Leading to Learn

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