Senior Years education! As a student I went through it, as a parent I a still going through it with my youngest daughter. This doesn’t make me an expert but it does give me an insight into the feelings and thinking that goes on in the minds of those who are going through VCE, albeit [...]
Continue Reading 1 comment January 26, 2011
With all my reading at the moment about data, it is still incredibly important to me to capture the good stuff that kids can do that doesn’t necessarily become apparent through a test or a score. Of course, if we are good at our job as educators, we certainly do not just administer a test [...]
Continue Reading 3 comments January 3, 2011
The first chapter of Data Wise is one of two from the ‘Prepare’ section of the cycle. It is the one chapter that most interests me at the moment so that I can begin to build the plan that will allow us to develop a data culture, as part of our culture of learning. By [...]
Continue Reading 1 comment January 3, 2011
Have you ever worked in a team that runs so smoothly that it is an absolute pleasure to be a part of? I have. Often. However, I have also worked in teams that are less than desirable, a little like off milk really! (And I’m lactose intolerant, so that’s worse!) There are many tools that [...]
Continue Reading 5 comments January 2, 2011
With another year behind me I sit back now and think about the year ahead. In many ways this is quite a daunting task as I know of I have many challenges ahead of me – some work related, some health and some financial. However, pushing aside the daunting thoughts and thinking about how to [...]
Continue Reading 6 comments January 1, 2011
