Andrew Earl - Creating authentic, meaningful connection

Happy one year anniversary to the We Lead Well podcast.  In this one year anniversary episode of the podcast, I interview Andrew Earl, restorative practice practitioner. Andrew is currently the  Restorative Apporaches Lead Practitioner for Stockport Local Authority. He has worked in primary education for the last 15 years, the last 5 of which he worked as the deputy headteacher and subsequently headteacher of a large, complex primary school in inner city Salford. If you are not as familiar with the concept, Restorative Approaches is an ethos - or way of being - which places relationships at the core of everything an organisation does. It promotes active thinking about how we build our relationships, how we work to keep them healthy and how we can repair them when there has been conflict. Restorative Practice is relevant to us all. It supports us to connect with each other as fellow human beings, guiding us in our interactions. It can help us to consider how our actions and responses affect our relationships, whether these are relationships at work or at home.  I think you're going to love what Andrew has to say about how to build relationships, support pupils and staff with restorative approaches and how to approach challenging conversations more effectively. @andrewearl0 www.transformeducationcoaching.com www.headteacherchat.com www.teachwellalliance.com