Archive for the ‘Harvard’ Category
Monday, March 11th, 2013
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Over the past month we have conducted weekly walkthroughs to gather data on elements of our school culture.
Prior to conducting a walkthrough we asked staff what they thought the protocols surrounding walkthrough should be. To build and keep up trust we have followed these staff listed protocols. These protocols ...
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Sunday, September 16th, 2012
Last week I facilitated an Instructional Round at a neighbouring school and tried to embrace some of the principles of Data Wise into the evidentiary analysis of the observations. The initiative was well received so I thought I would share it.
There were 3 groups of principals who observed students in ...
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Tuesday, September 4th, 2012
Last month David Rease Jnr from Harvard visited Elsternwick to view our progress in implementing the Data Wise: Inquiry Approach to Improving Instruction in schools. We were quite chuffed at David's visit and recorded this clip to capture some of his initial observations and reflections.
As you will hear he commented on ...
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Sunday, May 13th, 2012
One of the great privileges Penny and I had at Harvard was the allocation of a dedicated coach (Emma) who assisted us in the preparation of our presentation and helped us determine what the next level of work.
Prior to the presentation Emma organised 3 conference call meetings where we used ...
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Thursday, May 10th, 2012
We are at the end of our time at Harvard having had our presentation both acknowledged by the facility and celebrated by our American colleagues.It felt gooood!
Our thinking was then sharpened over the remainder of the course to focus on the next level of work. Our goal to build teacher ...
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Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
Last Sunday we discovered the Sunday Festival at Harvard where they close the streets and have stalls selling a whole variety of goods (clothing, jewellery, food and lots of other interesting items). We discovered in one street the street chalk drawing competition. Each stall was sponsered by a local business ...
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Saturday, May 5th, 2012
Last night I (and my travelling "mate" and Assistant Principal Penny who is co-presenting at Harvard on Sunday) went to the CELTIC'S final (game 3) at the Boston Gardens. Fantastic!!
The Celtics won in OT by 6 points.
The whole night was just a great experience - from the pre game ...
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Saturday, April 28th, 2012
A few weeks ago we were asked to present our work on changing a school culture whilst engaging with the 'Data Wise' inquiry process at Harvard. It's an honour to be invited for it acknowledges our work and commitment to our school community. We fly out next week and I'll ...
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Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
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I feel a little self indulgent in showing these photos of the historical freedom trial Penny Vanderkruk and I walked over several mornings whilst studying at Harvard last year. However in walking the trail we feel we got a glimpse into why Americans are generally proud of their historical struggles ...
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Monday, January 2nd, 2012
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A few things have cropped up since we returned from the Harvard course in July that I haven't had a chance to share some thoughts about the trip and so being on summer holidays is the perfect opportunity to do just that. I'm hoping that this might bring back some ...
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