Liz Worthen
@lizworthen.bsky.social
Content creator, writer, educator. Inspired by learning and what enables people to flourish. Owner and editor, createvalueschools.com
Podcasts now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Podbean 😀Just search for Creating Value in Schools. Thanks again to all our contributors so far 🥰
June 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Podcasts now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Podbean 😀Just search for Creating Value in Schools. Thanks again to all our contributors so far 🥰
How do you ensure diversity and inclusion strategies create meaningful change? What can you do to bring people on the journey? 'Listening to the community: diversity and inclusion strategies for lasting impact' - read or listen at createvalueschools.com/blog/listeni...
April 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
How do you ensure diversity and inclusion strategies create meaningful change? What can you do to bring people on the journey? 'Listening to the community: diversity and inclusion strategies for lasting impact' - read or listen at createvalueschools.com/blog/listeni...
Buds and blossom 😍 Spring vibes on afternoon walks 😊
April 9, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Buds and blossom 😍 Spring vibes on afternoon walks 😊
Current N2K topics include the teacher labour market, challenges boys are facing and how governors can take care of their headteacher. Recycling rules and TA deployment coming up in the next week. It's a varied life! #edusky createvalueschools.com/need-to-know/
April 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Current N2K topics include the teacher labour market, challenges boys are facing and how governors can take care of their headteacher. Recycling rules and TA deployment coming up in the next week. It's a varied life! #edusky createvalueschools.com/need-to-know/
Some lunchtime plant repotting: always a satisfying experience! 🪴
April 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Some lunchtime plant repotting: always a satisfying experience! 🪴
Taking care of your headteacher: a guide for governors. Headteachers need support! This two-page leaflet includes 10 questions for reflection, and 10 ways to care. Download from createvalueschools.com/media/91-Tak... Please share with others if you find it helpful 🙏
April 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Taking care of your headteacher: a guide for governors. Headteachers need support! This two-page leaflet includes 10 questions for reflection, and 10 ways to care. Download from createvalueschools.com/media/91-Tak... Please share with others if you find it helpful 🙏
💫'One of the things that has taken me through life is thinking if someone else can do it, I can do it too.'💫 Encouraging advice from @nickiimesser.bsky.social in our chat about honest conversations.
April 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
💫'One of the things that has taken me through life is thinking if someone else can do it, I can do it too.'💫 Encouraging advice from @nickiimesser.bsky.social in our chat about honest conversations.
Like many others, I've been reading and digesting the interim report of the Curriculum and Assessment Review group this week 🤓 Check out this Need to Know for a summary and some reflections: createvalueschools.com/need-to-know... #EduSky #Curriculum
March 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Like many others, I've been reading and digesting the interim report of the Curriculum and Assessment Review group this week 🤓 Check out this Need to Know for a summary and some reflections: createvalueschools.com/need-to-know... #EduSky #Curriculum
Do you dread the conflict associated with 'difficult' conversations? Instead, try these tips from @nickiimesser.bsky.social and have an 'honest' conversation, listening to understand and seek resolution: createvalueschools.com/media/79-Hon...
March 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Do you dread the conflict associated with 'difficult' conversations? Instead, try these tips from @nickiimesser.bsky.social and have an 'honest' conversation, listening to understand and seek resolution: createvalueschools.com/media/79-Hon...
