Monthly Archives: June 2010

What are the challenges of working in flexible spaces?

Posted on June 29, 2010 by mwalker

New flexible learning environments are being built in schools as rate never seen before [and given the country’s debt probably never again] in this country. The ‘Building the Education Revolution’ Commonwealth Government initiative was part of Australia’s economic recession proofing … Continue reading →

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Is there an execution gap between our goals and actions?

Posted on June 15, 2010 by mwalker

I’ve been reflecting lately on our strategic plan which lists a number of worthwhile actions and improvement goals. I know the goals as the principal as I interact with the plan on a regular basis but I wonder if  they … Continue reading →

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Social Media – need a reason to change – here it is!

Posted on June 10, 2010 by mwalker

Thanks to Durff’s Blog in the States I found this clip that is essential viewing for teachers struggling to reason why we need to adapt our practices to embed the use of technology – in Victoria called the Ultranet.

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Cybersafety sessions come to Elsternwick Primary.

Posted on June 10, 2010 by mwalker

This week our assistant principal Demos [pictured on the right] in consultation with 3 other local schools coordinated a series of cyberbullying workshops from ACMA [Australian Communications and Media Authority] for staff , students and parents. The staff session was … Continue reading →

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Teachers not getting quality feedback and recognition

Posted on June 1, 2010 by mwalker

I have just finished hearing a report on the state of teacher performance reviews in Australia completed by the Grattan Institute. Its a fairly controversial report as reported in the education review, ABC in South Australia, Australia ‘fails in teacher … Continue reading →

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Support in schools arguments

Posted on June 1, 2010 by mwalker

This is the second post on the issue of support for teachers. In the previous post “What constitutes support for a teacher?” I set the scene that we have been re conceiving our workforce plan with the loss of 50% … Continue reading →

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