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Who are all these ‘councils’?

As part of my NAPP readings, I have been given a copy of the ‘School Leadership and Student Outcomes: Identifying What Works and Why’ document. You can access it HERE if you like. While I am sure the information contained within is superb, I have yet to get passed the forwards. Because there are forwardsContinue reading “Who are all these ‘councils’?”

How will I set about expanding my capacity to learn?

This question was put forward as part of the NAPP 2016 program…. I am doing NAPP not because I want to be a Principal (I think it would suck to spend so much time out of the class room) but because I want to have a better understanding of how schools work. And with that,Continue reading “How will I set about expanding my capacity to learn?”

Learning

This year, and hopefully from here on in, I am a learner formally known as a teacher. @michaeltarry @TheOrganist @ThomasHaig @Cherie59789095 I am a learner- and a geek who can't quite believe this is how she spends Sat night — Rachel Chisnall (@ibpossum) February 13, 2016 I don’t teach Chemistry or Science, I help peopleContinue reading “Learning”

Why Science???

I saw this tweet from Danielle the other night. Any #scichat #scichatNZ tweeps planned a science curriculum explicitly thinking about conceptual, procedural and epistemic knowledge? — Danielle Myburgh (@MissDtheTeacher) January 25, 2016 Which got me thinking (and googling some definitions…..). Epistemic – relates to knowledge. What is knowledge? How to we know? How do weContinue reading “Why Science???”

What’s up 2016?

It would be fair to say at the end of 2015 I needed a holiday like I have seldom needed a holiday before. I was shattered. Bone crushingly exhausted. I didn’t mark thank goodness and basically spent a week on the couch doing not much of anything. Slowly it felt like I came to life,Continue reading “What’s up 2016?”

Changing embed sizes for #OfficeMix and learning about the #Sharepoint store

At the end of last year, I blogged about the progress we are making with SharePoint as our LMS but also how I was having some sizing issues with the office mix clips I was trying to embed into the Chemistry SharePoint site. Some other NZ MIEE’s (love your work Nikkie and Ruby) got in touchContinue reading “Changing embed sizes for #OfficeMix and learning about the #Sharepoint store”

Distributive Leadership

Originally posted on Sonya @VanSchaijik:
Hellen Keller said, ‘The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.’ In Samoa we have a saying: “O Manu o le lauamanu e felelei mamao” meaning ‘Birds that fly together go far.’…

Sharepoint update – almost ready to be the LMS

So, after a big effort over 2 terms we are nearly reading to roll out SharePoint sites for staff next year. The Student learning management system side still needs a few more tweaks as departments decide how they will be running certain tasks. For example, the English department needs to be able to track changesContinue reading “Sharepoint update – almost ready to be the LMS”

Follow the leader…..

Lately I have been thinking a lot about how to ‘lead’. What it means to be a ‘leader’, or what is my ‘leadership style’. I’m toying with the idea of doing some ‘educational leadership papers’ or perhaps a masters. What could I do to improve my performance as a leader, what expectations do people haveContinue reading “Follow the leader…..”

#HourOfCode 2016

This year was my second year taking place in the #HourOfCode activites online. Last year was really a tentative dipping my toe into the water to see what it was like. This year, I was much more confident which flowed into my students who have all participated in the #hourOfCode to some extent. Hour ofContinue reading “#HourOfCode 2016”