Transformative Principal

Kat Howard is AP at the Duston School and founder of LitDrive, PD for English Teachers. She is also the author of the book “Stop Talking About Wellbeing” Came to teaching quite late after working in finance Felt lack of reward outside of education. How to help teachers take care of themselves. Approaching workload - we have a responsibility to ourselves Building strong relationships. Effective conversation and effective exchange. We’ve done several things to support conversation It’s not just the resolution of the problem. In schools, I don’t think email is a productive tool. That’s the double edged sword of our profession. Wellbeing is the outcome rather than the process Our sense of purpose is really important. Teachers don’t want to create their own behavior process in the classroom. Give teachers autonomy over things that are important. Curriculum design & teaching. Teacher guilt - but it’s for the kids! Teachers don’t come in to education to be mediocre. People tell you what you want to hear. How to