Category Archives: Management skills

Case Study on Leading Learning in Further Education: Keith Turner in conversation with Joanne Miles

Posted on April 18, 2024 by joannemilesconsulting

Thanks to Keith Turner from North Hertfordshire College for sharing his thoughts around leading learning at a large FE college in England. We discuss the skills, activities and approaches that help managers to lead learning, the ways that senior leaders … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture for Learning, FE, Leadership of learning, Learning Leader, learning walks, Management skills, Professional Development, Sharing good practice, Teaching and learning | Tagged CPD for leaders and managers, FE, leadership of learning, leadership skills, leading learning, learning walks, management skills, team meetings | Leave a comment

GMC HQ Site: Resources for teachers, students, leaders and managers to develop and improve digital and blended learning

Posted on May 6, 2021 by joannemilesconsulting

I was lucky enough to be involved in planning and facilitating the dissemination event for the GMCG Digital and Blended Learning Project in February 2021 and became aware of the wealth of resources that were being developed at the participating … Continue reading →

Posted in Advanced Practitioners, blended learning, Coronavirus, Curriculum Design, Digital skills, FE, Flipped learning, ILT/ICT, Innovation and Creativity in T&L, Leadership of learning, Lesson observations, Management skills, Online teaching, Professional Development, Quality, Remote teaching and learning, Research, SEND, Staff Development, Ungraded lesson observations, Virtual Walk Throughs | Tagged asynchronous learning, blended learning, Curriculum Design, developmental observation, Digital skills, digital tools, FE, Online teaching, quality improvement, quality of blended learning/online learning, SEND, synchronous learning | Leave a comment

Teaching Space Podcast: Exploring Coaching In Education And Training with Martine Ellis and Joanne Miles

Posted on October 24, 2020 by joannemilesconsulting

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/exploring-coaching-in-education-training-interview/id1324183779?i=1000493441763 Thanks to Martine Ellis for inviting me to discuss coaching models and skills on the Teaching Space podcast. I hope there are areas of interest here for people involved in coaching in their workplace, school or college.

Posted in Advanced Practitioners, Coaching, coaching skills, Coaching students, CPD, CPD for Teachers, Culture for Learning, FE, Learning Leader, Management skills, mentoring, Mentoring Students, Professional Development, schools, Solution Focused Approaches, Teacher education, Thinking skills | Tagged coaching, coaching and mentoring, coaching in education and training, coaching models, coaching skills | Leave a comment

Tips and Pointers for Managing Teachers Remotely: Loom Presentation by Joanne Miles

Posted on July 25, 2020 by joannemilesconsulting

I have been delivering training recently on how to manage teaching teams remotely and this is a related Loom presentation that captures some useful tips and pointers: https://www.loom.com/share/b3f7ae32c9ea48ee8fd2a089a07e10f9 Related reading: https://joannemilesconsulting.wordpress.com/2020/05/18/managing-teams-of-teachers-remotely-the-importance-of-communication-collaboration-and-trust/ https://joannemilesconsulting.wordpress.com/2020/04/07/how-am-i-doing-with-managing-my-team-remotely-reflection-questions-for-managers/

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Managing Teams of Teachers Remotely: The Importance of Communication, Collaboration and Trust

Posted on May 18, 2020 by joannemilesconsulting

The coronavirus pandemic has been a uniquely challenging situation for education managers the world over. In all contexts, managers have been grappling with the rapid, unplanned transition to teaching and learning from home, affecting their teams, learners and leadership colleagues … Continue reading →

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How are we doing with leading our colleges through the coronavirus pandemic? Reflection questions for leadership teams

Posted on April 17, 2020 by joannemilesconsulting

We are now a month into the coronavirus pandemic in the UK and our Further Education colleges are currently delivering learning programmes remotely for students. There is no clear route back to classroom delivery as yet and so leaders and … Continue reading →

Posted in Coronavirus, FE, Leadership of learning, Management skills, Online teaching, Uncategorized | Tagged FE Leadership, leadership in coronavirus, managing and leading in coronavirus | Leave a comment

How am I doing with managing my team remotely? Reflection questions for managers

Posted on April 7, 2020 by joannemilesconsulting

Schools and colleges in the UK are now several weeks into the closures triggered by the coronavirus crisis and we are currently in the Easter break period. It feels like a good point to pause, step back and reflect on … Continue reading →

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Are you now managing a team of teachers remotely? Useful reading on management skills, approaches and strategies that help

Posted on April 6, 2020 by joannemilesconsulting

As a freelance trainer, consultant and coach in the Further Education sector of the UK, I have many contacts who are in management roles, managing teams of teachers in their organisation. In conversations over the last week, I have noticed … Continue reading →

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Using Zoom to manage your team remotely? Blogs, video clips and guides that help

Posted on March 30, 2020 by joannemilesconsulting

Lots of advice on using Zoom for online meetings: https://zoom.us/docs/en-us/covid19.html Content on managing remote teams and running online meetings – there are specific points about doing this through Zoom but many of the strategies and approaches here are more widely … Continue reading →

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Teaching, leadership and governance in Further Education, Research report February 2018, Prof David Greatbatch and Sue Tate

Posted on December 2, 2019 by joannemilesconsulting

Interesting evidence review of research into the quality of TLA, professional development, use of lesson observations, governance and leadership in the FE sector. Teaching, leadership and governance in Further Education, Research report February 2018 Prof David Greatbatch and Sue Tate … Continue reading →

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