Leading to Learn

(NZEI funded study) 20% return rate - primary principals only - good cross section of community http://www.nzei.org.nz/documents/Principals%20Health%20and%20Well-Being%20Report_20170120SM.pdf Anxiety levels in schols rising - world a very dangerous place at the moment Wellbeing not a 'bolt-on' - integral Mental Health the biggest risk - 1:2 teachers will experience burnout during their career - need to be proactive Environment - ergonical design, open and inclusive Good line management - effective people management, traoning, sickness absence anagemet work demands - job design autonomy change management pay and reward Vaalues and Principals Collective a/ social Personal growth - High stakes testing = corrupt what you seek to measure Centrally imposed expectations + local accountability Constraining of our working life = biggest causes of exit If you do something about it, you save a lot of money (see pic) Gender inequity Hours of work (see pic) ...

Importance of mihimihi Making connections inclusion of dialogue sharing / being aware of context finding commonalities transition - 'here' expectations / active listening, etc participants forming questions - self-directed - what questions do our teachers come to ther staff meeting with? coaching paradigm sense of responsbility "Who did you bring here today?" "Why Should Anyone be Led By You?" - Book http://integralleadershipreview.com/1687-book-review-2/ Be yourself more...with skill - have to know who you are Leadership is about your learning relationships with others. Jan Robertson's Reseach asked... "What do you want from your leaders? Authenticity - not 'playing a role' - not 'principal' Significance how does that add to the bug picture? how do you give people feeling that their work is significant - relationships, feedback Excitement people who inspire, are filled with awe - about ...prof learni...

Differences in Japanese society What would the birds eat during the winter if the fruit at the top of the tree is left - I leave it for the future. What is it that we are leaving for our children's future? What are we creating? What is the end-game with technology? What are we trying to establish? Fast fashion industry - second largets polluter next to oil - a problem Unaware, unwilling, unable to change - we will be undone by it Ask children - what are the biggest problems in the world that need solving? Create soltions Believe in a bright future - see possibilities. take concenr into what they really want - desire to make things better for their common man Future Focussed Teacher Problems that matter Access to necessary tools Find the courage to stand aside - not have answers - let them ask questions  An essential question: Remove specificity Essential and hearding questions Connection through context and relevance Learning is personali...

Some definitions: Science - underpinning knowledge Technology - techniques, skills and processes Engineering - application of scientific mathematical knowledge Maths - the study of quantities and their relationships Stem Literacy - competence in using STEM concepts to produce solutiobns to real world problems '21st century skills needed'   Students didn't come into my classroom in order to get a job - they came because they want to make stuff - create their own knowledge, through doing.   taking the skills of managing a project can be taken into their careers - without necessarily needing to take the skills of making furniture on further.             

louise.stoll@ucl.ac.uk The importance of language in professional learning communities knowledge animation learning conversations animated external research knowledge - and how circulate own ideas PLCs collaborative, reflective and growth-orientated cultures inclusive, mutually supportive and collectively responsivle people curious - investigating and learning more aabout their proactice together - deprivatising rigourously testing out promising new approaches within and between schools - and across regions and countries Purposeful - to make a positive difference to all students' learning exoeriences and outcomes Language Leaders have opportunity to shape language - using certain kinds of language bring ideas to like - bring knowledge to life. To move knowledge around to what we know Anima - Latin = Breath - life - soul Animate = bring to life, put in motion suggests movement, action, dynamism vibrancy, invigoration, Talk Low - (shallow) - sharing res...

Science and Maths provide framework in order for technologies to be useful STEM - about students thinking about things, exploring and making stuff Concept of close observation - giving students time to really explore and observe something really closely, so able to formulate ideas around it Kids are really quite fascinated by animals and it is hard for them to observe. Bees are really good to observe. Australian native bees don't sting and are good to observe - native beehives in schools Exercise - watched Videos of bees - try and observe what bees are doing - imagine that 7 or 8 year old student - ask to try and design a bee. Look at the bee as having a partciular function - there are certain things that bees have as part of their design that enable it to carry out its role. What can it use in order to help it achieve that = design brief. What are the criteria that are going to tell you that you are successful in your project? Try and slow down the children a bit...

The Anarchy of Technology Analogy of student being on Mt Space - then teachers making use of My Space for learning - student put off by teachers being there too - then moved to Bebo, Facebook Can't control students engagement with technology The Exoself - Greg Egan The cloud of identities, bank acounts, etc - surrounds you and extends your personality. Each student has an exocself that is totally unique and personal Analytical skills / metacognition important part of paradigm Curated libraries opf Apps and utilities - students can access and build knowledge banks analytical skills Cybersecurity - need to be proetected at deep level. Power to proptect selves Cede Control - students plan own learning. Give students analtyical skills and metacognition to manage self Metacognition Neuroscience Failure increases learning - physical component - seratonin levels increase more through failure than through success - abilty for new learning better If see someone els...