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Harvard Graduate School of Education - Day One

Framing and Reframing Organizations in Education Faculty: Matthew L. Miller Time: 9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. The Four Frames of Leadership Session Overview In this session, we will discuss and apply the “Four Frames” of leadership model developed at HGSE by Lee Bolman and Terrence Deal. We will consider the frames in light of leadership challenges you confront as school leaders on a regular basis. Becoming a more effective leader depends both on understanding our own strengths and inclinations and understanding the dynamic organizational contexts in which we work. Through interactive presentation and the case method of dialogue and debate, this two-session sequence will invite you to consider the exercise of leadership through multiple lenses and in context. We will also explore the Bolman and Deal frames in a way that enables you to identify potential areas of growth in your own leadership practice.   The questions we will explore during these two sessions include: How do you make sens...

AI Women's Group 2025

AI Women's Group Facilitated by Arnika McPhail 5 AUGUST Gemini - holds on to our data (doesn't send it out to the wider world) Notebook LM Analysing information.   Put a document in and ask it to summarise.    You can also go to discover - it will find resources and you can tick or untick the ones you want. Will create a podcast and also a mindmap.      Video is new - will create a simple video of the information. Create a GEM P persona A state your objective R who is your audience / recipients T tone of the  S structures/desired formats of output  Teachers could create a GEM for their class as they create resources that they want to be specific to them. Use to give feedback to student on a piece of their writing. Could it be used to assist with speeches. Contented AI  Reflections and meetings. Google Vids Make a short marketing video about our school and specialist programme. Could our students use this to make the BEST videos ?  ...

CPPA Conference - Leading the Complexities of Change

Richard Gerver Ted Talks  - Finding A Higher Sense of Purpose A generation seeking the silver bullet.   No helping the mental health of our young teachers.  There is no silver bullet. AI.  Teaching young people to think critically to edit, and craft using AI.    Clever prompts and crafting/editing. Eric Schmit - CEO of Google (10 years). The greatest challenge I faced was our success.   When you have nothing to lose, you go at everything.  The more successful we became, the more we have to lose, the more protective we became. VISION Remind your people that they are brilliant and galvanise around our vision. Be courageous.    Stay true to what is right for your context, your community, what you know works and holds true to vision and our values. Clarity What do you stand for?    What makes us difference, hold true to that.   Ask the kids too    Coherence   What we project outwards, is this what...

World EduLead Conference - Congress Day - 2025

  Unlocking Potential - Prof Michael Fullen The 6 Cs - New Pedagogies for Deep Learning What are the six 6s and why are they important? How are we intentionally planning for the six Cs and ensuring that there is opportunity for children to apply these within and outside of the school community. Transcendent Thinking is important: rational thinking and assists with brain development Finding Purpose - how learning shapes their purpose and future The Art of Harmonizing - Prof. Kate Barker Maintaining excellence by accountability: Proactivity plan - know the personalities first Maintain the relationship by still having high expectations Knowing when to push and when to pull back Anticipate the reactions and understanding the “why” behind the actions 1  Go in Curious, not furious  Check our emotions/body, response not react, be logical by being less emotional Timing is everything, permission to pause and reconvene,, keep goal focused plan questions - tell me more, what solutio...