The Importance of Writing An Effective Incident Report

Writing and effective incident report is possibly one of the most important things you can do. This is because you may have to rely on it in one, two, three or even five to tens year’s time. And let’s face it, most of us can’t remember what we had for dinner last week! So keeping a good written record as … Read more

Teacher Dismissed for Allegedly Defending Themselves From a Pupil With a Weapon

Teacher Dismissed for Allegedly Defending Themselves From a Pupil With a Weapon

Teacher Dismissed for Allegedly Defending Themselves From a Pupil With a Weapon. I was sent the following email two days ago, which I have been given permission to share with you (name redacted at request). This is not the first time I have had someone contact me who has experienced a similar situation in a school, ie., defending themselves against … Read more

Focus Only On The Solution, Not The Problem

Colin Chambers

I’ve just been to a sermon delivered by Colin Chambers, who was Nelson Mandela’s Chaplin for eight years when he was imprisoned on Robben Island. His sermon was excellent and one thing he said was that when people are presented with a solution they always say: “Yes, but the problem is ….”. What happens as a result is that they … Read more