1st Edition
A Guide to Teaching, Parenting and Creating Family Friendly Schools The MaternityTeacher PaternityTeacher Project Handbook
CONTENTS
Dedication and Acknowledgements
All About The MTPT Project
About The Chapter Authors
Foreword from Dame Vivienne Porritt
Introduction
- Planning for a Baby: Should we ‘Leave Before we Leave’?
- Expectant Teachers: Breeders or Leaders?
- What is the Right Way to do Childcare Leave?
- MaternityCPD / PaternityCPD – Celebrating Choice
- Rate of Return: Investing in Colleagues Returning from Parental Leave
- Work Like You Don’t Have Kids…
- "Family Friendly", or Simply Good Leadership?
- Baby, Come Back! Supporting Teachers Returning to the Classroom
- Time to Say Goodbye?
Claire Neaves
Naomi Shenton
Charlotte Bell
Lucy Hemsley
Charlotte Woolley
Flo Keith
Emma Sheppard
Sherish Osman
Jennifer McCloskey
Afterword from Bridget Clay
Biography
The MaternityTeacher/PaternityTeacher Project is the UK’s charity for parent-teachers, inspiring, empowering and connecting teachers choosing to complete professional development whilst on parental leave. Made up of coaches, regional representatives, advocates, volunteers and community members across the UK, The MTPT Project work to make teaching and educational leadership a sustainable, family-friendly career choice.
"I am thrilled to endorse this important and comprehensive book focusing on the practical, psychological and organisational considerations of these critical issues. Through shining a light into sometimes uncomfortable or unexamined spaces in our system, the authors provide an informed and rigorous resource to support individuals and organisations. A powerful and useful addition to the education and leadership literature."
Liz Robinson, Co-Founder and Co-Director of Big Education
