Mid-week I travelled to London to present to a group of headteachers and trust leaders at Education for the 21st Century. I had met the CEO and COO online before, but this was a face to face launch of their DEI strategy. I was a tad overwhelmed by how many people I knew in the room who I was not expecting to see. I guess that is being a secondary school teacher/ leader in South London for 15+ years! It was fantastic to reconnect with legacy connections, to reminisce and to see where they all are now.
In the same week I also travelled to Derry in Northern Ireland to join the WomenEdNI team at their 3rd unconference. They asked me to be their opening keynote to share my leadership journey and my legacy in schools and grassroots communities. It was the first #WomenEd event I have been to in years and I received a very warm welcome by friends, old and new. We even made it into the local newspaper too, Derry Now!
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