Monthly Archives: June 2012

Susan McLean presents on cyber safety at Elsternwick PS.

Last week as part of Education Week we held our second parent and teacher forum on cyber safety. The presenter for this session was Susan McLean. We had 50 parents attend Susan’s presentation and this combined with the first cyber … Continue reading

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Personalising is really an outcome of differentiation: points to note for educators

At a recent regional Principal conference I heard Vic Zbar, an educational consultant based in Victoria; speak about personalising teaching and learning. Personalising learning he put it was really an outcome of differentiation. Vic then made a number of points I … Continue reading

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School Autonomy

Recently I heard Jim Spinks speak on school autonomy. He described autonomy as a moving beast for it means different things depending upon where you are in Australia or around the world and what is politically happening at the time. … Continue reading

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Knowing our core work

Recently I heard Major General Jim Molan, a retired Army officer who served in the Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan wars talk about leadership. He opened with the observation that the army and schools have something in common – they both … Continue reading

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Staff Achievements.

Last week I presented 3 staff members with certificates for the successful completion of the Data Wise 2 online course from Harvard. We had the certificates framed and presented them with a book to acknowledge their efforts. In the meeting feedback it … Continue reading

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