Daily Archives: June 10, 2012

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

Posted on June 10, 2012 by mwalker

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

Posted on June 10, 2012 by mwalker

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

Posted on June 10, 2012 by mwalker

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.

Posted on June 10, 2012 by mwalker

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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