Without optimism & self-belief among teachers, classrooms become wastelands of boredom & routine and schools deserts of lost opportunity.

Lateral trust among colleagues is as important as vertical trust within the hierarchy.

You cannot understand the teacher or their teaching without understanding the person the teacher is.

In collaborative cultures, failure and uncertainty are not protected but shared and discussed to gain support.

Teachers create and transform energy. They are the dynamos of educational change.

There is no morality without temptation; otherwise it is just lack of opportunity.

The rules of the world are changing. It is time for the rules of teaching and teachers' work to change with them.