How to handle a bad head of department professionally as teacher
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All historians love a quote and that quite wise chap Gandhi once said: "You must be the change you want to see in the world." If you want a department where ideas are shared, students are enthused and teaching is dynamic, you have to take the lead. The job of head of department can be a lonely one; trying to be professional with your department members and therefore keeping a little distance (written by someone who married one of his department, this is more of a do as I say not as I do moment) and not always being taken seriously by SLT. Don't focus on you, instead put your efforts into modelling the very best practice. Be the first to share ideas; lessons, model answers, revision guides. Put all your lessons on the shared area, encourage others to observe you. Not because you think you're amazing, but because you want others to do the same, and if they see you doing it, they're more likely to return the efforts/opportunity.