Leadership literature is littered with models, lists and quick fixes. I understand that we, the consumers/leaders, seek assurances to guide our own practice however distilling leadership in this manner seem wholly inadequate to me. That said, this morning, I followed a signpost to Project Aristotle, Google’s investigation to codify organisational team effectiveness. Specifically, .... Read more and bookmark.
This is not a post about the systems of school improvement, the Science of school improvement if you will. This is more about the culture of school improvement. The art, if you will. As I come to the end of my first year as head teacher, I can see the benefit of take charge of the transition from one academic cycle to the new cycle. Where does a new cycle start? It is that sticky time of the .... Read more and bookmark.
Our school organisation is leading a shift in our pedagogy. A three part model that includes an assignment frame, a taught or direct instruction frame and resource immersion. Given that a lot of information is shared via a learning platform I wanted to find a way to include more media. Back in 2014 Youtube’s revenue potential was being questioned. Now we have the rise of the Youtubers, .... Read more and bookmark.
This time last summer, one of the final jobs I completed was to share a student summer challenge. It was my version of the TES post, that borrowed from an American teacher’s impassioned post. The following September I received a small photobook from one of my students with twenty or so completed challenges. All that hard work and adaptation was worth it. See below for yourself. .... Read more and bookmark.
About this time every year, Freya (my daughter) and I create the Teaching and Learning Takeover promo. It is our small contribution to the excellent work of the TLT dynamic duo of David and Jen. The Adobe Spark apps (Post, Page and Video) and webware are excellent; stocked with icons, images and sounds, templates, easy to create with and even easier to publish. I have shown my appreciation a .... Read more and bookmark.
It seems that I keep stumbling upon All Black Culture. Te tīmatanga o te matauranga ko te wahangū, te wāhanga tuarua ko te whakarongo. The first stage of learning is silence, the second stage is listening. .... Read more and bookmark.
