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📝 Weekly Report #17

I haven't posted for the past 3 weeks seeing as Christmas and New year's was on Saturday and I was otherwise occupied with my children. Therefore this post is a bit of a CPD dump of all of the podcasts and blogs I've consumed over the holidays. There are some real gems in here that I would definitely recommend taking a look at. 

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High performance and happy place collaboration. In this episode they explore what they have learnt throughout the year highlighting similar lessons in both of their podcasts. Have a listen here. 

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Diary of a CEO with Ben Francis. I've been watching and listening to Ben Francis a lot recently, he is straight talking and communicates his ideas really well. In this episode he talks about using 360 reviews to constantly improve himself and develop. Listen to him speak here. 

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Best of 2021 conversations: the knowledge project. This highlight reel from the year has some real gems in and well worth a listen. I have taken loads from the knowledge project podcast this year and this episode brings it all together really well. Listen here.

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Colin foster talking to Craig Barton about problem solving in Maths. It's an area of my own teaching I'd like to develop further so it's always interesting to hear other people opinions. Listen here. 

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Scott Young - research based tips on effective ways to set goals. Have a read here. 

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Louis Everett teaching behaviour explicitly. Echoes a lot of what Tom Bennett talks about in his book Running the room. Have found massive gains in my teaching when I have explicitly taught the behaviours I want to see. Read more here. 

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James Clear on ways to increase your chances of success. Read his post here. 

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Improving teaching and learning step by step. It starts with defining excellence in your context. Personalising generic teaching statements. Developmental thinking from statements, incremental improvement, to context specific. Read it here. 

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Leaders mental model. What is it that you think about as a leader and how does it influence what you do? Read the post here. 

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Nick Hart has been producing some really high quality posts recently. This post is about knowing your school and ta context. Read it here.

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Questions to ask ourselves when implementing an initiative. Read them here.

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Another James Clear blog post this time on the idea of cumulative stress. Read more here.  

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Hugging the X axis and commitment by David Perell. Read his essay here. 

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Don't just follow the crowd, the crowd can be wrong. Look into more detail at the decision, don't just be a sheep. Read more here. 

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Simple sabotage manual by CIA. An odd one to include but definitely worth a quick browse. Read it here. 


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5 features of exceptional thinkers. Read about it here. 

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Target the minimum to build habits by Scott Young. If you want to build a reading habit, start with the smallest step that you can't fail to build the habit first e.g. 1 sentence a day. Once habit is established can then develop it further. Read more here.

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Overcoming the planning fallacy. Read it here. 

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Diary of a coach and his experiences coaching others. Something I want to explore further in my career and this gives some interesting insights. Read it here.  

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How do we spend our time and making the most of the most valuable resource we have. Have a read here. 


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Managing change as a middle leaders. Key points to consider. Read more here.  

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Equal odds rule. Every now and then you will create a gem. For every 10 articles, 1 may be good. Got to produce the garbage to uncover the gem. Read more here. 
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