What’s good about work experience and how is it best approached and managed?
Originally published in the SSAT Journal 17: Spring/Summer 2020, SSAT editor Peter Chambers outlines the benefits of work experience for students and its long-term impact on career choices
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“I’m learning to speak Greek without a language teacher”
Colin Logan, SSAT Senior Education Lead, explains how his recent experience of learning a new language has offered a useful reminder on what makes a good scheme of work
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Black History Month resources
Throughout Black History Month in October we signposted events, resources and activities for your school community to refer to and use to shine the spotlight on the contributions of black people and our shared history.
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Global connections
400 women leaders, 30 networks, 19 countries and one weekend. On 2-4th October 2020, WomenEd held its first global unconference, a shining example of a positive development in Covid-19 times!
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Mental Health, Student Wellbeing and COVID-19
Read this excerpt from a summary of relevant mental health and student wellbeing reports from Patrick Watson, Managing Director of Montrose Public Affairs Consultants Ltd.
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Remote Education Support
Read this summary of relevant policy, research and reports from Patrick Watson, Managing Director of Montrose Public Affairs Consultants Ltd.
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#TalkTuesday – Instagram as a wellbeing tool for schools
Kiran Malik, social media manager at Falinge Park High School in Rochdale has recently graduated from SSAT’s Leadership Legacy Project. In this blog piece Kiran and her colleague Fozia Najib, mental health lead, write about the focus of Kiran’s Think Piece on how Instagram is being used as a wellbeing tool at the school.
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SSAT on SEND and employability
It’s not right that so few young people with SEND are able to gain employment – especially as those that do, often become valuable employees, as well as gaining fulfilment.
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Michigan State University Office of K-12 Outreach – Parenting and Online Teaching Guides
Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s been important to us at SSAT to maintain contact with member schools in all countries. The K-12 Outreach team at Michigan State University have been SSAT members for many years enabling many teachers and leaders from across the state to be active participants in conferences, study visits and exchange of ideas and experiences with others in our global network. Director of K-12 Outreach Dr Bryan Beverly has recently shared this with us.
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Changing habits, this is getting harder
As Corinne Settle, Senior Education Lead at SSAT, continues her improving mental health journey she explains why changing the big habits feels like and is the hardest step yet.
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