Articles
Writing on the work in the space between CPD and wellbeing. Relational culture, MAT leadership and SEND inclusion. By Ali Durban MBE, founder of The Single Collective.
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The Space between CPD and Wellbeing: what the work actually is
What sits between continuing professional development and wellbeing support is the work most schools and trusts have nowhere to put. This is what it is, why it matters, and what makes it different from coaching as the sector usually means it.
Relational Culture in MATs
Writing on the relational infrastructure underneath senior leadership in multi-academy trusts, and what changes when that infrastructure is built deliberately.
The space between CPD and wellbeing: what the work actually is
The category the sector hasn’t yet built for, and why it matters for MAT leadership.
The Density of Togetherness
A short essay on why the most important work schools do may not appear in any inspection framework – and the three questions that sit at the heart of every school community.
Senior Leadership and Coaching
On reflective coaching, sustained leadership development, and what changes when a senior team starts to function relationally.
Is your leadership team a team or a group of individuals?
The distinction every senior team needs to be able to answer about itself, and what changes when the difference becomes visible.
SEND and Inclusion
On what inclusion actually looks like for young people and the adults around them, and the relational work that holds it together.
What inclusion actually looks like in schools
A story about a young person, a camping trip, and what inclusion actually looks like. On equity, opportunity, and the relational integrity that holds it all together.
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