Reflections on leadership, governance and school operations
I started my website in 2018 full of motivation to write blogs about my SBL journey. I kept it up for a while and then it dwindled away. I now find I haven’t published a blog post in four years. Where has all that time gone? As usual, it is term seven that provides me …
I have this strange habit of wanting to fill every hour of my day with “something constructive”. If I pair that with the feeling of not wanting to “let people down” it can lead to a very full diary. Lately I have been reflecting more than usual. It comes naturally to me anyway, however, the …
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After almost six years as a School Business Professional I finally made it to the National Conference hosted by our professional body - ISBL. I’d always felt it was something I should experience but hadn’t quite gotten around to making arrangements. This year, 2021, not only was it my first experience but I also participated …
Monday 7 December 2020 is the 5 year anniversary of my first day as a School Business Manager. I cannot believe how fast the last 5 years has gone. For many years I had coveted the School Business Manager role from my position in the Education department in the Local Authority. I was confident I …
Someone recently asked me what I think are the most important things to focus on during the first 100 days in post as secondary school SBM. Luckily for me this was only a few months ago so quite fresh in my memory and easy to recall. Although I started my role in September 2019 I …
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This time last year, in June 2019, I had just interviewed for my dream job. It was that role that ticked all the boxes for me and I wanted it really badly. Of course, when I got the call saying I'd been successful I was over the moon and did a dance of joy (which …
Lockdown being imposed on us back in March 2020 was the start of a new way of working. In my previous blog I talked about how I found that my view of lockdown went through a number of phases as I adjusted to the new challenges and ways of working. I'm in phase 4 now …
Continue reading "A myriad of emotions – time for a change?"
A little something about my lockdown experience and (my perception of) how it’s going.
The last time I posted a blog piece I was celebrating getting through to February half term and being officially half way the through the year in my new role. Little did I know that things were about to take such a turn. I had a really productive half term. I spent some time making …
After starting a new role in September I can stop and reflect on making it half way through my first academic year.
