Bitesize #2: Top 5 Tips To Boost Teacher Wellbeing (Parody)

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Hello everyone.
Welcome back to another episode

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of Teach, Sleep Repeat Bite
size.

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My name is Dylan.
And my name is Hayden, and

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you're joining us on a very
special episode.

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Dylan, would you like to tell
our listeners why it's a very

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special episode about Guys, I've
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Now we've promised between

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ourselves, we won't let it
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Shout out to all those toxic
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That's it, Hayden.
That's all they wanted us to

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say.
So should we get started?

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Yeah.
Absolutely.

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So today we're gonna talk about
we've we've actually come

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together and we've got a nice
top five list of things that you

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can do in your school to improve
well-being.

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It's something we talk about a
lot in our podcast, and today we

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just wanted to just go into a
little bit more detail.

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So, Dylan, should we start off
with our list and go straight

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into #1?
Let's go straight to #1.

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Shall WE #1 be a boss at work
who doesn't remotely listen to

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your staff Because at the end of
the day, Hayden, you are above

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them 20?
Yeah, exactly what?

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What does the word boss mean?
It's not that, OK.

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It's not that.
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They're your subordinates, so as
a boss, what you need to do is

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ensure that they know your staff
know that you are above them and

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you're not accountable to
anything.

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OK, they are, but you're not.
I think really importantly on

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the on this point is if you're
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someone, whether they are
professional or not and have

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qualifications and are really
good at what they do and are

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actually at the chalk face
delivering the actual thing that

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the school has been built for,
that's irrelevant because you

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have a suit and tie on and you
have your own office.

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And as soon as you have your own
office in a school, your word is

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sacrosanct.
So if your staff listen to

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something you say and introduce
and they say, ohh, that's not

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quite working for me, they're
lying.

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They're doing it for attention.
Don't listen.

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It's about respect, isn't it?
I I had a a leader once told me

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in a training course that if you
don't make your staff cry and at

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least one of your staff members
cry at least once per week, they

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don't respect you.
And if they don't respect you,

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they're not going to teach the
kids as well.

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So it's a bit of a, you know
what I mean?

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Yeah, it all comes together.
It's trickled down as well

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because if you want your staff
to have this kind of dynamic

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with the children where they are
superior to them and they don't

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listen to them and you know, you
want to embed this culture of

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actually I'm in charge of you
that needs to come from the top

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down.
So that starts with the people

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in charge of the school.
So just to summarise .1, how are

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you going to increase?
Well-being.

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Well, you're going to make sure
your staff know who's in charge

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and not care remotely what they
think about the decisions you

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make.
Fantastic stuff.

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So to the second point on our
list about improving well-being

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in your school is to implement
forced well-being sessions.

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Mandatory.
OK, everyone has to go.

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Yeah, definitely.
And you know I think what what

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was really obvious here, I don't
know why we're really wasting

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time saying this hand because
it's in the name well-being.

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So you know, if as a school you
organise and this is the key

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part of these kind of sessions,
they have to happen in time

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where teachers have free not
learning time.

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I'm talking how much time.
I'm talking after school and

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they have to attend.
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Are you gonna put it as part of
directed time?

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Don't worry about that because
it's forced.

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Well-being.
So, Hayden, what are some of the

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things that we can do with our
star to make sure they feel

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better?
Well I've got a funny I've got

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an anecdote for you an example
of of this.

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I've done this before and one of
my schools we we implemented

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yoga on a Thursday after school.
It was from 3:30 till 4:30, and

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it was so funny because one of
the teachers they were they.

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I'd made them cry in the
previous week, so they

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respectively now they came up to
me and and and they said.

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That's cool.
I'd love to do some yoga.

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My well-being is terrible at
this school was like, stop.

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And then they asked if they
didn't have to do the marking

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that they would have been doing
in that hour.

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Yeah, And we all honestly,
unanimously, everyone looked at

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them and we all laugh.
It was so funny.

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Of course you do.
Of course they do.

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Of course they have to.
They have to do it, OK?

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Because, look, it goes back to
what we said in the first point.

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It's all about respect.
If you're feeling stressed

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because you can't get your
marking done, it's fine.

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Don't do it at that moment.
Go and do some sugar instead,

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OK?
Afterwards you feel better, you

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could do your marking.
Exactly, Exactly.

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So there we are, forced
well-being sessions.

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And there's a long way.
If that doesn't work, just get

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him some pizza.
There's nothing wrong with that.

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And I've never, ever, ever seen
anyone eat pizza and be sad

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about it.
So that's.

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What?
I've never seen anyone eat pizza

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whilst doing yoga.
Double up your well-being.

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Fantastic.
And you heard it here.

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First, tip 3.
I want you to put yourselves in

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the shoes of a teacher.
OK?

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You have directed time, and that
is time when you're in your

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contract.
That is where you can be told

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what to do.
So as leaders, as school leaders

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in a school where we want to
increase well-being and make it

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better, what you need to do is
make sure teachers still retain

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some kind of purpose.
And what's that link to director

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time you might be thinking,
Well, here's the top tip, make

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sure you're directed time only
includes half the job.

