Bad School Leadership with Omar Akbar (aka Teacher's Manual)

<p>This weeks I am in conversation with Omar Akbar; Teacher, Author- The Unofficial Teacher's Manual: What they don't teach you in training; Bad School Leadership (and what to do about it) . &nbsp;We are nattering about &nbsp;school leadership, the good and the bad! This is a very positive podcast with some great takeaways.</p> <p><strong>The natter</strong></p> <p>From the introduction of the book , tell us a little bit about you and your 15 years teaching across 4 schools?</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;You say this book is about the mismanagement of the system , what do you mean by this and what can we do about this ?&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;You kick off the book with relationship building and Rick astley ....tell us how important relationships, empathy and communication are for leaders</p> <p>&nbsp;Observations can be controversial but also useful , what are your www and Ebi here ?&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;Learning walks , deception walks and urine tests . How can we ensure visits to lessons are beneficial for all ?</p> <p>&nbsp;Book scrutiny and deep dives , what is a secret dossier and how can leaders be more transparent?&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;Behaviour - when in doubt blame the teacher for not engaging the learners . Is this common and how do we support teachers with behaviour so they are empowered and not undermined ?&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;Meetings - what is a Botox meeting ? &nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;How do we support NQTs so they end up like the one on that recruitment advert</p> <p>How important are unions and why should we stand by our unions ? &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>How does shift happen ? What can we do to achieve a new normal ?</p> <p>Let’s finish as you do with some myth busting! Share a couple with listeners ? &nbsp;&nbsp;Where can we find out more ?&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Useful links</strong>&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="https://theunofficialteachersmanual.blog/">https://theunofficialteachersmanual.blog/</a></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>John Catt sponsorship&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><br></p> <p>Here is a code for the firs