Adam Voigt

Adam Voigt is the Founder & Director of Real Schools. Built upon years of experience as a successful Principal, Real Schools helps schools to build and sustain strong, relational School Cultures. A speaker of local and international renown, Adam has delivered a TED Talk and is the schools/education expert for The Project”.

Education

Adam Voigt Thursday, April 23, 2020
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Self-care with Adam Voigt: Is your glass half full or half empty?

We all face tough days or times. It’s a part of life, especially in schools, and especially for leaders. But…
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Administration

Adam Voigt Wednesday, March 11, 2020
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Adam Voigt: R-E-S-P-E-C-T….find out what it means to me!

The likelihood of the brain responding with positive affect to respectful interactions is extremely high and can be very rewarding…
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News

Adam Voigt Wednesday, January 29, 2020
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Advice for when your lesson goes wrong…

We have all had that day or that particular lesson that we just want to forget!
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Administration

Adam Voigt Tuesday, January 21, 2020
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Being compassionate to students who reject it is hard, says Adam Voigt

There are students about to arrive into your care in 2020 who are going to test you.
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Education

Adam Voigt Wednesday, November 27, 2019
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Adam Voigt’s flashback to being principal

Whether you’re a principal or a classroom teacher, it’s a timely reminder that our focus needs to be on how…
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Adam Voigt Monday, November 18, 2019
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Adam Voigt dissects ‘the new teacher’s job description’

Even if you’re new to this education caper, you can probably hark back to your own days as a student…
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Adam Voigt Wednesday, October 16, 2019
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Adam Voigt: Let’s play chess, not poker

It wasn’t uncommon for my staff to attempt to fit another day's work during the evening. And I was guilty…
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Education

Adam Voigt Tuesday, August 6, 2019
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Adam Voigt: How we signal negative feelings in students

We do our students an awful disservice when our responses to wrong doing or even to negative feelings being experienced…
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Adam Voigt Monday, June 24, 2019
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Adam Voigt: Can kids on the Autism spectrum “do” empathy?

Empathy is both a cognitive and intuitive capability.
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Education

Adam Voigt Wednesday, May 1, 2019
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Adam Voigt on teacher practice: explicit versus implicit

If your students are likely to provide answers like these, then my best guess is that you, like me for…
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As coordinator for libraries and instructional materials at Harlandale ISD in San Antonio, Lisa Kulka faces the persistent challenge of increasing the number of age-appropriate books available to students inside and outside the classroom.
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Why your school should consider a digital visitor management system.

Schools have a responsibility to know who is on their premises at all times. The duty of care goes two ways: you must be able to account for everyone in case of an emergency; and you must be able to manage security risks posed by unauthorised visitors.
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Libraries, the heart of the school

Dr. Margaret Merga is an author, Senior Lecturer at Edith Cowan University whose research work focuses on the social and environmental influences on literacy engagement and acquisition and the position of reading and books in the contemporary world.
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Boys need support for positive body image too

It is vital that teachers and school leaders understand that body image and eating disorders are developing and increasing in those who identify as boys and men, according to Danni Rowlands, National Manager, Prevention Services, Butterfly Foundation.
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Lighting design creates quality learning environments

The installation of the right lighting solution and good lighting design is essential to create a quality learning environment which increases attention spans, improves student moods, regulates alertness, well-being, performance and health.
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How teaching reading and spelling can be simpler, faster and more sustainable

Reading and spelling acquisition is much simpler, faster and more sustainable than conventional ‘phonic’ approaches when a phonetics teaching-tool is used with a phonographic, multisensory focus, says Denyse Ritchie, Principal at The THRASS Institute.
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