Role of the attendance officer
How to listen so that young people feel supported
0Improving your listening skills can make a huge difference to pupil engagement. In this article, Dr. Pooky Knightsmith provides us with ten suggestions to help ensure that students feel genuinely listened to. Summary It’s important to ensure that you focus completely on the student when they are talking to you.Summarise what they’ve said and ask meaningful questions.Avoid judgement, stay calm and take care of yourself too. Enabling a student to feel heard is one of the most important gifts an adult can ever give to the students in their care. When students know that the adults around them will take…
Learning to lead
0Leadership skills are a useful component of managing staff and influencing people. Louise Wingrove shows you how you can work on your leadership skills.
The attendance officer: How to approach your new role
0Starting out in a role as attendance officer can be daunting. In this article, Victoria Franklin outlines how you might approach your new role in three phases and ensure that you are a key figure when it comes to school improvement.