The We Lead Well Podcast

This week on the show I've got a brilliant interview with James Nottingham.  James is the creator of The Learning Pit as well as a sought-after keynote speaker and author of 11 books about teaching, learning and leadership. He co-founded Challenging Learning in 2006 to share some of the best ways to strengthen learning in schools, preschools, and colleges. HIs company now employs 25 staff in six countries: the UK, the USA, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Australia. James brings clarity and insight to research evidence; a breadth and depth of exemplar that connects with the reality of the classroom; and a sense of story and humour that ensures learning continues long into the future. https://www.challenginglearning.com/ vicki@womenleadwell.co.uk @WeLeadWellPodc1 www.transformeducationcoach.com www.headteacherchat.com www.teachwellalliance.com    

Andrew Cowley is an expert on wellbeing.  He has set up the @healthytoolkit twitter account where you can find lots of information, articles, tips and advice about wellbeing.  He has also written countless blogs that you can access at http://healthyteachertoolkit.wordpress.com.  He's also written two books - The Wellbeing Toolkit and The Wellbeing Curriculum.  Both are highly recommended. Join the growing numbers of female school leaders in the Women Lead Well Coaching Network by emailing vicki@womenleadwell.co.uk Join the We Lead Well Facebook group:https://www.facebook.com/groups/759022258015887 Follow us on Twitter @WeLeadWellPodc1 @vicbean76 Thank you to our partners www.transformeducationcoach.com www.headteacherchat.com www.teachwellalliance.com  

Daniel Bull is Assistant Headteacher at Summerhill School in Wolverhampton and produces and presents his own podcast - More Than a Job on which he and his 2 colleagues have interviewed Branwyn Jeffries, Mary Myatt and David Didau, to name but a few.  In this episode, we chat about all things education including how to use podcasts to support your own or your school's CPD, vertical house systems and lots more. @danielTBull www.morethanajob.co.uk www.transformeducationcoach.com www.headteacherchat.com www.teachwellalliance.com Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/759022258015887 To find out more or join the Women Lead Well Coaching Network email me at: vicki@womenleadwell.co.uk If you want to have a chat about the group coaching programmes I offer, you can book in here: https://calendly.com/educationcoaching/let-s-chat    

Julia Skinner is an education consultant, trained coach and former primary headteacher.  She is also an experienced governor and trustee who now supports governing bodies to get the best out of their relationships with headteachers to support them to provide the best for the children and young people in their schools.  In this episode, Julia talks about what governors can do to improve the wellbeing of staff in their schools and how governors and headteachers can work more effectively to aid school improvement. @theheadsoffice jskinner675@gmail.com www.transformeducationcoach.com www.headteacherchat.com www.teachwellalliance.com

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 www.headteacherchat.com www.teachwellalliance.com  

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.headteacherchat.com www.teachwellalliance.com

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 www.headteacherchat.com www.teachwellalliance.com aRYVrHCEpukFwDYshiJ7

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 www.headteacherchat.com www.teachwellalliance.com @WeLeadWellPodc1  

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 www.headteacherchat.com www.teachwellalliance.com  

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  missyb@wordpress @msybibi www.transformeducationcoach.com www.headteacherchat.com www.teachwellalliance.com