How To Be A Phenomenal Head Of Year

Part instruction manual, part personal coach, part self-help guide, this book will give you the confidence to realise your ambitions and potential in your role as Head of Year. Are you a new Head of Year and looking for practical advice and tips to help you hit the ground running?Worried about your new job and need a little reassurance?Full of ideas and keen to make plans for your school? The author of How to be a Phenomenal Head of Year sets out clear and practical advice to support you in your challenging job, moving you quickly and clearly through the basics of your role and guiding you to become a phenomenal Head of Year.This book offers reassurance and comfort as well as practical suggestions for things like how to have conversations with parents or how to manage your work-life balance.This book coaches and inspires you to reflect on your own practice and school environment and work proactively, positively and with confidence. The writer encourages you to find your own path, reflect on your values and vision, and supports you with practical advice and lots of tips for success. This book offers support and reassurance with the difficulties you might encounter in your role as Head of Year. What do I do if my department isn't supportive of my new role? How do I work effectively with families? How do I have difficult conversations? What can I do for a pupil who is struggling? The book supports you with these questions and many more by:demystifying areas often seen as intimidating or complex, Building your confidence in your ability and skills,Outlining strategies for dealing with common issues, Directly addressing your anxieties,Encouraging your personal and professional reflection.You can read this practical book from cover to cover or dip into it whenever you want support or advice. Complete the reflections as you go to help you thrive as a phenomenal Head of Year and enjoy this helpful and encouraging companion as you excel in your new role. 'I wish I'd read this before starting my job!''This book would have made my interview much easier... and the first few months - come to think of it.''A great start to my life as a pastoral leader: thank you!'

Part instruction manual, part personal coach, part self-help guide, this book will give you the confidence to realise your ambitions and potential in your role as Head of Year. Are you a new Head of Year and looking for practical advice and tips to help you hit the ground running?Worried about your new job and need a little reassurance?Full of ideas and keen to make plans for your school? The author of How to be a Phenomenal Head of Year sets out clear and practical advice to support you in your challenging job, moving you quickly and clearly through the basics of your role and guiding you to become a phenomenal Head of Year. This book offers reassurance and comfort as well as practical suggestions for things like how to have conversations with parents or how to manage your work-life balance. This book coaches and inspires you to reflect on your own practice and school environment and work proactively, positively and with confidence. The writer encourages you to find your own path, reflect on your values and vision, and supports you with practical advice and lots of tips for success. This book offers support and reassurance with the difficulties you might encounter in your role as Head of Year. What do I do if my department isn't supportive of my new role? How do I work effectively with families? How do I have difficult conversations? What can I do for a pupil who is struggling? This book supports you with these questions and many more by: - demystifying areas often seen as intimidating or complex, - Building your confidence in your ability and skills, - Outlining strategies for dealing with common issues, - Directly addressing your anxieties, Encouraging your personal and professional reflection. You can read this practical book from cover to cover or dip into it whenever you want support or advice. Complete the reflections as you go to help you thrive as a phenomenal Head of Year and enjoy this helpful and encouraging companion as you excel in your new role. 'I wish I'd read this before starting my job!' 'This book would have made my interview much easier... and the first few months - come to think of it.''A great start to my life as a pastoral leader: thank you!'

'Brimming with useful ideas from start to finish... As usual, Jon's knowledge, wisdom and passion for all things education shine through. A brilliant read.' - Pete Jackson, Assistant Headteacher, @PeteJackson32 Looking to develop your skills so you can be successful as a head of year? Striving to get into pastoral leadership as a middle leader? Then Succeeding as a Head of Year is the ultimate guide for you! Adopting an easy-to-follow, chronological approach, Jon Tait takes you through everything you need to know to be an outstanding head of year: · Applying for your first post · Navigating interviews · Leading a team of form tutors · Managing student behaviour · Working with parents · Supporting specific year groups With tips on finding the right post and sailing through the interview process and advice on day-to-day practice and challenges, this is the ideal compendium for navigating this role. Written by an experienced pastoral leader and including case studies with aspiring, current and former middle leaders, this book is filled with practical, honest and open guidance to help you succeed as a head of year.

Looking to develop your skills so you can be successful as a head of year? Striving to get into pastoral leadership as a middle leader? Then Succeeding as a Head of Year is the ultimate guide for you! Adopting an easy-to-follow, chronological approach, Jon Tait takes you through everything you need to know to be an outstanding head of year, from applying for your first post to leading a team of form tutors, managing behaviour, working with parents and supporting specific year groups. With tips on finding the right post and sailing through the interview process and advice on day-to-day practice and challenges, this is the ideal compendium for navigating this role. Written by an experienced pastoral leader and including 60-second vlogs and case studies with aspiring, current and former middle leaders, this book is filled with practical, honest and open guidance to help you succeed as a head of year.

