VP – Edventures

Building the infrastructure

Kristian Still 14 Nov ’13 14 Nov ’13

What has been my experience of a VP role? More importantly, where can I define my impact? Honestly, with the immediate introduction of a new MIS and new timetable, a heavy teaching load, a broad breath of leadership responsibility, I …

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Talking about teaching

Kristian Still 23 Oct ’12 23 Oct ’12

I meet with curriculum leaders at The Wellington Academy for the first official time this Wednesday and I am considering how that conversation will be formed, directed and developed. In my mind, it will be two parts listening, two parts …

Human Capital, Building Human Capability27 Apr ’24
This week I have mainly been discussing, reading and listening and reflecting on “human resources.” It has included conversations with CEOs, COO’s and People Professionals, PM Daily and listening to the CIPD Podcast. Somewhere in those lines of enquiry, Dave Ulrich‘s no-nonsense outlook rang my …
Employee Handbooks – People Professional21 Apr ’24
Having been responsible for on-boarding staff in three organisations, I have a vested interest in the “Employee Handbook.” Whilst not required by law in the UK, there are many positive reasons to both pen and consult on your “Employee Handbook.” First and foremost it enables …
ChatGPT Learner Coach Mark 421 Apr ’24
Four iterations on – I believe I have designed a powerful AND flexible ‘Learner Coach‘ PREPARE prompt for ChatGPT that tailors the learning experience to the learners prior knowledge, and confidence, and emphasises subject vocabulary. Here it is in action. First. coaching a relatively confident, …
Engagement and Challenge: BIG Questions with ChatGPT19 Apr ’24
Rubrics and criterion-referenced assessment regularly contribute to teaching and learning and more recently to the assessment of the quality of teaching. Used effectively, rubrics provide clear and objective feedback to learners/teachers about their strengths and weaknesses relative to specific learning/performance objectives. Our newly introduced “Impact …