Putting Staff First by John Tomsett
If we do not ensure, first and foremost, that our teachers are feeling physically and mentally well, they cannot be their best for their students. Consequently, a school which does not prioritise staff wellbeing is disadvantaging its own students. 'Students first' is a misplaced sentiment: the best thing for students is a happy, healthy, motivated, well-trained, expert staff. By putting staff first you are providing for students the one thing which will help them make good progress in their learning: truly great teaching. Whilst it is easy to say that schools would not exist if it were not for the students, the glib converse is that without truly great school staff, the students would not be taught. What we need - as recruiting subject specialist teachers, school leaders and specialist support staff becomes increasingly difficult - is a revolution in how we treat our school staff. We have to put our staff before our students because it is the only hope we have of securing what our students need most: a world class education. The longer our schools are populated with hypoxic adults, we imperial all our futures. What follows is a blueprint for the school system which puts our school staff before students.John Tomsett has been a teacher for 32 years and a headteacher for 17 years. He currently leads Huntington School & Research School in York. He writes a blog called 'This Much I Know', and has written extensively about school leadership.
He is the author of Love Over Fear - developing a culture for truly great teaching, Mind Over Matter - improving mental health in our schools and Putting Staff First - a blueprint for revitalising our schools. He still teaches and is focused resolutely upon improving the quality of teaching and learning, both at Huntington and across the school system as a whole.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781912906840 |
| ISBN 10 | 1912906848 |
| Title | Putting Staff First |
| Author | John Tomsett |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hodder Education |
| Year published | 2020-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 144 |
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