloshead.wordpress.com/
www.transformeducationcoach.com
@WeLeadWellPodc1
Aug 16, 2021
Aug 16, 2021
58 min
In this episode we welcome Vivienne Porritt, co-founder and one of the strategic leads of the WomenEd movement. She's the co-editor of '10% Braver: Inspiring Women to Lead Education'. Vivienne is also the Vice President of the Chartered College of Teaching and is a former secondary headteacher.
@ViviennePorritt
www.transformeducationcoach.com
Jul 22, 2021
Jul 22, 2021
1hr 7 min
Yamina is an assistant head in a high school. She recently won the We Are the City Rising Star Award in Education and Academia for the amazing work she has done advocating for women Muslim leaders in education and coaching in schools. In the interview she talks about how coaching can support wellbeing in a school and how you can set up a coaching programme in your own school. Yamina is a pocket dynamo! She is a passionate educationalist and determined to make a difference in education.
In today's show, I asked you to support the bake sale and fundraising being done by my friend's daughter 6 year old Sophie who has been battling leukaemia for the last two years of her life. She is trying to raise money for the two charities that have supported her through her illness. You can donate here:
https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/lisa-gamble-2?utm_term=YK4RYw3yn
@msybibi
www.transformeducationcoach.com
www.teachwellalliance.com
Jul 10, 2021
Jul 10, 2021
1hr 13 min
Victoria is a primary school headteacher in the North West. She is a mum, of two teenagers. In her spare time she is a British Army reservist, in military intelligence, no less! Not only that, she has completed two MAs (in equality & diversity and educational Leadership) and a doctorate, and is currently studying for a third MA at Bucks New University in military history. She loves sport, and baking, and the outdoors. She recently presented a TEDx talk at Chester University on the power of language and how we can all be everyday heroes.
www.transformeducationcoach.com
@happyhead74
@WeLeadWellPodc1
Jun 30, 2021
Jun 30, 2021
54 min
Peter is an experienced public speaker, teacher, trainer and coach with a wealth of experience, of leadership, management, personal development and education. He now works with businesses, organisations & schools to help develop the strategies and momentum to meet the challenge of change and achieve their goals. Peter is an accredited GCologist and works with leadership and staff teams to enable rapid growth and development.
In this episode, Peter tells the story of his burnout as a senior leader in a large comprehensive school, how he has bounced back from that and shares his knowledge and experience of how to improve your wellbeing as a teacher or senior leader.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Love-Teaching-Keep-essential-well-being/dp/1785835033
www.transformeducationcoach.com
Jun 21, 2021
Jun 21, 2021
1hr 7 min
With 16 years’ experience leading secondary education, including six years as a successful head teacher in a London secondary school; Diana works at the cutting edge of education and school improvement. She is known as a resilient school leader, skilled in urban leadership under challenging circumstances. Diana has substantial success in developing school wide models that strategically enhance the quality of teaching and learning across the curriculum and can couple sound strategic vision whilst giving clear operational direction. She lectures on a MEd in Educational Leadership for a UK university as well as teaching the Masters program in Educational Leadership for the National College of Education. Diana is also school inspector with developed expertise scrutinizing school wide systems.
With a proven track record of developing leaders via bespoke training programs, Diana specializes in supporting organisations to grow their leadership culture in order for leaders already established and those improving to flourish. She and has established capability in mentoring and supporting leaders facing challenging circumstances and change.
Apr 29, 2021
Apr 29, 2021
53 min
In this episode we finally meet the founder of our partner organisation Headteacher Chat. Jonathan talks about the importance of networking and why he set up the Headteacher Chat network to support headteachers and leaders in schools to feel part of a supportive community.
www.transformeducationcoach.com