Monthly Archives: September 2008

Leadership Footprints

Posted on September 26, 2008 by mwalker

  I’m on holidays in Queensland this week for a break before the final term which is usually jammed packed full of tasks. Next week Sarah, the assistant principal, and I are presenting a research paper on our instructional leadership … Continue reading →

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This is Captain Kirk of the USS Enterprise calling CERN

Posted on September 11, 2008 by mwalker

I have been watching the live feed from CERN on the worlds first Hadron Collider. The live set in the world’s largest particle physics laboratory explains how this marvel of engineering works. I get that this is a significant moment … Continue reading →

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School improvement is not unlike peeling an onion – the jouney is layered and may produce tears .

Posted on September 11, 2008 by mwalker

  At most weekly leadership meetings we agenda a discussion on a published research paper distributed and read prior to meeting and this week it was the 90/90/90 Schools: A Case Study article. The article written by two journalists was based on research … Continue reading →

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Coaching – Teaching – similar stories.

Posted on September 8, 2008 by mwalker

Anyway after the Fathers day movie my son Mitchell and I were at basketball training with the Melbourne Tigers Junior Club and a well known coach was watching me work on Mitchell’s shooting technique. There are three courts open to everyone to … Continue reading →

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Turning on the lights in a dark room.

Posted on September 8, 2008 by mwalker

This Fathers Day I was spoilt with a cooked breakfast, a lazy morning watching a not so old movie and midday basketball training. The not so old movie was Freedom Writers staring Hilary Swank. For those of you not familiar with this … Continue reading →

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Sport with your kids

Posted on September 5, 2008 by mwalker

Last weekend I went skiing with my kids [the first two in the picture] at Mt Buller. Skiing is one of those sports that you can do together and all weekend I kept on wanting to pinch myself saying “how good is this?” Whether … Continue reading →

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Maths materials – tools or manipulatives? A walkthrough query.

Posted on September 4, 2008 by mwalker

Readers of my blog will know that we have Michaal Ymer, an educator with a focus on maths, coaching teachers in classrooms. Michael early on in his work with us presented three main messages: students need maths materials to manipulate so … Continue reading →

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Is personalised learning the holy grail?

Posted on September 2, 2008 by mwalker

I was watching the Da Vinci Code movie the other night and got to pondering was the holy grail that so many knights had fought to find and in some cases protect, in fact Mary Magdalene’s sepulchre as the Dan Brown’s … Continue reading →

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500 Years of Women in Art

Posted on September 1, 2008 by mwalker

  Thanks to John Connells work I have found a great blog for the art lovers by Phillip Scott Johnson. Women in art featues 500 famous paintings which have all been listed.

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