Mike Power

📖 I’m back in @TeachSecondary with a double page spread on measures that leaders and teachers can take to curb and manage use of abusive and offensive language within a school’s shared spaces - if you have a copy, let me know what you think!

🚝 I’m looking forward to joining a fantastic line up of speakers tomorrow at #IncludEd25 - join us in session 1 to discuss the important topic of reintegration from AP and what it takes to make reintegration successful

Heading to IncludEd in January and interested in reintegration?

Make sure you book a spot at this panel discussion!

sched.co/1shfm

#Inclusion
#AlternativeProvision
#Reintegration

If you are a Teach Secondary reader, head to page 41 of the latest issue to read my views on unconditional positive regard and building connections with students.

#UnconditionalPositiveRegard
#Inclusion
#InclusiveEducation

A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #6,200,509, Mike Power ‪@mike-power.bsky.social‬, joined on Aug 19, 2024"

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #6,200,509!

Today some of our Launchpad tuition students arrived in my office with chicken flickin' which I'm rubbish at! - then students from our KS4 PRU made some delicious Pizza and delivered it to my office 🤩
Some great things happening across all of our provisions!
#thisisAP #PRULife

Thanks Sarah, I heard you on LBC earlier today - thought you made some good points on such an important topic.

I had a lovely first day as Headteacher with the team at St Helens Alternative Provision Service. Looking forward to welcoming students tomorrow morning across all of our settings.

Good luck to all the year 11s receiving level 2 results today!

Congrats if you do well, if you don't get the grades you are expecting - Remember that your school, friends and family are all there to support and advise you as you decide your next steps.

#GCSEResults #gcses2024

Thank you 🙂

Can be forgotten, overlooked or ignored by many but one of (the?) most important education sectors is AP. #thisisAP

I enjoyed reading this Lesley - I can see some possibilities for younger children who end up in the PRU/AP system, too. Definitely warrants more reading on my part!

Thank you to everyone who has followed us! This account is monitored by @phoenixedsarah.bsky.social & will hopefully provide opportunities to share practice, provide information & support one another. #thisisAP

Can I be added please Andrew?

I also very occasionally blog here michaelpower.org.uk

Time to reintroduce myself
-I'll be Headteacher of the two PRUs in St Helens from September.
-My book was published in 2022 - The Head of Year's Handbook
-I am completing my EdD at the University of Chester focusing on the impact of government policy on inclusive decision making.
#EduSky #ThisIsAP

Thanks Sarah 🙂

Fantastic, thanks for sharing 🙂

Really hoping that by joining @bsky.app I'll be able to discuss all things education, inclusion and alternative provision rather than having lots of bots taking up my feed.

Any suggestions on who to follow on here would be greatly received 👋

#education #inclusion #alternativeprovision #ThisIsAP

🚨I have a new copy of The Power of Teams to giveaway to one person who would find it useful!

Please like this message (assuming I can track these on BS!) if you’re interested and I’ll choose someone at random on Thursday, then post out