I’m the proud author of two published books: How to Survive in Teaching and A Little Guide to Teacher Wellbeing and Self-Care with Adrian Bethune.

Are you looking for:

  • Someone with extensive experience of teaching, leadership and training and mentoring of new teachers?
  • Someone who has an established reputation as an influencer in education?
  • Someone adept at using a range of research tools to provide compelling and fresh perspectives on current issues in education and beyond?

I am currently working on a book on effective parental engagement in schools.

In 2016, I completed my doctorate, with Middlesex University: Shifting Identities: A Mixed Methods Study of the Experiences of Parents Who Are Also Teachers.

I have blogged extensively and am regularly commissioned to write for a range of organisations including TES, Education Support, BBC Teach and Now Teach.

I write on wellbeing, leadership, career progression, recruitment and retention and classroom practice.

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What I Can Offer

  • Articles, blogs, academic pieces, advice pieces, book chapters
  • Up-to-date and relevant materials which address the issues of the day
  • A solid and evolving basis in research and practice
  • A positive and pragmatic approach based on over two decades of experience

Examples of My Work

Books

A Little Guide for Teachers: Teacher Wellbeing and Self-care

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How to Survive in Teaching

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Book Chapters

The Headteacher's Handbook

Staff Retention is about How You Make Them Feel
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It Takes 5 Years to Become a Teacher

Snot in the Office and German Magazines
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Selected Blogs and Articles

TES

Meet Barry: The Old-School Teacher Who Defies the SLT
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Education Support

Leaders with Lives
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Education Support

Modelling Vulnerability: Hayley's Story
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TES

Are These the Funniest Stories About Teaching?
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TES

Flexible working: my life in a part-time leadership role
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TES

The Four Challenges Every Teacher Faces in the Workplace and How to Overcome Them
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TES

Parents and Teachers: Together, We Can Move Mountains
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TES

Pupils, It's Not Your Grades You Will Remember
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The Guardian

Workload is the tip of the iceberg when it comes to low morale in teaching
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Now Teach

Balancing Teaching and Parenting
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Teachappy

Do You Know Your Stress Signals?
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BBC

Tips from a Teacher on Managing Workload
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BBC

Meeting the Needs of All of Our Learners – Some Ideas for Inclusion
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BBC

5 Things Parents Want to Tell Teachers at Parents' Evening
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Academic Writing

Doctoral Research

A summary of my doctoral research
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Doctoral Thesis

My full doctoral thesis for Middlesex University: Shifting identities: A mixed-methods study of the experiences of teachers who are also parents
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Journal of Higher Education Policy and Leadership Studies

Merging Identities: Role Conflict and Role Enrichment for Educator-Parents during the Covid-19 Pandemic
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Impact – Journal of the Chartered College of Teaching

Shifting Identities: Balancing Teaching and Parenthood Ten Years On
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Challenges in School, 1st international Expert Meeting, Kamnik, Slovenia

Is there a 'Crisis' in UK State Schools? What can we do to help with the recruitment and retention of high quality teachers?
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