Leading to Learn

NZ School Trustees Association Facilitator: Cleave Hay See hardcopies of Workbook 1 and Workbook 2 Notes to follow up after workshop: Re Workbook 1: Remember and use the question at meetings: "How will this discussion benefit our students?" ERO Insicators: engagement, progress and achievement outcomes Thought - in areas we are doing well, how can we do better? Different hats: The Board - one body, as a whole (not individuals) Trust ees - Board Members Trust ers   - children, parents, staff, visitors, Proprietor, Crown The Board is only a body when Trustees are sitting around the Board table (governance). Away from the Board table, the individuals are  Trusters , and have no voice / authority. Board follows a method / plan / Charter. Board entrusts the responsibilty for carrying out the Charter to the Principal. Trusters - responsibility of the Principal (management). Trusters communicate with the Principal. Principal has complete discretion as to ho

Michael Henderson (Corporate antropologist) http://www.culturesatwork.com/ How important is culture inside our organisation? What is Culture? - think of more as a verb, than a noun. A Social Culture for Safety Shared Aesop's Fable - The Four Oxen and the Lion: http://www.aesopfables.com/cgi/aesop1.cgi?sel&TheFourOxenandtheLion  Moral: United we stand, divided we fall Cicular Metphor of culture. Language is the bloodline of a culture . being able to describe challenges faced in your culture. Traditional tribes are at risk, becuase of the loss of their language. eg can you imagine doing the haka in Mandarin? Tribal survival: 75% of the current fortune 500 countries will not be in the top 500 organisations in 2020 because their culture will not be able to adapt quickly enough, as they will not have the collective mental agailty to cope with the speed of change. When cultures go toxic , they are powerful enough to put you out of business (eg Volkswagon lies impact

Andrea Nicholson and Liz Woods How they have made a difference at Katikati Primary School - raising Māori achievement without being 'experts' in the field. Message is that if they can do it, anyone can. Octopus - renowned for giving little resistance to attack - hammerhead shark will fight to the end. Moving from a place of compliance to where they are today: showed photos of fun - sleepovers, Te Reo as wall labels, watching a hangi, Dads helping, cultural performers, kapahaka festivals, community events

Riley and Steve Hathaway Kids TV show - Young Ocean Explorers https://www.youngoceanexplorers.co.nz/ Also crreating a book and DVD for schools. Aiming to raise awareness of caring for the ocean.

Linda Kaser and Judy Halbert, British Columbia, Canada http://www.icsei.net/index.php?id=934 www.noii.ca Are there Common Goals between NZ / Aus / BC?? Kat'il'a: Finading stillness in our busy word Cwelelep: being a place of dissonance, uncertainty in anticipation of new learning Networked Inquiry in BC - government investment If we know something that helps learning, and we don't do it, that is educational malpractice Purpose - Is our work heartfelt? Every learner crossing the stage with dignity, purpose and options All learners leaving our schools more curious than when they arrive All learners with an understanding of and respect for an indigenous world view Spirals of Inquiry - working through squeeminess and being uncomfortable about what we are contributing to problems in learning, looking for solutions. A way of being - always questioning what is going on for our learners and how do we know. http://noii.ca/spiral-of-inquiry/ 4 Key Questions:

Brian Annan Mary Wotton http://infinitylearn.org/ Growing  agency as a quality - people who choose to use that agency vs people who do not choose to use it... turning the tap on - sometimes doing things you want them to and some using it to do things you don't want them to. How do you move these kids into a new space - trust that if use that agency, good things will happen to them? Children's Learning Maps - showed videos of: 5 year old showing map of herself and what tools / people helps her learn, Asked - what do you need to change about your map to help you learn more. Developing language of learning from early age - school worked on developing a concept of learning. Girl wanted to add her friends because they learn things from eachother. Joe from Lower Hutt - what excited them about their learning, and what had changed for them in their learning. Found out that when something has changed for children, they don't remember what they were like before. Then ca

Guest Speaker: Professor Chris Branson How do you become a successful leader of a community? Leadership: James Macgregor Burns - 'leadership' (2010) Shared introduction of different theories of leadership since Burns Leadership is it about hierarchy - it's about influence.  Transactional vs transformational  Transformational leadership adds context. How are people working together? Accepting you are the leader and choosing what you want to do. Depends what the task is.  A theory should explain the reality - no one theory can explain completely. Therefore not really theories - they are tools. Get the relationships right, so that you know which tool to use.   'Transrelational '- enabling others, rather than being about you. Be the promoter of what is happening. What others see happening is an important source of data. Building wisdom based on knowledge and experience of others - not ad hoc - not letting go.  Build a relati

argument against institutionalisation of children Physical, emotional, developmental delays, brain development delays in children raised in institutions. First six months crucial in terms of developmental difficulties Children with disability requeire even more support to recover Lack of food not the problem, but lack of emotional care and attention, affection High number of children going missing from institutions and leading tonchikd trafficking Too many donors, institues and individuals still believe in donating to orphanages even though they have been shown to be a harmful concept Major change difficult, and fear of change is a barrier For many, economic interrsts dominate over what is best for children: 1. local economy model -government policy removed children from famikes as a resultnof an ideology that viewed the state would be better placed to raise the children. Best interest was 2. Misguided volunteering model - studies show that orphanges acts as a pool f

Facilitator: Matua Alwyn 29.02.16 Mihimihi   Whakawhanaungatanga   Kia marae - in this place we show caring and respect   Powhiri = (on a marae) Karanga Set up - outside, inside What is my role as Tangata Whenua What I need to do to support the visitors Finish with Kai   Finding a Kaumatua - they will set the protocol   Other ideas to aim for Hangi Protocol marae Experience Whakatau = make it all good, make it peaceful (whaka = make something happen); on our site. we can set the kawa in our school children learning waiata powhiri or haka powhiri Our kawa could be that Year 7&8 take the leadership roles in a whakatau - and always play this official role as part of their leadership programme  

First meeting of the Steering Group University of Canterbury, School of Education 25.02.16 Prof. Angus Macfarlane https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3cuz11vVYBdQi1GcW0tYjZRQjA/view?usp=sharing