National Obesity Week Posted on 14 January 2016 by Rebecca Taylor - Kent-Teach in Wellbeing It's National Obesity Week, help highlight the issue and find out what you can do to make sure you and your family stay healthy and fit. Read More...
Martin Luther King Day Posted on 13 January 2016 by Tom Silver - Kent-Teach in General 21 January marks Martin Luther King Day. Here are some ideas on teaching the Civil Rights movement. Read More...
7 Simple Steps to Improve the Mental Health of Teachers and Support Staff Posted on 10 January 2016 by Dr Pooky Knightsmith - Mental Health Specialist in Wellbeing In her online column for the TES, Natasha Devon MBE, the Department for Education’s Mental Health in Schools Champion, suggested that ‘To improve the mental health of young people, we should start by tackling stress among teachers’ – This message certainly seems to have resonated with my network and, for what it’s worth, I couldn’t agree more. There are some pretty simple steps we can take, many of them right away, which I’ve seen work well in schools, colleges and other settings which I’ve set out in this article. Read More...
Maximising your School's Recruitment Potential by Updating your School Details Posted on 7 January 2016 by Rebecca - Kent-Teach in General | Career Did you know we have 93,000 registered members on Kent-Teach? That’s a substantial number of potential applicants that could be interested in working at your school. One of the first insights applicants have into your school is your Kent-Teach profile page. So are you promoting your school in the best way possible? Read More...
New Year, New You? Posted on 29 December 2015 by Wing Shek - Kent-Teach in Wellbeing Thinking about making New Year resolutions? Find out how to make them stick and get inspired for yours. Read More...
Devices in class – good or bad? Posted on 23 December 2015 by Julia Skinner - Retired Headteacher in General The ongoing debate of devices in the classroom continues. Retired Headteacher Julia Skinner has asked her education colleagues for their views. Read More...
Keeping Students Safe Online Posted on 21 December 2015 by Keir McDonald MBE in EdTech This article by Keir McDonald MBE highlights three ways for educators to effectively introduce e-safety to young students. Read More...
The Christmas Round Up 2015 Posted on 21 December 2015 by Kent-Teach Team in General It has been a great year for Kent-Teach! Discover our 2015 Year in Review. Read More...
Just how welcoming is your school? Posted on 10 December 2015 by Julia Skinner - Retired Headteacher in General Many mission statements and visions contain something about an ‘Open Door’ approach but just how welcoming is your school? Often the first message about a school is seen a few miles away as people approach it either by car or foot... Read More...
Survey of parents about their children’s internet usage Posted on 8 December 2015 by Stephen Bennett in EdTech A new study of 3000 parents of children aged between 12 and 15 years old by Stop Procrastinating, the productivity website, has discovered that a majority of parents have found that their children using social media and browsing the web when they should be sleeping. The resulting drop in concentration the next day at school had a marked impact on school performance. Read More...