“Without the darkness, how can you recognise the light” Tuvok (Star Trek Generations) Ever had one of those moments where you feel a little queasy and the queasiness is not related to what you ate, but what you experienced? It’s that little ball of fear that makes your tummy twist and recoil, almost in an attempt to run away and…
Author: Principally Mused
The Intuitive Educator
I have been wondering about teacher intuitiveness, in particular, why some teachers seem to be able to tap into their intuition and employ it more, and why some teachers appear reluctant and less likely to follow their intuition. I am confident that I am an intuitive educator. As a classroom teacher I rely on my…
The Quality of the Noise
Several weeks ago I attended an ACEL (Australian Council of Education Leadership) conference. Dr Tim Watterson, who is the Director-General of Education and Training for Queensland, delivered the opening keynote. I confess that my initial ‘judging a book by its cover’ reaction was not particularly complimentary, and I did wonder how I, as a Kiwi…
The Leadership Roller Coaster
Forgive me dear reader, for I have been remiss. (If you are not a regular reader you may not have noticed, incidentally why are you not a regular reader? Do be a dear and go sign up – somewhere on the sidebar there is an email link and then you won’t miss out!) Now the…
Proposed Funding Changes: Part Two – Key Themes
This post is part two in the series ProposedFunding Changes. Part one looked at the seven key aspects of the proposal, and this post is a brief outline of some of the key themes that arise from these key aspects of the funding proposal. NB: It is another longish post – so feel free to…
Proposed Funding Changes – Part One:
PART ONE: What are these ‘proposed changes’? WARNING: This is quite a long post – feel free to read the bolded bits! Earlier this year the Minister of Education announced a radical shake up of how schools in New Zealand will be funded. I confess when I first heard the news my brow furrowed and…
At My Old School – enter AMOS
Has AMOS been a visitor at your school? When AMOS appears, do you instantly worry about where it will take you, or do you find ways to embrace AMOS? AMOS is the acronym for what it is most commonly known as ‘ At my old school’. New teachers in schools are often aware that AMOS can strike at…
Are you steering the next Titanic?
Are you steering the next Titanic? Two things have occurred this week that have made me think about how some schools in the global education system have an awful lot in common with aspects of the Titanic. Firstly, an act of deliberate leadership growth and development. Earlier this week, as part of our Middle Leadership…
The Impact on Practice – the ‘So What’
It is hard to believe that here I am, on the tail end of what can only be described as one heck of a journey. If you had told me back in November 2015 that this Postgraduate journey was going to be this busy and this ‘fast and furious’ I may have had second thoughts….
Professional Interdisciplinary Connections
A snapshot of the busy life of a school leader!Via Coggle As I was putting together the Coggle brainstorm of my interdisciplinary connections above, I confess I stopped ‘mind dumping’ once the page started to get super busy, figuring the reader would ‘get the picture’. It is quite tiring to look at that dump of…