7 sustainability (and money-saving) questions for schools, drawn from createvalueschools.com/blog/seeking... #SustainableSchools
March 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
7 sustainability (and money-saving) questions for schools, drawn from createvalueschools.com/blog/seeking... #SustainableSchools
What can leaders do to generate feelings of hope, optimism, enjoyment and positivity? Inspiring chat with headteachers Josephine Smith and @schooltalk.bsky.social
March 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
What can leaders do to generate feelings of hope, optimism, enjoyment and positivity? Inspiring chat with headteachers Josephine Smith and @schooltalk.bsky.social
What is carbon literacy? Opportunities for learning, training and action in schools - see the latest Need to Know at buff.ly/410c74y
#SustainableSchools #CarbonLiteracy
#SustainableSchools #CarbonLiteracy
March 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
What is carbon literacy? Opportunities for learning, training and action in schools - see the latest Need to Know at buff.ly/410c74y
#SustainableSchools #CarbonLiteracy
#SustainableSchools #CarbonLiteracy
What questions need to be asked before embarking on a new project, programme or intervention in schools? This checklist might help: buff.ly/4kl8A9V #EduSky
February 28, 2025 at 9:24 AM
What questions need to be asked before embarking on a new project, programme or intervention in schools? This checklist might help: buff.ly/4kl8A9V #EduSky
What can findings from DfE mental health research tell us about effective interventions? A summary of 'Education for wellbeing programme findings' and learning points for other projects https://buff.ly/410c74y
February 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
What can findings from DfE mental health research tell us about effective interventions? A summary of 'Education for wellbeing programme findings' and learning points for other projects https://buff.ly/410c74y
'Consistency isn't identical. But it's that golden thread that runs through so that you know you're in the same school.' More on consistency, finding your why and sustainable school improvement from @pkainsworth.bsky.social at https://buff.ly/4i2UnfZ #NoSilverBullets
February 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
'Consistency isn't identical. But it's that golden thread that runs through so that you know you're in the same school.' More on consistency, finding your why and sustainable school improvement from @pkainsworth.bsky.social at https://buff.ly/4i2UnfZ #NoSilverBullets
On a train trying to read up on proposed #DfE accountability measures, and all I can see when looking at this paragraph is the use of hyphens rather than en-dashes. Shocking! 😂 #punctuation #proofreading
February 7, 2025 at 11:08 AM
On a train trying to read up on proposed #DfE accountability measures, and all I can see when looking at this paragraph is the use of hyphens rather than en-dashes. Shocking! 😂 #punctuation #proofreading
'Unpicking everything we do': Paul Edmond of Heart Academies Trust on how sustainable school uniform can reduce costs for families as well as for the planet. Full recording at https://buff.ly/3CrjZ7e
February 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
'Unpicking everything we do': Paul Edmond of Heart Academies Trust on how sustainable school uniform can reduce costs for families as well as for the planet. Full recording at https://buff.ly/3CrjZ7e
Yay for sunshine and post-lunch river walks 😍
January 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Yay for sunshine and post-lunch river walks 😍
Imposter syndrome came up in a conversation yesterday, and it reminded me of this blog post @mindworkmatters.bsky.social wrote on the topic a while ago. Good to keep these top tips in mind! blog.optimus-education.com/how-challeng...
January 30, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Imposter syndrome came up in a conversation yesterday, and it reminded me of this blog post @mindworkmatters.bsky.social wrote on the topic a while ago. Good to keep these top tips in mind! blog.optimus-education.com/how-challeng...
AI in schools... a big topic! I've started with this Need to Know piece where I've summarised points from DfE policy, collated links for further reading and learning, and suggested these questions as starting points for reflection and planning createvalueschools.com/need-to-know...
January 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
AI in schools... a big topic! I've started with this Need to Know piece where I've summarised points from DfE policy, collated links for further reading and learning, and suggested these questions as starting points for reflection and planning createvalueschools.com/need-to-know...
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Afternoon walk to say hello to the ducks on the common 😀🦆🦆🦆
January 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Afternoon walk to say hello to the ducks on the common 😀🦆🦆🦆
I really enjoyed reflecting with @cjdoherty.bsky.social about life inside a multi-academy trust and the challenge of balancing innovation alongside the unpredictability of school life. Blog highlights and recording at createvalueschools.com/blog/you-can...
January 19, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I really enjoyed reflecting with @cjdoherty.bsky.social about life inside a multi-academy trust and the challenge of balancing innovation alongside the unpredictability of school life. Blog highlights and recording at createvalueschools.com/blog/you-can...
Encouraging to see this case study of a school adopting a four-day week as part of flexible working, seeing it as financially viable due to cost savings and improved retention. On p. 61 of DfE research report into school responses to financial pressures: www.gov.uk/government/p... #EduSky
December 12, 2024 at 12:31 PM
Encouraging to see this case study of a school adopting a four-day week as part of flexible working, seeing it as financially viable due to cost savings and improved retention. On p. 61 of DfE research report into school responses to financial pressures: www.gov.uk/government/p... #EduSky