Simon Breakspear PhD

Supporting Ed leadership teams to get better at getting better. Director, Strategic Schools. Adjunct Senior Lecturer @UNSW. Author @teachingsprints

[Simon Breakspear PhD @SimonBreakspear]

🚀 Registrations are now open for the Lean Monitoring Program.
A 12-week program for leaders who want to know their improvement work is on track, not just hope it is. Starts 16 February 2027.
Learn more 👉 https://t.co/cBRq7fhGwB

#LeanMonitoring #EducationalLeadership

[Simon Breakspear PhD @SimonBreakspear]

Term 1 PD sorted in one click. Instead of scrambling to plan a whole-staff day, register once and it's done - live online 27 or 28 Jan 2027, on AI in Schools: Who’s Doing the Thinking? One rego, your whole staff, a big job off your list. https://t.co/wDFqzbzYZA

#AIinSchools

[Simon Breakspear PhD @SimonBreakspear]

Results that matter take a year to show up in the data. Lean Monitoring teaches you to read the early signals long before then. Cohort begins 16 February 2027.
🔗 https://t.co/3A73dGwyq5

#LeanMonitoring #EducationalLeadership #SchoolLeadership

[Simon Breakspear PhD @SimonBreakspear]

Have you tried The Retrospective? A simple, structured reflection at the end of a cycle helps teams learn from what just happened and then carry those lessons into what's next. https://t.co/MucC5u5iyS

#TeamLearning #EducationalLeadership

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📅 AI in Schools: Who's Doing the Thinking? A facilitated whole-staff workshop with Simon Breakspear. Wed 27 January 2027, live via Zoom, or run it yourself anytime in Term 1 with the recording. https://t.co/wDFqzbzYZA

#AIinEducation #SchoolLeadership #EducationalLeadership

[Simon Breakspear PhD @SimonBreakspear]

Ask a room of leaders why they dodge a hard conversation and the list is always the same. But the missing piece isn't nerve - it's structure.
4 Steps: Frame it, name it, explain the impact, create motion together.
The key throughout: be specific.
https://t.co/sz5J1hKFYq

[Simon Breakspear PhD @SimonBreakspear]

🧠 AI in Schools: Who's doing the thinking? Start the school year with a whole-staff conversation every school now needs to have. Live online 27 Jan or run it from the recording. https://t.co/ko7f8spYll

#AIinEducation #SchoolLeadership #EducationalLeadership #StaffDay

[Simon Breakspear PhD @SimonBreakspear]

Sustainable improvement doesn't mean sprinting endlessly. Working at a natural pace protects energy and keeps teams effective over the long haul. https://t.co/2f6kRZJZQU

#SchoolLeadership #Wellbeing #SustainableLeadership

[Simon Breakspear PhD @SimonBreakspear]

🚀 Registrations are now open for the Lean Monitoring Program.
A 12-week program for leaders who want to know their improvement work is on track, not just hope it is. Starts 16 February 2027.
Learn more 👉 https://t.co/tPEFmNJAmk

#LeanMonitoring #SchoolLeadership

[Simon Breakspear PhD @SimonBreakspear]

🧠 AI in Schools: Who's Doing the Thinking? A whole-staff workshop. Live online 27 Jan or run it from the recording. One registration covers your whole staff.
https://t.co/ko7f8spYll

#AIinEducation #SchoolLeadership #EducationalLeadership #StaffDay

[Simon Breakspear PhD @SimonBreakspear]

Feedback lands when it's specific.
"You're not a team player" invites an argument. Naming the exact behaviour, in the exact context, with the exact impact gives someone something real to respond to. A simple four-step structure to get there: https://t.co/sRc88SKWiC

[Simon Breakspear PhD @SimonBreakspear]

Saying no doesn't have to damage a relationship. Done clearly and kindly, it protects your team's focus and models healthy boundaries. 📝 Read my article about it here → https://t.co/Vw7pRty4mt

#schoolleadership #educationalleadership #pruningprinciple

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🚀 Our People Leader Program's August 2026 cohort has launched!
It was wonderful to kick off with over 80 school leadership teams this morning & see everyone so energised about the work.
Our next cohort is in March 2027. Learn more 👉 https://t.co/K2Q7dQLBav

#SchoolLeadership

[Simon Breakspear PhD @SimonBreakspear]

🎧 I recently joined Richard & James on the Where's Your Head At? podcast to discuss school leadership, strategic pruning, meaningful monitoring & keeping human formation at the centre as AI reshapes education.

Listen here 👉 https://t.co/8bdtZAUYsl

@Education2morr1

[Simon Breakspear PhD @SimonBreakspear]

📅 4 August is fast approaching. The People Leader Program is nearly full. Three live-streamed workshops designed for busy leaders.
Learn more 👉 https://t.co/Ft1e1MpMvs

#PeopleLeaderProgram #EducationalLeadership #SchoolLeadership

[Simon Breakspear PhD @SimonBreakspear]

💬 Most of us dodge hard feedback to avoid discomfort. But withheld feedback stalls growth. Naming why we avoid it is the first step to giving it well. https://t.co/A4zF1dowmH

#Feedback #Coaching

[Simon Breakspear PhD @SimonBreakspear]

🚨 Registrations closing soon for the #PeopleLeaderProgram. Three focused workshops. 9 weeks of structured growth. One stronger leadership team. Starts 4 August 2026.
👉 https://t.co/Ft1e1MpMvs

#PeopleLeaderProgram #SchoolLeadership

[Simon Breakspear PhD @SimonBreakspear]

Most school improvement doesn't fail from lack of effort. It fails from too much effort, in too many directions. Simon on the MACS Flourishing Podcast - Teaching Sprints, Pruning, and the craft of conversation. 🎧 https://t.co/c7rAg0Xzbk

[Simon Breakspear PhD @SimonBreakspear]

Teams do their best work when people feel safe to speak up, admit mistakes and ask for help. Psychological safety is imperative for a high-performing school team.
Read more about it here 👉 https://t.co/ydx4Uri0QK

#PsychologicalSafety #TeamHealth

[Simon Breakspear PhD @SimonBreakspear]

⏳ Final days to join the People Leader Program.
If leading people feels complex, this program gives you practical tools that work.
Starts 4 August 2026.
Learn more here 👉 https://t.co/MvRxqzaudI

#PeopleLeaderProgram #EducationalLeadership #SchoolLeadership