Archive for June, 2010
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
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 strategy.
In talking with the builders and the various sub ...
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Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
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 are remembered by everyone at school? The goals are not displayed ...
Posted in Accountability, Leadership, school | 2 Comments »
Thursday, June 10th, 2010
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.
Posted in school, Ultranet, Video Clips | 2 Comments »
Thursday, June 10th, 2010
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 well attended and the presentation was very informative. Several points resonated ...
Posted in cyberbullying, school, Teaching, Uncategorized | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
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 evaluation' in the Sydney Morning Herald
Australia 'fails in teacher evaluation' on Channel 7 ...
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Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
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% of our substantive leaders in the school over the last ...
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