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And I mean that most because
teachers need to make sure that

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when they finish the job at
school, they get go home and

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carry on doing it, because
that's what's going to make

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their lives filled with purpose.
That's what's gonna make

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themselves feel better, isn't
it, Hayden?

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Exactly.
Well, actually it's very

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interesting you said this
because very recently the

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teacher, well-being indexed,
released some new data and

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comparing 2022 and 2023, we can
actually see that well-being is

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getting worse.
Teachers are becoming less and

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less happy in this job.
And I think that is because it's

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pretty obvious, isn't it?
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Teachers, what I love, what are
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Working.
They love working.

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They love working.
That is the best part of the

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job.
And what they're doing at home

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if they're not working, sad.
OK, so the best thing you can do

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as a boss to your staff that
respects you is say, yeah, we've

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got directed time.
But I'm aware, I'm aware of your

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needs outside of school.
I'm not just a boss here, I'm a

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boss at home as well for you.
And what I can do is take away

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all of those jobs from director
time and say do them at home, do

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them at home instead.
Do them at home.

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Do them because honestly you
could be spending time with your

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family.
That and I think as a boss we

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have a duty to ensure that that
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So you wanna base well-being.
Just make them do work at home.

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They will be really, really
grateful.

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Yeah, fantastic Dylan, thank
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Onto tip #4.
Now this is one of my absolute

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favourites because we were just
talking about how teachers love

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to work.
They love to work, so there's

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nothing better for them to get
their teeth stuck into than a

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change in curriculum.
And the best way to do this is

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not to wait for an appropriate.
Of time where you know there's

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nothing going on.
And are we better change just

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one thing.
No English.

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Scrap it tomorrow.
Tell them all that next term

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English is being replanned.
Here's the new unit, but make

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sure it's not quite a full unit
and they have to do loads and

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loads of extra work.
The best bit is Dylan, you might

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be thinking, All right, fair
enough.

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I've tried that.
It sort of works.

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Next term, history bomb gone.
Geography.

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Next term, bam, we're redoing
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OK, so the last thing we want
Hayden, is for teachers to be

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resting on their levels.
And if something's lacking in a

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school, well, that's just the
facade.

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Enough.
Nothing's ever working.

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OK?
Make sure nothing is ever

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working in the school.
You're only one change away from

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having the best school ever, and
just make sure that not only is

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it one change away, if you're
scrapping English and making

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them replan everything from
scratch, why not scrap masters?

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Well, and while you're at it,
take a look at your afternoon

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curriculum.
Because listen, at the end of

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the day, what our teachers, if
not workhorses who we have to

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make, feel absolutely terrible
and do all of the work for us,

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What do you?
Think are men.

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And do you know what I have
noticed from my experience?

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As a school leader is after
about a year, yeah, two years at

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absolute most of using a scheme
once everyone's just about got

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their head around it.
People get lazy.

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They stop doing it properly.
So you've gotta scrap it.

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Just we're right there at the
apex.

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Bam, gone.
Here's a new, here's a new thing

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that does the same thing.
You know what, Replan Hawaii as

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well.
I wanna, I wanna get this across

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to our listeners because they
they need to know this.

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It's because we answer to
Ofsted.

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OK.
So if you work in a school where

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locally a recent a school local
to you has also had Ofsted and

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had a good outcome, then there's
only one thing to do Hayden, and

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that's to completely scrap what
you do and copy what they.

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Do Yeah, copy them.
And again it doesn't matter what

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you do, irrelevant because they
got a good or outstanding.

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So I think as good leaders in
good schools where we really

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value well-being, we completely
scrap everything we've done and

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just copy that school as.
Best we can.

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Amazing.
Dylan, I think we need to move

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on Before we go to our last
point, our #5 tip.

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Can we do some honourable
mentions, do you think?

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Yeah, absolutely.
Let's do it because, you know,

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there's just always something
else we can do.

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Yeah, these are like quick fire
tips.

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So if you're a leader and you're
looking to implement something

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tomorrow and you've already
scrapped English, here's

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something else you can do
really, really quick.

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So I'll do one.
You do one.

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OK, let's do it.
Let's do.

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It Here's my first one.
Teachers don't need desks or

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chairs.
Get rid of them.

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What are they for?
How many times you walked into

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into a teacher's classroom?
Been sat there on that chair.

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Yeah, get up you lazy tike.
Go do your job.

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You know it's gonna boost
exercise.

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It's going to boost their
wealth, their wealth and their

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well-being, their wealth,
because they'll be more active.

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It's better.
So wealth, and they're

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well-being, will be health.
Group by these things, health is

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wealth.
Therefore, get rid of the dice.

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They will be pleased.
Next one Hayden.

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This is vital.
This is vital because it's two

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prongs here.
OK?

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Make sure you go around at the
end of school.

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And you see your staff working
to the bone because they respect

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you.
They will never let you down

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because you've made them feel
like rubbish.

