First Day at School: Learning to be Brave

First day and nerves aplenty. But today is about being brave so here it goes. Assertiveness is not always my strong point but I was able to swallow my nerves and share an example of being negatively labelled by a teacher, to the whole school staff team. A label I aimed to overcome in the creative […]
Documenting Your School Experience
In 2008, whilst on maternity leave with my second son, I heard about a programme called ‘Insight into Teaching’ run through the Careers Development Centre at Stirling University. Attendee’s are placed in schools for 6 weeks, for half a day a week. Places were awarded on the programme following competitive application. I was successful and […]