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Emma @teachem.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Your book is always one I come back to. Can't wait for the next iteration. Thank you for sharing your experiences so generously.

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Emma @teachem.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

I just finished listening to @greeborunner.bsky.social discuss CPD at scale with @trustcpdleads.bsky.social. It was a brilliant session that reiterated for me the importance of knowing what difference you want the CPD to make, i.e., what problem are you trying to solve👌🏾.We often lose sight of this.

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Vivienne Porritt OBE FCCT FRSA @vivienneporritt.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

@teachem.bsky.social So good to have spent the day with you, loved it! #WomenEd 💜💜

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Emma @teachem.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

It was a brilliant day spent with @vivienneporritt.bsky.social as part of @womened.bsky.social. Sharing insights on º Gender pay gap ºRepresentation & diversity º Flexible working º Equitable action in education #10%Braver #Calltoaction 💜

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Emma @teachem.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

It was a fabulous day and I'm so glad I was part of it 💕

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WomenEd @womened.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Five years after having her baby, and two years after posting about COVID and lockdown, Salina Ventress returns to examine the subject of #flexibleworking and finding the right balance... womened.com/blog/flex-is...

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Flex isn’t complicated

Two years ago I published a blog celebrating the 'lockdown babies' turning 3. Somehow, remarkably, our own lockdown baby turns 5 this week, leaving me wondering where that half-decade has gone.

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James Abley @attipll.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Really great opportunity for our ECF mentors.

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Emma @teachem.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Thanks for this thread, Sue. I’ve just shown my mum, and we’ll get two. One for home and one for our allotment! She loves it- and I like the lack of mess 😂

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Jonny Uttley @jonnyuttley.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

I am incredibly fortunate to work with a board of trustees at TEAL who always seek to do what is right & always back our ideas to make better lives for young people & staff. I am delighted that this week we have agreed to extend full paid adoption leave to colleagues who become kinship carers.

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Caroline Keep @ka83k.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Seeing lots celebrate #StrictlyComeDancing Chris and Dianne. Yep disabled people when supported, accommodated, and empowered can do amazing things. So, are you doing that? In your organisation, policies and practices.

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Hannah Wilson ACC FCCT FRSA @hannahwilson.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

As we rebuild our edu community on BlueSky and grow our network in an intentional way please consider following #REND founded by @unleashingme.bsky.social and attending the events in Luton, London & Birmingham. I have started a list here... go.bsky.app/KcSzEoq

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Get Real Leadership Hub @getrealleadership.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Pop over to our Substack where Sonia Thompson shares her ‘guest insight’ on our second scenario. Have a read and sign up now! #Getreal getrealleadershiphub.substack.com/p/guest-insi...

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Emma @teachem.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Please tell me you got to leave and go home immediately….😱

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Get Real Leadership Hub @getrealleadership.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Sonia Thompson shares her ‘guest insight’ on our second scenario. You’ll be able to have a read tomorrow on our Substack- sign up now. getrealleadershiphub.substack.com

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Emma @teachem.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Oh my gosh 😳😱😅 I agree. Early years practitioners are just some kind of magic- I couldn’t do it. My own two are quite enough lool

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Caroline Spalding @mrsspalding.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

So excited that @missdearie.bsky.social has joined Bluesky! Anyone after an inspirational Languages teacher / next generation leader / incredible mentor needs to follow. #EduSky please make her feel welcome!

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SF Said @whatsfsaid.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Much as I loved the grown-up book & the TV series, I think the picture book version is even better! Every classroom & library in the country should have a copy of BLACK AND BRITISH: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY by @davidolusoga.bsky.social illustrated by @jakeillustration.bsky.social & Melleny Taylor.

Cover of BLACK AND BRITISH: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY by David Olusoga, illustrated by Jake Alexander & Melleny Taylor

Spread from BLACK AND BRITISH: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY showing the 'Aurelian Moors'

Spread from BLACK AND BRITISH: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY about the Romans

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WomenEd @womened.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Treating women educators and leaders inequitably eg, #GenderPayGap, lack of representation. In leadership, inflexible approaches and lack of diversity. 👿👿

The cover of #DisruptiveWomen, a book by WomenEd. A woman with a megaphone.

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Nuzhat Uthmani @nuthmani.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

This is so very disappointing. #Equality #Diversity #RepresentationMatters "These most recent, more sobering results, particularly after a summer of racially motivated riots, remind us that the job is far from done." www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...

