Reading
Below are some of the many books, articles, podcasts and videos I've come across over the years which have helped to shape my approach.
Teaching English
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Slow Teaching - Jamie Thom
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How to teach English literature: Overcoming cultural poverty - Jennifer Webb
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Making Every English Lesson Count: Six principles to support great reading and writing - Andy Tharby
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Embedding English and Maths: Practical Strategies for FE and Post-16 Tutors - Terry Sharrock
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Teaching and Assessing Skills in English as a Second Language - Peter Lucantoni
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Active English: Learning Strategies That Will Have Your Students Asking, is That the Bell Already? - Karla Hardaway
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The Complete Guide To Becoming An English Teacher – Stephen Clarke, Paul Dickinson & Jo Westbrook
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English Teaching In The Secondary School – Mike Fleming and David Stevens
Teaching
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Action Research in Education: Learning Through Practitioner Enquiry - Vivienne Baumfield
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Critical Incidents in Teaching: Developing Professional Judgement - David Tripp
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Reflective Teaching – Andrew Pollard
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Readings For Reflective Teaching – Andrew Pollard
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Starting Drama Teaching – Mike Fleming
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You And Your Action Research Project – Jean McNiff
Leadership
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High Challenge, Low Threat: Finding the Balance - Mary Myatt
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The Writing Revolution: A Guide to Advancing Thinking Through Writing - Judith Hochman et al
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Learning To Lead In The Secondary School: Becoming An Effective Head – Mark Brundrett & Ian Terrell
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West-Burnham, J (2013) Leading and Managing: Rethinking the relationship
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NCTL Aligning development planning and resource management. Nottingham: National College for Teaching and Leadership
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NCTL Getting the balance right. Nottingham: National College for Teaching and Leadership.
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NCTL Financial procedures and processes. Nottingham: National College for Teaching and Leadership.
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Audit Commission (2011) Classroom Deployment: better value for money for schools.
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Gabriel, Y (2015) The caring leader – What followers expect of their leaders and why?
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Gleeson, D and Knights, D (2008) Reluctant Leaders
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Shaked, H and Schechter, C (2017) Systems thinking among school middle leaders
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Thorpe, A and Bennett-Powell, G (2014) The perception of secondary school middle leaders regarding their needs following a middle leadership development programme.
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Schools learning from their best: the within-school variation project. Reynolds, D
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Understanding and using data. Lloyd, K
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Leading Change for Improvement Additional ways of thinking about the change process, NCTL
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Framework for Action in Reflections on the change leadership landscape, Fullan M. and Boyle A.
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The emotionally intelligent leader. National College for Teaching and Leadership
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Leadership development and personal effectiveness, West-Burnham J. and Ireson J.
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Leading Change: Why transformation efforts fail, Kotter, J P
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Metacognition and self-regulated learning summary,Education Endowment Foundation
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Teachers’ Standards Guidance for school leaders, school staff and governing bodies, Department for Education.
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Leaders and Leadership: Leadership Teams, Team Leaders and Middle Managers,Tomlinson, H.
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Improving Teaching to Improve Standards,National College for Teaching and Leadership
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Metacognition and self-regulated learning: Guidance report,Education Endowment Foundation
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Leadership that promotes the achievement of students with special educational needs and disabilities support pack, Chapman, C., Ainscow, M., Miles, S. and West, M.
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Adair J (1979) Action Centred Leadership. Gower Publishing: London.
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Brookfield, S (1995) Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher. Jossey-Bass, San-Francisco.
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Goleman, D (2000) ‘Leadership that gets results’, Harvard Business Review, March-April, pp.77-90.
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Murdock, A and Scutt, C, (2003) Personal Effectiveness. Butterworth-Heinemann: Oxford.
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Pendleton D and Furnham A (2012) Leadership - all you need to know. Palgrave Macmillan: London.
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West-Burnham, J. (2014) Autonomy and collaboration: leading through relationships. Thinkpiece. National College for Teaching and Leadership.
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Jones, J. (2006) Leadership in small schools: supporting the power of collaboration. Management in Education
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Ylimaki, R. and Brunner, C. (2011) Power and Collaboration-Consensus/Conflict in curriculum leadership: Status Quo or change? American Educational Research Journal, 48 (6) pp.1258-1285.
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Neal, L (2013) The role of middle leaders in coaching individuals. Nottingham: National College for School Leadership.
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Harris, A and Jones, M (2012) Managing to Lead? Nottingham: National College for School Leadership.
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Bush, T, Abbott, I, Glover, D, Goodall, J and Smith, R (2010) Establishing and Developing High Performing Leadership Teams. NCSL: Nottingham.
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Stoll, L, Harris A and Handscomb G (2012) Great professional development which leads to great pedagogy: nine claims from research. Nottingham: National College for School Leadership.
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Moir D (2004) Leadership and integrity: are they compatible? Management in Education, Vol 18 Issue 3 pp 28-31.
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Irvine, P and Brundrett, M (2016) Middle leadership and its challenges: a case study in the secondary independent sector. Management in Education 2016, Vol. 30(2) 86–92.
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Crouch, M (2010) Respect: where and how? Thesis Eleven, Number 101, May 2010: 89–96.
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Creasy, J and Paterson, F (2005) Leading coaching in schools. Nottingham: National College for School Leadership.
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Deutsch, N L and Jones, J N (2008) “Show me an ounce of respect”: Respect and Authority in Adult-Youth Relationships in After-School Programs. Journal of Adolescent Research Volume 23 Number 6 November 667-688.
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Lofthouse, R, Leat, D and Towler, C (2010) Coaching for teaching and learning: a practical guide for schools. Reading: CfBT Education Trust.
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Mavin, S, Lee, L and Robson, F (2010) The Evaluation of Learning and Development in the Workplace: a review of the literature. London: Higher Education Funding Council for England.
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NCTL (2013) Empowering Others: coaching and mentoring. Nottingham: National College for Teaching and Leadership.
Behaviour Management
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The Behaviour Guru - Tom Bennett
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Teacher Leadership and Behaviour Management - Bill Rogers
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Classroom Behaviour - Bill Rogers
General
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Black Box Thinking: The Surprising Truth About Success - Matthew Syed
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Leading - Sir Alex Ferguson & Sir Michael Moritz
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Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone To Take Action - Simon Sinek
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It's Your Time You're Wasting: A Teacher's Tales of Classroom Hell - Frank Chalk
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Pep Guardiola: Another Way Of Winning - Guillem Ballague
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How To Predict The Unpredictable: The Art of Outsmarting Almost Everyone – William POundstone
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You Are Not So Smart – David McRaney