Monday, 27 June 2016
5 Ways to Stop Fixing and Start Developing | Leadership Freak
5 Ways to Stop Fixing and Start Developing | Leadership Freak
Bringing out the best in people means adding their talent to the mix, not fixing them.
Monday, 6 June 2016
How to Work Together Without Killing Each Other | Leadership Freak
How to Work Together Without Killing Each Other | Leadership Freak
You need the people who irritate you to achieve maximum success.
- Have management and leadership operating at the same time.
- operate like a start-up with a let's try it attitude
- be more about networks than hierachy
Sunday, 5 June 2016
Tuesday, 12 April 2016
Filling a Leadership Position? Wait! - Leadership 360 - Education Week
Filling a Leadership Position? Wait! - Leadership 360 - Education Week
A rapidly changing world requires new leadership models to bring about positive change in
student achievement and life chances. Asking parents what are their ideas of the qualities o
they require of the new principal without updating them as to what is the latest in research is not only a waste of time but a backward step and an opportunity missed.
A rapidly changing world requires new leadership models to bring about positive change in
student achievement and life chances. Asking parents what are their ideas of the qualities o
they require of the new principal without updating them as to what is the latest in research is not only a waste of time but a backward step and an opportunity missed.
Friday, 11 March 2016
Enlisting the army to achieve your strategic goals for the year- the army of parents
Schools have an army to enlist in gaining better outcomes for their students.
But they often overlook them.
I am passionate about changing relationships between parents and schools.
Parents are often seen as the enemy or as a good audience for what is happening in schools. And rightly so, as some parents do give us a bad name.
In my work in schools as a Principal, I realised that I was often distracted by
the negative parents and overlooked what could be achieved by working with the great majority.
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Saturday, 10 October 2015
https://www.pearson.com/content/dam/corporate/global/pearson-dot-com/files/hattie/150602_DistractionWEB_V2.pdf
Interesting comments by Hattie (2015) that parents are being sold a message by private schools that they have better teacher, smaller classes, and more extracurricular. "Parents pay
high fees for these schools in the hopes of
insuring a high quality education for their child.
There is the perception of there being slightly
higher odds of a good education (or at least
of meeting the ‘right’ people and avoiding the
‘wrong’ ones)" p.9.
https://www.pearson.com/content/dam/corporate/global/pearson-dot-com/files/hattie/150602_DistractionWEB_V2.pdf
high fees for these schools in the hopes of
insuring a high quality education for their child.
There is the perception of there being slightly
higher odds of a good education (or at least
of meeting the ‘right’ people and avoiding the
‘wrong’ ones)" p.9.
"When students’ prior achievement or socio-
economic background is considered, however,
the evidence shows little difference in achievement between private and public schools in
many systems (OECD, 2014, p. 409 in Hattie, 2015,p.9).
economic background is considered, however,
the evidence shows little difference in achievement between private and public schools in
many systems (OECD, 2014, p. 409 in Hattie, 2015,p.9).
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