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They respect you, they're
working to the bone, it's

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getting late and you go what you
do, Why don't you go home?

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Why don't you just go and tell
them to go home?

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Because you know, they've got
stuff to do at home, they got

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some work to do for you.
And if they remotely think about

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turning around, I'm saying if
they even dare to answer you

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back and say, ohh, I've got to
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policy.
And I've got 90 books to get

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through because you've made the
marking, but just ignore them.

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Repeat the phrase, go home, and
then check tomorrow that they

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did actually get that marking
gun still.

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It works.
It works.

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It happened to me once.
I was sat there marking 430.

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I said, ohh, well, I still have
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And I went, yes, and I think,
thank God I can do this at home

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now.
Well, I love doing more work.

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It was brilliant, honestly.
Revolutionary explanation next.

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Next one.
Next one is.

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This is the great one, so you
gotta make sure.

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That your staff are not only
delivering all of the curriculum

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in all of the subjects, but they
have to be a specialist in a

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subject as well and lead that
subject for the grand total of 0

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extra pay.
Because it's about the love of

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the job, isn't it?
Yeah, and I've got to just

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clarify as well.
I know you said about no extra

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pay, obviously, because why
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But.
But it's really important

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actually, for this well-being.
Tip that you also don't give

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them any time in the school day
you can't give them either.

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That that's often overlooked.
Often staff might be given a bit

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of time to do something.
Don't do it.

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Don't give them.
Any time you know the the

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synergy is for this point, this
tip here, if you really want to

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like up your game with this,
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Once they've got to terms with
being given geography and

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they've got a leader for the
school, hit him with the PE.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
With the PE as well, and the

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further apart the subjects are
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better, because you're widening
their skill set, you're doing

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them a favour.
We don't wanna be skill staff.

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Last two honourable mentions, so
last one from me.

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Save yourself time.
It's important to look after

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yourself.
OK, So when it comes to

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residential, that's overnight.
Don't ask them if they want to

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come, just book them in
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Assume they'll come that way.
They're already booked in.

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They're not gonna put up a fuss
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Remember someone you, they
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If you're gonna build up on all
of this to have good, well-being

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staff respect you, just put them
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They have small children at
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They won't want to be of them
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Why would they want to spend
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and their family when they could
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30 children an hour away at
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You're so good at this Dylan,
right?

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Last tip, really quick one.
So your well-being is important.

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You as a leader, don't forget
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OK, so when staff leave, that
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can't it?
Like, ohh, I've gotta recruit

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someone.
No you don't.

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You don't have to recruit
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You just give it to someone that
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take away their job.
Otherwise you'd have to find a

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new person to do that role.
So when someone leaves, give

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their entire role to someone
else and tell them to get on

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with it.
Fantastic.

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So there are honourable
mentions, make sure you

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implement those.
But guys, this is a step by step

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guide.
You have to do everything from

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step one and the final, final
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Last thing, just to fulfil our
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Just reminding you guys that
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Last tip #1.

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The best thing you can do to
boost well-being and make your

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staff feel absolutely amazing
day-to-day is to criticise every

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single thing they do and make
sure that they never ever ever

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feel like they're doing a good
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Because what does that do
Hayden?

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It breeds complacency and that's
the last thing you want for

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well-being.
We we like to use.

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Something called the negative
sandwich, however, means

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slightly tweaked, haven't we?
We've taken out the hand, we've

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taken out the the bit in the
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What you need to do is start
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they need to know first thing.
Remember, you're the boss.

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Yeah, you're subordinate there
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They don't do a very good job or
they'll be in your shoes,

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wouldn't they?
Also, you tell them something

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bad about the lesson.
You follow that up with

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something bad, just not as bad.
OK, so OK, the first thing was

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terrible.
And then you just wrap up that

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sandwich, get that second bit of
bread, and you just tell them

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something that makes them cry.
It's gotta be.

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Terrible.
Something that absolutely

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obliterates every part of their
essence and soul that went into

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creating these lessons. 9:00 PM
the night before.

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Yeah, that's how you breed.
Good well-being and and this is

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where I I just want to be real
with people.

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Now.
This is where if you're really,

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really passionate about making
sure, well-being as good in your

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school, it's not easy to make
someone cry, OK?

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It's something you have to
practise years and years and

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years.
So in order to get more

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practise, in making sure that
your feedback is that horrible

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to professionals that they
literally want to cry, you have

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to observe from every single
day, every time, everything.

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You have to observe them as much
as you possibly can.

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Because then not only are you
getting better at giving

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feedback which makes them feel
awful, which is great for

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well-being, you are also then
getting to see how bad they are.

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Because like I said, there is
always something you can

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improve.
Nothing is ever good.

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And that's where we're going to
start making our teachers feel

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better.
Yeah.

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So there we are.
There's our top five tips on

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improving well-being in your
school starting tomorrow, guys.

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Let us write us right into us.
Let us know what's the first

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thing you've implemented.
And I tell you what, there are

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bonus points if you implement
them all at the same time.

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That is going to have the
biggest impact to guys see you

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next time where we unfortunately
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