The Head of Year's Handbook is the companion to one of the most rewarding yet challenging roles within a school. It looks in depth at what a head of year does on a day-to-day basis, the challenges you will face, and provides strategies and ideas to improve student outcomes and improve your own leadership ability. The book is suitable for those just starting out as a head of year or those who have been in the role for a number of years and need some inspiration or up-to-date strategies. It takes into account current issues facing your students, and often society as a whole, including cyberbullying, resilience and mental health, dealing with major traumatic events, while also helping you to build your leadership and management skills. Most importantly the text focuses on student well-being and engagement, your own work-life balance, and the need to celebrate achievement.

Is it possible to achieve a good work-life balance as a head of year while still being effective and offering the best pastoral care for your students that you can? This book shows you how. The Head of Year's Handbook is the companion to one of the most rewarding yet challenging roles within a school. It looks in depth at what a head of year does on a day-to-day basis, the challenges you will face, and provides strategies and ideas to improve student outcomes and improve your own leadership ability. The book is suitable for those just starting out as a head of year or those who have been in the role for a number of years and need some inspiration or up-to-date strategies. It takes into account current issues facing your students, and often society as a whole, including cyberbullying, resilience and mental health, dealing with major traumatic events, while also helping you to build your leadership and management skills. Most importantly the text focuses on student well-being and engagement, your own work-life balance, and the need to celebrate achievement.

The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.

Children in today's world are inundated with information about who to be, what to do and how to live. But what if there was a way to teach children how to manage priorities, focus on goals and be a positive influence on the world around them? The Leader in Meis that programme. It's based on a hugely successful initiative carried out at the A.B. Combs Elementary School in North Carolina. To hear the parents of A. B Combs talk about the school is to be amazed. In 1999, the school debuted a programme that taught The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Peopleto a pilot group of students. The parents reported an incredible change in their children, who blossomed under the programme. By the end of the following year the average end-of-grade scores had leapt from 84 to 94. This book will launch the message onto a much larger platform. Stephen R. Covey takes the 7 Habits, that have already changed the lives of millions of people, and shows how children can use them as they develop. Those habits -- be proactive, begin with the end in mind, put first things first, think win-win, seek to understand and then to be understood, synergize, and sharpen the saw -- are critical skills to learn at a young age and bring incredible results, proving that it's never too early to teach someone how to live well.

While focusing on his core mission to preach the gospel worldwide, T.D. Jakes has seen many good people not spend enough quality time with family, friends, and God. They have gotten so swept up in the daily grind that they have failed to live the rich life that God desires for each of His people. In his new book, Jakes provides readers with strategies that will help them rejuvenate their life and turn their "busyness" into a "business." All readers-not just entrepreneurs-will benefit from Jakes' insightful advice so that they can use the days God has blessed them with wisely and finish each day strong!

'This is a book by a teacher still in the classroom after 20 years. Want to know how to survive? Read this book; it's fizzing with ideas.' Ty Goddard, Co-founder of the Education Foundation A compendium of teaching strategies, ideas and advice, which aims to motivate, comfort, amuse and above all reduce your workload, by bestselling author Ross Morrison McGill, aka @TeacherToolkit. Teacher Toolkit is a must-read for newly qualified and early career teachers and will support you through your first five years in the primary or secondary classroom. It is packed with advice, tips and ideas for all aspects of teaching practice, from lesson planning to marking and assessment, behaviour management and differentiation. Ross believes that becoming a teacher is one of the best decisions you will ever make, but after more than two decades in the classroom, he knows that it is not an easy journey! He shares countless anecdotes from his own experience, from disastrous observations to marking in the broom cupboard, and offers a wealth of strategies to help you become a true Vitruvian teacher: one who is resilient, intelligent, innovative, collaborative and aspirational. Complete with a bespoke Five Minute Plan in every chapter, photocopiable templates, QR codes, a detachable bookmark and beautiful illustrations by renowned artist Polly Nor, Teacher Toolkit is everything you need to ensure you are the best teacher you can be, whatever the new policy or framework. Ross is the bestselling author of Mark. Plan. Teach., Just Great Teaching and 100 Ideas for Secondary Teachers: Outstanding Lessons. Vitruvian teaching will help you survive your first five years: Year 1: Be resilient (surviving your NQT year) Year 2: Be intelligent (refining your teaching) Year 3: Be innovative (taking risks) Year 4: Be collaborative (working with others) Year 5: Be aspirational (moving towards middle leadership) Start working towards Vitruvian today.