WomenEd Blogs

by Jules Daulby @JulesDaulby Her tears, her fears. Fuck! Her anxiety. Nervous, jittery, lost her glitter edge. Discombobulated identity. Mind drawn backwards and forwards through a hedge.

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By Vivienne Porritt @ViviennePorritt Our 5th Unconference this Saturday, 5th October is going to be special. We’re keeping our tradition of all of us meeting together at the beginning and end of the day and celebrating what our #community has...

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by Emma Grundy @MsGundry I am at the end of week 3 of my first headship and it is both better and worse than I’d imagined.

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By Anonymous Values are things that we generally take for granted. We have our own moral compass and assume that others have the same. Until something happens that makes us question either our own values or someone else’s.

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By Anonymous Going into teaching in my 30s, after seven years in Marketing and Sales wasn’t easy, but it has been fulfilling and has made me think very differently about what counts for experience and skill in the workplace.

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By Anonymous Biggest challenge? Going from a school knowing more or less everyone’s name, including most students (having been there forever) to feeling rude every other time you talk to someone. I feel like walking around with a badge saying, “Hi,...

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By Vivienne Porritt As a voluntary community, #WomenEd has always collaborated with partners to achieve greater impact than we can do alone. We currently collaborate with @Tes_Institute, @WholeEducation, @educationgov.uk and with all organisations...

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By Anonymous ‘It’s a big world outside the classroom,’ said a wise friend about six months ago. And, just like that (well, almost), I resigned and jumped off the cliff after around a quarter of a century in schools. I’ve documented quite openly the...

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By Lucy Did you know that 62% of secondary teachers are women — but only 39% of secondary headteachers are female? Or that only 7% of women in education attempt to negotiate their initial salary offer, compared to over half of their male...

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It was a normal day at the office. A busy day. I came across Ambition School Leadership (@Ambition_Inst) and a Headship course. I first thought – me? Headship? No. Not a chance… but I was 10%braver, without even knowing it.

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