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Josephine Smith
Josephine Smith is head of a secondary school within a MAT in Lincolnshire. She was previously a vice principal and head of English and director of Key Stage 4 in schools in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Josephine holds NPQH, is a Research Associate for the National College and has presented at several national conferences on partnership working, promoting parental engagement, cost effective CPD and performance management.
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Ensuring your staff have capacity to take on a new task is vital to its success and their wellbeing. Josephine Smith provides a checklist to use before a new or revised initiative is introduced
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Download this template to help evaluate leadership skills, plan professional development and prepare for a performance management meeting
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Use our secondary deputy head year planner to structure your workload across each term and ensure your time is managed effectively
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How do you prepare students for employment? Jo Smith describes what her school do to ensure young people are aware of career and training options
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Reviewing appraisal objectives helps identify staff strengths and areas for improvement. Josephine Smith provides a sample appraisal review form for teachers
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Are you planning adjustments to the delivery of your academic curriculum? Josephine Smith suggests considerations for leaders in a secondary school
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Headteacher Josephine Smith considers how to plan for different groups of pupils, plan the next steps in your catch up strategy and ensure you get best value from government funding
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Download the skills audit template to help evaluate the skills and knowledge needed to fulfil the responsibilities of headship and aspire to the national standards of excellence
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Josephine Smith explores approaches to formative assessment designed to save time, provide useful feedback and promote knowledge retrieval
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What do staff need to be able to teach remotely? Should all staff be trained, or should you create a team? We hear from a primary and secondary perspective on how they created their remote learning offer