Part Two: In the first part of this mini series on poverty, I began by looking at defining poverty, and the difference between Generational and Situational poverty. I talked a little bit about what drives those in poverty, those in the middle classes and those who are wealthy. I made mention that one of the…
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Day 13: Let Us Define Poverty #28daysofwriting
Part one: Yesterday I posted about how we need to address the social and emotional wellbeing of our students before we have a hope in Hades of getting any form of academic success, particularly for those students who are most vulnerable and at risk. The quote that gave me my initial inspiration mentioned Maslow, as…
Day 12: Social and Emotional Wellbeing Before Academic Success #28daysofwriting
Shamelessly ‘borrowed’ off twitter 🙂 The above Meme is doing the rounds on twitter. I saw it after it had been reposted by The Badass Teachers Association (US chapter, and an organisation, incidentally, all teachers around the world should be keeping an eye on due to the issues they raise). It has inspired todays…
Day 11: Are Schools Like Businesses? #28daysofwriting
Earlier this week I was at a Math inservice with one of my SLT (senior leadership team). Over lunch we were chatting about what her career might look like in 5 years time. Her response has left me wondering and I confess, not overly satisfied with where my wondering wandering has taken me. Her response…
Day 10: Has the Educational World Gone Mad? #28daysofwriting
pic from article on Linkedin, blatantly borrowed – sorry ran out of time to make my own -feel free to borrow one of mine 🙁 It’s ‘snow’ good at school! I am a little bit gobsmacked. Last night I read a link posted by a fellow Blogger about how a school in the UK had…
Day 9: Our Student Inquiry Team #28daysofwriting
Last night I published a post about our Cultural Ambassadors and how this process gives our students an opportunity to show leadership through recognising and promoting their culture and language. I promised that I would also blog about another student leadership initiative, our Student Inquiry Team. The…
Day 8: Cultural Ambassadors as Student Leaders #28daysofwriting
This morning I participated in my first “Kiwi Spark’ breakfast tweet chat, which operates under the hashtag #BFC630NZ. This mornings topic was on Student Leadership. For a 15 minute speed chat, early in the morning, I was impressed at the collaborative nature of the chat, and the great ideas people were sharing. I always feel…
Day 7: Educational Piranhas #28daysofwriting
Mary and May (2009) Earlier this week I was in a meeting with my appraiser and we were having a long conversation about all things education related, and of course what my goals might look like, and how we were going to get the 360 feedback. As part of our conversation we had a general…
Day 6: Coaching Questions for Tactics and Habits #28daysofwriting
In previous posts I have discussed coaching in education using the GROWTH coaching model. On day two of #28daysofwriting I used the GROWTH coaching model to set my goal for this challenge, and outlined each step of the model. In this post I want to go into a little more depth around the Tactics and…
Day 5: How Challenging Students’ Teach Us #28daysofwriting
Last night as I was trolling through my twitter feed, I came across a retweet of the above. It instantly sang to my educators heart because it is the most important lesson a teacher can learn about teaching. Challenging students, tricky classes, and tough days at the chalkface can leave teachers drained, stressed out and…