It’s Friday night. Another busy week has just passed. A school council meeting, a trip down to the year 5/6 camp at Cottage by the Sea, a careers excursion to the costume department at the Arts Centre, a research circle for Play for Life and preparation for a local community festival this Sunday. This is [...]
Continue Reading 2 comments August 31, 2012
My blog is a means for me to tell my story, to reflect on what I have learnt, heard or experienced. It helps me to build meaning through my writing and links to multi-media, such as images and video clips. It is a place where I can pull things together and a place where I [...]
Continue Reading 5 comments March 31, 2012
Hello! I’m back. It’s been an exciting couple of months for me but unfortunately I have not been able to add to my blog. Whilst completing my first semester of my Masters of School Leadership and doing my day to day job of AP, I decided to apply for a principal position. To say I [...]
Continue Reading 4 comments July 31, 2011
Over the last couple of months I have been working on my Masters of School Leadership at Monash University in Melbourne, as part of the Bastow Institute suite of programs. It has been by far one of the most thought provoking and satisfying professional learning experiences I have had so far. To begin our course [...]
Continue Reading Add comment April 16, 2011
This year is going to be big! But then I think each year has been like that for me. I like to learn, to be better and to achieve. As a kid this never came easy. School wasn’t hard but it certainly wasn’t easy either. I would spend a lot of time on tasks that [...]
Continue Reading 2 comments March 14, 2011
Over the last few years much of my reading and learning has been around leadership, in one form or another. At times it has been about leadership of ICT, pedagogy and learning environments, but on the whole it has been about leadership of a learning culture. Last year I participated in the Eleanor Davis School [...]
Continue Reading Add comment February 13, 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
I have started reading Data Wise, a Step-by-Step Guide to Using assessment Results to Improve Teaching and Learning. I have skimmed through in the past and been handed a photocopy of Chapter 4 to read but have now taken the time to read through in a more reflective and thoughtful manner. Holidays are a good [...]
Continue Reading 2 comments December 30, 2010
Upon completing my Eleanor Davis School Leadership Program, I needed to write my Leadership Credo. Hmm! What was I expected to write and what was I going to write? I guess it is a sum up of me as a leader – my beliefs and philosophies, my style and my strengths. So here we go! [...]
Continue Reading Add comment November 22, 2010
This week brought the end to my Eleanor Davis School Leadership Program. It’s been a fantastic opportunity to explore and hone my leadership skills through a rich program steeped in great understanding of the complexities of leadership, working with a principal mentor, and being part of a collegiate group. The program first began 1992, as [...]
Continue Reading 2 comments November 20, 2010
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