Our free Back to School guides offer advice ahead of September and the wider opening of schools.
In this 12-page guide, we consider how we can best support school staff as the coronavirus lockdown eases and as we prepare to re-open schools fully this September. We consider a range of issues relating to wellbeing and mental health, as well as topics such as CPD, workload and health & safety.
Articles include:
- Building wellbeing into your plans for September
- Coping with the unknown (including bereavement support)
- Talking with colleagues about mental health (dos and don'ts)
- Supporting September's NQTs who have missed out on a crucial part of their training year
- Post-lockdown CPD: What should it look like and how can it support staff?
- Secondary case study: The four Cs of staff wellbeing
- Primary case study: How are your staff feeling?
- Leadership, wellbeing, culture & communication: Advice from across the North East
- What does the official DfE guidance for September say about staff wellbeing?
This guide has been published with kind support from the National Education Union. You can read the NEU's latest advice on Covid-19 and the wider re-opening of schools via https://neu.org.uk/advice/coronavirus
You can download the PDF by clicking here.
There are four guides in this Back to School series published by SecEd and our sister magazine Headteacher Update.
- The first guide published on July 1 and focused on students wellbeing and mental health. Click here.
- The second guide published on July 8 and focused on staff support and wellbeing. Click here.
- The third guide published on July 15 and focused on teaching and learning. Click here.
- The fourth guide published on September 2 and focused on technology and remote education. Click here.
For each guide, there is a related episode of The SecEd Podcast featuring further best practice discussion, advice and guidance. These podcasts are publishing in September and October 2020. Find them at www.sec-ed.co.uk/content/podcasts