WomenEd Blogs

by Annelouise Jordan @Leazy84 #Pledgeforchange20 10 years later and absolutely 10%braver! I signed up for the #WomenEd #DGMeet #Pledgeforchange20 blog event in order to see what it was all about. So, here I am and here goes…

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By Jessica Webster @jgroteweb Collaboration has been a key to success both personally and professionally for me. Often educational leaders are faced with tough decisions that require complex solutions. By collaborating with others, soliciting...

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by Abigal Evans @LwLAT_COO I’ve been reflecting on what actually inspired me to set off, tentatively, down the road from School Business Manager (SBM) to Chief Operating Officer (COO) and have narrowed it down to two significant light bulb moments.

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by Kate Sawyer @Dorastar1 With age comes wisdom someone probably old and wise once said, and yes supposedly it does. What they forgot to mention was everything else that comes with age. As someone who has the shadow of a 50th birthday rapidly...

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By Sue Plant @PlantPlant4Sue I have been reading a lot recently about ethical leadership. It coincided with preparing to speak at the 5th UK #WomenEd Unconference. I haven't been reading just for that purpose though, it is something that interests...

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By @WomenEd_US and Kimberly Lane Clark @askatechnogirl Making professional connections is vital to an educational leader’s success. If you don’t have a strong support system around you, it’s essential to find ways to structure a meaningful support...

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by Julie Ricketts @DOpsSBL (ISBL Fellow) The beginning of October saw my three-year anniversary working as a School Business Leader – an anniversary I never thought would arrive. Not because I don’t love what I do, but more that I had made a...

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by Binks Neate-Evans @BinksNeateEvans (Executive Principal, Evolution Trust) I have recently blogged about disappointment for @headsroundtable here where I refer to disappointment on a spectrum with hope.

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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 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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