Mark's Learning Log- Harvard Data Wise Institute in Melbourne January 28, 2024Last week 19 school teams came to Melbourne during the last week of school holidays to attend a 5 day Harvard Data Wise Institute. There were long 8 hours days of intensive learning where participants shared their ‘why’ stories with … Continue reading →mwalker
- Jez – the old chestnut – ability grouping or streaming – is still being touted as a solution to falling standards! January 5, 2024Sorry Natasha, education editor for the Australian Newspaper, wrote a recent article on the state of education in Australia using the results of the recent PISA tests to say that our students are bored out of their brains at school, … Continue reading →mwalker
- Harvard Data Wise Institute in Melbourne January 28, 2024
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Category Archives: Industrial Issues
Schools hit by Principal Shortage
I don’t often copy an article published by a local newspaper but on this issue, one I’m passionate about and not just for self-interest reasons, I feel its important to it put out there for general community discussion. VICTORIAN government … Continue reading
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Hard lessons for better leadership
I’ve been feeling a mixture of guilt, fatigue and overload over the past month as I grapple with work commitments and university study so the blog has gone somewhat quiet of late. But I couldn’t help notice this article by Professor … Continue reading
Posted in Industrial Issues, Instruction, Leadership, school, school structures, Uncategorized
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pink on performance pay
I was watching question time in Federal Parliament the other night having arrived home from a late school council meeting. I know you must be thinking – what question time? There was a question put to one of the ministers … Continue reading
League tables
Over the past week newspapers all over Australia have featured articles and editorials on the Federal Governments new tax payer funded website “My School” which will allow parents [and others] to see how their schools rates against the national average … Continue reading
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Tagged http://www.education.vic.gov.au/aboutschool/schoolreports/default.htm, http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/mortarboard/2009/dec/01/primary-league-tables-unfair, http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/schools-to-get-online-grading/story-e6frf7l6-1225823472962, http://www.myschool.edu.au/, http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/parents-tick-school-data-site-20100123-mrqn.html, http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/teachers-to-make-stand-on-ranking-20100118-mgoq.html, http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/website-to-expose-coasting-schools-20100125-muhr.html, http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/editorial/testing-time-for-teachers-20100120-mlnv.html, http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/why-school-league-tables-will-not-work/story-e6frg6zo-1225822680095
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Principal’s unhappy with “deal” and stop work.
On Wednesday the Australian Principal’s Federation [APF] called a stop work over the proposed industrial agreement. Its the first time anyone could remember principal class officers taking industrial action as a group. I took this image at the stop work … Continue reading
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