by Ben Hobbis @MrBHobbis Are you a new leader who likes the idea of leadership but struggles to find the balance between teaching and leading? Are you someone who wants to be a leader, but not knowing how to get there, feeling a bit stagnant? You might be a developing leader but in the wrong organisation? You might not see leaders...
by Lulu Oragano @LuluOragano
Senior Leader: Welcome back, I’ve put your timetable on your desk.
Me: Oh thanks. Oh, but I’m teaching Citizenship?
Senior Leader: Yeah, you’re brilliant, you can teach anything.
Meant as compliment, very few teachers deliberately want a woman returning from having a baby to feel unwelcome, undervalued or side-lined in anyway, but it may happen without realising.
by Lulu Oragano @LuluOragano
Jan: So, I was being serious when I asked- do you want to job share?
Me: Yes, I would love to.
Jan: Let’s do it.
And so we did….
I was the Head of Drama in a Secondary school in South London and Jan was the Head of Visual and Performing Arts. Having returned from her maternity leave she had requested to work part-time, wanting the benefits of keeping her senior middle leader role, whilst also spending time with her new baby.
by Ben Hobbis @MrBHobbis
I think I’ve always been an ally. But I don’t think I realised this until this academic year.
So, what is an ally? An ally is any person that actively promotes and aspires to advance the culture of inclusion through intentional, positive and conscious efforts that benefit people as a whole (Atcheson, 2018). It is important to remember gender equality is a matter that affects us all and reducing gender inequality is something that we all need to work on. Men can do this by being an ally.
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