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‘Significant’ drop in racially minoritised characters in children’s books, report says

Share of children’s books featuring characters who fall into this category fell from 30% in 2022 to 17% in 2023, CLPE survey finds

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Jill Berry @jillberry102.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

"I changed my belief that leadership was autocratic, all-knowing & dominating. @womened.bsky.social had shown me a different possibility: leadership that was collaborative, humble, caring, empowering, & that lifted others up." Loretta Fernando-Smith in 'Disruptive Women'

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Rachel Orr @rachelorr.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

@samtwiselton.bsky.social said this:- 'We are losing teachers just at the point where they are achieving mastery and replacing them with a conveyer belt of novices' Does your finance officer really understand teaching or only focused on balancing the books?

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Stuart Rowntree @primarythink.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

UPS3 teachers also lead whole-school initiatives, provide pastoral care, and support inspections with their expertise. Cutting them may save costs short-term but risks declining standards, higher turnover, and lost institutional knowledge vital for long-term school success.

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Stuart Rowntree @primarythink.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Experienced UPS3 teachers bring stability, mentoring, and quality teaching that drive better student outcomes. They support ECTs, reduce turnover costs, and enhance school reputation, making them key to maintaining high standards and consistency, especially in challenging contexts.

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Bennie Kara @benniekara.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Are you a global majority leader/aspiring leader? Do you want support on your leadership journey? Join @malcpd.bsky.social and I on the Powerful Pathways programme.

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Jennifer Webb @funkypedagogy.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

This is exceptional leadership from Jonny and his team and will make an enormous difference to families and the lives of women in particular. A bold move to solve a deeply rooted and complex problem 👏👏👏 @jonnyuttley.bsky.social

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Emma @teachem.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

I'm currently on my second maternity leave, and it's so refreshing to see the work of Emma at MTPT, Flex Teacher Talent, and New Britain making a difference for parent-teachers. I'm glad they've supported you and others in bringing about much-needed changes in a very archaic system.

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Bennie Kara @benniekara.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

I’m so excited to reveal a new project in collaboration with @malcpd.bsky.social. Are you a global majority person in leadership or aspiring to be in leadership? Have a look at our Powerful Pathways course where we support you to reach your goals. Share with friends! #EduSky #BookSky #BlackSky

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Emma @teachem.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

This is genuinely superb sector-leading inclusive practice. We need more leaders to follow suit so that this standard practice

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Jill Berry @jillberry102.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

"Representation matters" @stepupnetwork.bsky.social's @mrbhobbis.bsky.social offers excellent, practical advice for those organising, hosting, attending, speaking, exhibiting, partnering or sponsorship edu-events: benhobbis.co.uk/2024/10/31/e...

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Exclusion and Elitism at EduEvents

I write this blog on the back of my October half term break. A break that was much needed, a break in which I very much needed. As I sat in an airport departure lounge scrolling social media, a sto…

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Penelope Shortland-Palmer @shortlandpalmer.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

Wouldn’t it be great if flexible working was just the ‘norm’. Teacher retention would be massively helped but ultimately it would benefit everyone because if there’s one thing the world needs right not it’s more flexibility

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Independent Thinking @itlworldwide.bsky.social · 27/10/2024

‘report by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) warned racism, discrimination and the lack of opportunities for promotion are damaging the teaching profession and driving away staff from ethnic minority backgrounds.’ news.sky.com/story/teache...

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Teacher felt 'worthless' after facing discrimination - as report warns racism is harming profession

Betty Knight won an employment tribunal after facing discrimination from senior staff at her former college in Alton. The National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) believes she is not an iso...

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Emma @teachem.bsky.social · 24/10/2024

You too. I'm sure we'll get to talk in more depth soon. A lot of what you said echoed my experience so far in my trust. Particularly having the shared language/set of principals which defines the subject and how we assess. Still a work in progress.

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Emma @teachem.bsky.social · 24/10/2024

Great session tonight. Thanks to you and Sarah for hosting. Lots of food for food, and it's nice to know that what I've been doing is on the right lines. Loved the analogy of providing wrap around support for staff to enable their best work and school improvement. Great community 👏🏿

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Alison Peacock @alisonpeacock.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

Hurrah for Yamina Bibi!

Picture of a book about Early Career teaching.

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Adam Vasco @vascoadam.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

#BHM ‘Black culture isn’t just a trend to be consumed—it’s a legacy, a living, breathing history of resilience, creativity, and community. Too often, the narrative that gets pushed is one that diminishes that, reducing it to clichés or commodifying it for profit.’ www.linkedin.com/posts/adam-v...

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Adam Vasco on LinkedIn: Who gets to represent black culture?

#BHM Day 19 - I saw Penny share this article yesterday from Chynna Rhooms and it hit hard. So today is a break away from my own posts to draw a spotlight to…

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Zoe Enser @greeborunner.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

I’m going to be having a chat with Sarah on this. We come at Trust wide English from very different perspectives. It would be good to hear other ones too.

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Emma @teachem.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

Thanks for posting this, I'd be interested to gain different perspectives, too.

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