Leading Learning Out Loud

Lessons learned .... Find ways to support people who are struggling and keep communication open and transparent.   Be clear.  Be honest.  Be supportive.  Strength based. You catch more flies with honey than vinegar. Be WARM but be DEMAND high standards and excellence. Enjoy the lulls cos they don't last for long.    These are the times to make hay while the sun is shining and get alongside the children whenever you can. Forgive and try to forget.  Always be the professional.  Even when you have been mistreated and hurt. When you have done everything you can and have acted with best intent and things haven't gone how you want ... move on. You can influence but the only thing you can control completely is how you respond and react.

Media Skills - Pete Burdon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AhukdDrF98 My reflection on the notes below.   See the opportunity to talk with the media as an OPPORTUNITY for PR for you and your school.  Always take a message and buy some time.  Let my BOT Chair know as it may be more appropriate for them to be the spokesperson if serious.  Then develop your three points that you want to communicate. Predict what the tricky questions might be and be ready to keep bridging back to the 3 points! Crisis Communication Plan Revise ours with senior staff (school docs) and practice it.   MOE link to traumatic incident team.  The Media Interview 1  Find out what the media want and buy some time. " I am in a meeting in a moment can I come back to you in 15 mins."  What is the focus of your story, who else are you talking to, is it a feature or a news story? Think of this as an opportunity for you - PR for you and the school. 2 Create a media m...

MAC Leaders Day with Hoana and Ros  Whakawhanautanga - strengthening relationships. What is the purpose of education for Māori? Using NZ and Maori contexts in everyday learning.   Maori contexts in learning. Being able to walk with confidence as a Maori and experience success as a Maori. Language, culture and identity. Manaakitanga  - mana enhancing and lifting. Doing things differently to enhance the mana of our Maori students.    Education that enhances what it means to be Maori. How could we develop a Bicultural curriculum across Hereora? Find our copies of Te Takanga o te Wā (Maori  History) Maximising cultural capital for these students. To enable our Maori children to stand strongly and contribute to both their worlds, and the global world as Māori. AKO - owning the learning, modeling as teachers who are BOLD, make mistakes and learn together. Use the rubric together with the staff to measure where we are at at present in ...

Grant Steadman - Building Relational Trust BES Leadership Model Bryk and Schneider, 2002 Determinants of Relational Trust Interpersonal respect - for each other, children, families Personal regard for others Competence in Role Personal Integrity Consequences of Relational Trust Positive attitude to risk and innovation More outreach to parents Enhanced commitment Enhanced professional community Open to Learning Values  (demonstrate respect, maximise valid info, build internal commitment) State your point of view State the grounds for your point of view Inquire (by inviting other's reaction into other's thinking Paraphrase/summarise and check Evaluate/critique thinking Establish common ground Make a plan "The Leadership Challenge" (App - lite and full)  Good reflective tool.

Board Report examples John *School Docs (assurance statements) - copy and paste from school docs and add my own answers in. Grant *Uses a strategic plan and reports on this each month. *Banked staffing - update each month so the BOT can see the whole year at a glance. Lee *Strategic planning session.   (Facilitator from STA) Who are we?  PD for BOT.   Role definition.  Student surveys.   Staff survey.   Parent survey.  School Data. *Agenda (links to mins)  Check each month against annual BOT agenda items to ensure things are being ticked off.  Principal's report - breaks down each of the aspects of the strategic goals  (student learning, community involvement, personnel, calendar of events, roll.  I move that the report be accepted (at end of report).   Achievement data in committee, staffing. Sylvia *Online repository where everything is kept (uses Linced)  This could be a google site for our BOT. *Strategic ...

Lessons Learned ... *Early communication vital *When to communicate vs team leader or teacher *Follow up important *Document everything - have a third party present for tricky conversations *Holding staff accountable

Trends, Tools and Tactics http://hnyctt.me/kevinsite Document what we do along the way - this will help with the metacognition of the staff/students. New school builds - aim for flexibility.   Must have the kids assisting with the design.   How can we make our space more than adequate - SPECIAL? Associative Learning - how you feel when you are learning cements that learning.   ie Safe Spaces for Learning.   Are our spaces SAFE spaces for Learning? Mentoring 1:2 - ie Tuakana Teina model.   How could we create that in our teams - peer to peer ... Mentors or Big Brothers. Is there room in our school culture for different kids? How do we know? "Today's kids are growing up in Digital Playgrounds and no one is on recess duty." The Digital Grannies group on Facebook. Turn about is not fair play, turn about is just mean. "Every time an educator or school leader becomes a learner again, the cell doors for swing open and kids walk out into the bright ...