John Smith 🦋

A deep dive into teacher appraisal: Is your school's system working? - SecEd What can schools learn from the Adobe Agile Manifesto, which is revolutionising approaches to appraisal in business

The Adobe Agile Manifesto has revolutionised approaches to #appraisal in the business world. Drawing on this, John Smith – @educatinghuman1.bsky.social – gives us five lessons for effective #teacher appraisal systems in #schools: buff.ly/YWT9tO5

A deep dive into appraisal: Is your school's system working? - Headteacher Update What can schools learn from the Adobe Agile Manifesto, which is revolutionising approaches to appraisal in business

The Adobe Agile Manifesto has revolutionised approaches to #appraisal in the business world. Drawing on this, John Smith – @educatinghuman1.bsky.social – gives us five lessons for effective #teacher appraisal systems in #schools: buff.ly/qQUP6Ge #education #edusky

The case for mathematics in the AI age (...and the tech bros agree)

The case for keeping people like me in a job!

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#edchat
#AI
#teaching

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Building local partnerships between schools: Four guiding principles - SecEd An article describing how we can build effective local partnerships between schools and make them sustainable long-term

Collaboration between #schools to share expertise, resources & more feels like a no-brainer – but how might we actually go about making this effective & sustainable in practice & in the long term. John Smith – @educatinghuman1.bsky.social – advises: buff.ly/cTkbuVi #education #edusky

Building local partnerships between schools: Four guiding principles - SecEd An article describing how we can build effective local partnerships between schools and make them sustainable long-term

Collaboration between #schools to share expertise, resources & more feels like a no-brainer – but how might we actually go about making this effective & sustainable in practice & in the long term. John Smith – @educatinghuman1.bsky.social – advises: buff.ly/cTkbuVi #education #edusky

Building local partnerships between schools: Four guiding principles - SecEd An article describing how we can build effective local partnerships between schools and make them sustainable long-term

Collaboration between #schools to share expertise, resources & more feels like a no-brainer – but how might we actually go about making this effective & sustainable in practice & in the long term. John Smith – @educatinghuman1.bsky.social – advises buff.ly/cTkbuVi #education #edusky

Building local partnerships between schools: Four guiding principles - SecEd An article describing how we can build effective local partnerships between schools and make them sustainable long-term

Collaboration between #schools to share expertise, resources & more feels like a no-brainer – but how might we actually go about making this effective & sustainable in practice & in the long term. John Smith – @educatinghuman1.bsky.social – advises: buff.ly/cTkbuVi #education #edusky

Moving on up: Making the jump from middle to senior leadership - SecEd How can teachers and middle leaders find success when making the step up to senior leadership in a secondary school?

Making the move from middle to senior #leadership in the secondary school can be a daunting & challenging prospect. Tiffnie Harris from @ascl-uk.bsky.social looks at five ways to navigate these challenges successfully: buff.ly/4ifl0yt #teaching #schools #edusky

A new piece from me in Sec-Ed

On harnessing the power of partnerships between schools

#edusky #education

Well that was a ride!

Blog incoming...

Building parental trust: Rethinking five common strategies - SecEd Five ways schools can rebuild relationships and trust with parents following the Covid pandemic

Parental attitudes to and trust in #schools took a hit during Covid. How can school leaders rebuild relationships? Focusing on five common methods of parental engagement, @educatinghuman1.bsky.social offers some ideas for school leaders: https://buff.ly/3CfazLU #teaching #education

A five-step process for leading change in schools - SecEd Leading change is a common leadership challenge in schools. This article describes a five-step process

A five-step process for leading change in #schools: Implementing a new approach is one of the most challenging aspects of leadership. John Smith – @educatinghuman1.bsky.social – sets out a five-step process that will give you the best chance of success: https://buff.ly/4gSUSJi #teaching #edusky

Really enjoyed pulling this together:

Building parental trust: Rethinking five common strategies - SecEd Five ways schools can rebuild relationships and trust with parents following the Covid pandemic

Parental attitudes to and trust in #schools took a hit during Covid. How can school leaders rebuild relationships? Focusing on five common methods of parental engagement, @educatinghuman1.bsky.social offers some ideas for school leaders https://buff.ly/3CfazLU #teaching #education #edusky

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Thanks Dan, yes definitely

Here is my latest article for Sec-Ed 👇

Building parental trust: Rethinking five common strategies - SecEd Five ways schools can rebuild relationships and trust with parents following the Covid pandemic

Parental attitudes to and trust in #schools took a hit during Covid. How can school leaders rebuild relationships? Focusing on five common methods of parental engagement, @educatinghuman1.bsky.social offers some ideas for school leaders: buff.ly/3CfazLU #teaching #education #edusky

A five-step process for leading change in schools - SecEd Leading change is a common leadership challenge in schools. This article describes a five-step process

A five-step process for leading change in #schools: Implementing a new approach is one of the most challenging aspects of leadership. John Smith – @educatinghuman1.bsky.social – sets out a five-step process that will give you the best chance of success https://buff.ly/4gSUSJi #teaching #edusky

Delighted to have an article published in @seced.bsky.social this week!

5 Steps for Leading Change in Schools

Thank you!

Will AI deliver a Maths tutor to every child? Last year saw the release of a landmark video on the OpenAI YouTube feed.

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Will AI deliver a Maths Tutor to every child?... Maybe not quite, but we're edging closer

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#mathchat
#edtech
#AI

Happy 45*45

The year in which I turn 45

Reflections at (not) the end of year T S Eliot on education, and a message from the archives...

"Some food for thought over the left-over turkey this New Year season - what would your students say about you, & who would write the book?" @educatinghuman1.bsky.social: educatinghuman1.substack.com/p/reflection...

Reflections at (not) the end of year T S Eliot on education, and a message from the archives...

Starting the New Year's Resolutions early:

1. Blog more regularly
(Inspired by @jillberry102.bsky.social as ever)

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It's grim up North ;-)

Educating Humans | John Smith | Substack Thinking in Ink about Education. Click to read Educating Humans, by John Smith, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

Not sure who needs to hear this, but I recently gave up on twitter... and now find I'm reading more longer-form substacks and using my brain.

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A goal for 2025 is to get back into blogging more regularly.

Can I do 50 in a year?

(Follow below to keep track ;-) )

Jesus Washing Peter’s Feet, by Ford Madox Brown, 1850s

A family arrive at the door of a suburban house in the evening in the snow. The house is brightly lit and the welcome is warm.

Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 21
‘Visits’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt (1951)

How useful is this, from @christinaastin.bsky.social ?