Started the journey as a Briscoe and continuing on as a Campbell
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 …
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.
My trip to the US lasted for 5 days and what a memorable experience it turned out to be. After the first day I felt greatly at ease and relaxed amongst the new colleagues I'd met. The next four days that followed were filled with carefully selected education sessions such as a session on "a …
Continue reading "My American Experience – part 5: Lessons learned"
Day 2 of the conference started with a visit to a High School. It was one of the things I was keen to do on my visit overseas so made sure that I signed up for it before I even got to the US. I boarded a coach with 18 other delegates and off we …
Continue reading "My American Experience – part 4: Mingling and Mixing"
It all begins The conference started for me on Thursday at 4pm. I joined the other Emerging Leader Scholarship winners and we all introduced ourselves and talked a bit about our background and what we hoped to achieve from the conference and what we could contribute. Aside from the conference staff we were also introduced …
Continue reading "My American Experience – part 3: Let the learning begin"
Briscoe Campbell 