Subject Leadership: Goals And Actions
As a subject leader are you naturally goal-orientated or action orientated? Or are you an equal amount of each? What are the pros and cons?
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Along with being a primary school teacher and leader, blogging is where this all started for Aidan. If it wasn't for his passion for writing and sharing his learning and experiences, he wouldn't be working as an education consultant with schools across the country today. Shared best practice should be available to all and here on the Aidan Severs Consulting blog you can get ideas for making a difference in your own school. The blog is also a great place to learn exactly the kind of work that Aidan can partner with your school on.
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Aidan Severs
- Jan 26
- 3 min
Subject Leadership: Being Ofsted-Ready By Doing It For The Kids
Everything we do in schools should be for the children - if this is the priority then we should be on track to explain things to Ofsted.
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Aidan Severs
- Jan 19
- 2 min
Subject Leadership: Leading a Team, Not a Subject
Subject leadership can feel lonely, however you are leading a team of people, not a subject, so in reality you are not alone.
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Aidan Severs
- Jan 17
- 6 min
How I Work With Leaders To Develop Curriculum
Teachers' and leaders' testimonials can help you to learn more about how I will work with you and your staff.
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Aidan Severs
- Jan 12
- 3 min
Subject Leadership and the Problem of TIME
Subject leadership has to be juggled with class teaching responsibilities, so realistic expectations of subject leaders are crucial.
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Aidan Severs
- Jan 11
- 5 min
The 3 Cs of Curriculum Design
By thinking about continuity, correct coverage and consistency, school leaders can begin to think about how to design their curriculum.
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Aidan Severs
- Jan 5
- 5 min
The Benefits of Being a Subject Leader
Subject Leadership can feel daunting, but there are so many benefits for teachers taking on such a role.
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Aidan Severs
- Dec 12, 2022
- 5 min
10 Things I Learned About Teaching As A Lazy NQT
Teaching is hard, and sometimes teachers find themselves working ourselves to the bone. Perhaps it doesn't have to be that way...
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Aidan Severs
- Dec 9, 2022
- 4 min
Viewing Your Impact Through a Positive Lens
This is a reposted and retitled article from my old blog, written when I was the primary deputy head of an all-through school. On...
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Aidan Severs
- Nov 17, 2022
- 5 min
Curriculum How To: Developing A Concept-Based Curriculum
When developing curriculum, school leaders can use key concepts to map out cross-curricular links which promote learning.
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Aidan Severs
- Oct 30, 2022
- 2 min
Aidan's Podcast Appearances
Jamie Thom's 'Beyond Survival' Podcast Episode Nine: How can new teachers simplify their teaching for impact? Listening links can be...
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Aidan Severs
- Oct 10, 2022
- 7 min
What Can Book Scrutiny Actually Tell Us?
Book Looks or Book Scrutinies are a popular monitoring approach in schools. Here's how to get the most out of them...
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Aidan Severs
- Sep 5, 2022
- 5 min
Learning To Fall: Learning To Succeed
"If you can't ride, can you fall?" "I suppose anyone can fall," said Shasta. "I mean can you fall and get up again without crying and...
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Aidan Severs
- Aug 29, 2022
- 6 min
Transforming Primary School Lunchtimes With Family Dining
I was recently contacted by a school leader who had found this blog post very useful when I posted it back in 2018. Here it is again on...
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Aidan Severs
- Aug 22, 2022
- 4 min
Including Word Etymology On Knowledge Organisers
In my last blog post I wrote about the basics of knowledge organisers - if you don't yet use them, that blog post will be a good starting...
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Aidan Severs
- Aug 15, 2022
- 3 min
Using Knowledge Organisers In Primary
What are Knowledge Organisers? A place where all the selected key/core knowledge for any given unit of work in any subject is organised...
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Aidan Severs
- Aug 8, 2022
- 4 min
Simple Teaching
It really is all about the simple things. The longer I've been in teaching, the more I realise this. I thought I'd realised that 10 years...
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Aidan Severs
- Aug 1, 2022
- 6 min
Teachers! Be More Batman!
I wrote this back in 2016, and since it is mentioned in Dr Emma Kell's 'How To Survive In Teaching' I thought it was time to feature it...
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Aidan Severs
- Jul 25, 2022
- 7 min
What Looking At Children's Books Tells You That You Don't Need To Know
When it comes to book scrutiny (or book looks by their slightly less evil-sounding name) there are plenty of things that can catch our...
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Aidan Severs
- Jul 18, 2022
- 8 min
What Are All The Different Types Of Knowledge? (part 1)
Substantive, disciplinary, declarative, conceptual, procedural... and where's skills? A blog post to clarify the meanings of these words.
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