At Christmas I left a job I’d been at for 10 years. Instead of jumping into another job, I decided to give supply teaching a go whilst I waited for the right thing to come up.  I feel like the right thing is working to improve schools, especially those in disadvantaged areas. I’d like to think that I’m quite good at behaviour management, curriculum design, team leadership and I’m particularly interested in the role of metacognition and self-regulated learning in secondary schools. I’ve started (another) new blog to try and articulate my ideas in a way that makes sense to others.  I find that writing blogs helps me clarify my own waves of thoughts and to wash out any hubris and my propensity to write haughtily. I have developed a lot of expertise over the last 10 years and I’m determined to put it to use and help reduce educational inequality.  And so I currently find myself supply teaching. Just day-today cover, though I’ve been in the same schools for extended periods. I...