Elevated Conversations
Practical Tools to Make Teacher Collaboration Count
Dr Simon Breakspear
We’ve all been in meetings where talk fills time but action doesn’t follow. Elevated Conversations changes that.
Simon Breakspear brings a practical, energising approach to collaborative dialogue, without adding to your workload. Through seven concise conversation tools; think Empathy Square, Strategy Sort, Start, Stop, Continue, he helps teams move from routine to meaningful, in ways that feel natural and manageable.
What makes this worth your time is its grounded approach. Breakspear writes as if you're sharing a quick moment in the staff‑room, not rehearsing a lecture. The tools feel intuitive, not theoretical, inviting you to use them right away. You don’t need a facilitator badge, just a willingness to shift the shape of your conversations.
To be clear, this isn’t a magic formula. It’s a prompt: small changes, better outcomes. You can visualise as you read your teams coming away with clearer next steps and a stronger sense of shared purpose.
Regardless of your role, school leader, teacher, pre‑service educator or support staff, you’ll appreciate the realness here. It’s not about doing more. It’s about doing better together.
In the spirit of a staff‑room nudge: give it a skim, try one tool next time you meet, and notice what shifts. I suspect it’ll give you something more than another meeting checklist; it might just reawaken why those conversations matter.
Highly recommended for teams ready to talk less for talking’s sake and more for it to matter.
