The Power of Culture: The Michaela Way

by Katharine Birbalsingh

Overview

Michaela Community School in Brent, London is one of the most talked-about schools in the UK. In this follow-up to the best-selling book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Teachers, their teachers further explain how their relentlessly high expectations are helping young people to get great results and be successful. Since opening in 2014, Michaela Community School has blazed a trail and defied many of the received notions about what works best in schools. In Tiger Teachers Take Two, staff explore some of the things they have learned since the publication of the original book and further develop the ideology that lies beyond the headlines and social media arguments. Chapters include: Don’t be squeamish about scripture - why we teach religion at Michaela; Relationships and systems; National Citizenship and Identity; Teaching National History; Digital Detox; Authority; Original Sin & Christian beliefs at Michaela; Telling kids the truth/teaching personal responsibility; Assessment at Michaela; Loving the difficult kids; The baby in the progressive bathwater; The culture of feedback at Michaela; Why is teaching gratitude important?; Parenting the Michaela way

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781912906215
Publisher:	Hodder Education Group
Publication date:	08/04/2020
Pages:	312
Sales rank:	224,627
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Katharine Birbalsingh is the founder and headmistress of Michaela Community School. She is the author of two books, Singleholic (2009) and To Miss with Love (2011), and editor of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Teachers: The Michaela Way (2016). She also hosts a blog, To Miss with Love, where she writes about the education system. In 2017 she was included by Anthony Seldon in his list of the 20 most influential figures in British education.

Table of Contents

Introduction Katharine Birbalsingh 17

Something Worth Fighting For Simon Virgo 29

Culture

Michaela-a School of Freedom Jonathan Porter 39

Schools Should Teach Dead White Men Katie Ashford 59

National Identity Michael Taylor 73

We Believe in Authority Becky Staw 85

I Was Wrong About Michaela Charlie Burkitt 99

A Vindication of Our Values Jozef Butterfieid 105

Being 'Michaela': Our Ethos James Sibley 109

The Culture of Gratitude Iona Thompson 125

The Transformative Power of Values Pritesh Raichura 131

Is Climate Activism the True Purpose of Education? Nathanael Smith 145

Why I am Still Talking to White People About Race Natalie Jones 153

Curriculum

History at Michaela Michael Taylor 167

Geography at Michaela Grace Steggall 181

Religious Education at Michaela Sarah James 189

Why Stormzy Could Never Replace Mozart Pritesh Raichura 201

Michaela Misconceptions Tom Kendall 207

Leadership

Servant Leadership Katharine Birbalsingh 221

Michaela6th - What's Stopping You? Jessica Lund 235

Being Head of Year for Our First Year 11 Hin-Tai Ting 247

My Yearn Nurture Group Cassandra Cheng 265

Getting the Culture Right in Year 7 Alexandra Gazi 275

Systems and Structures

Being PA to Katharine Birbalsingh Gita Khatri 285

The School Office Victoria Squire 289

Cutting the Crap Alice Cresswell 293

Behaviour at Michaela is Misunderstood Amelia Andrews 299

Being New at Michaela Charlotte Perry 305

Silent Corridors Jane Brierly 309

Tough Love Jozef Butterfield 315

Digital Detox Samuel Hurst 321

Michaela Family Lunch Michael Taylor 337

Teaching

Thinking Hard and Asking Questions: AFL at Michaela Dani Quinn 345

The Culture of Feedback Abi Smith 359

Knowledge Organisers: Proceed with Caution Katie Ashford 373

Art at Michaela Elizabeth Stiles 387