Category Archives: Leadership

2006 PISA results from an Australian Perspective

Posted on January 25, 2008 by mwalker

ACER has just published a national report on the PISA results from an Australian perspective. Schools from all sectors and states are selected to complete the tests. Overall the results are very good in scientific, reading and mathematics literacy and compare … Continue reading →

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head teachers

Posted on January 25, 2008 by mwalker

I was looking at a colleagues blog from the UK recently and saw this cartoon attached to an entry about why head teachers were paid more than teachers. http://libertonheadsblog.blogspot.com/

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We only think when we are confronted with problems.

Posted on January 25, 2008 by mwalker

The title of the article comes from a quote by John Dewey [1859 – 1952] an American philosopher who is widely renowned as a leader in the progressive educational reforms of the 20th century. At this week’s leadership meeting, the first … Continue reading →

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Filling up the Energy Tank over Summer Holidays

Posted on January 15, 2008 by mwalker

This picture was taken on one of my long walks near Point Leo in low tide. Point Leo is an ocean beach in Western Port, Victoria. Each year we teachers seem to cross the line at the end of the school … Continue reading →

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A communication challenge – using the school newsletter!

Posted on December 13, 2007 by mwalker

One of the challenges leaders in school face is to explain, even market to parents why changes occur. I was faced with such a challenge recently as I published the 2008 school structures in the school newsletter. For four years we … Continue reading →

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PISA Results out

Posted on December 11, 2007 by mwalker

Thanks to Don Ledingham blog I have been altered to the 2007 PISA results being published which are worth a look. In summary the results remained flat across most OECD countries. Australia showed some improvement in Science with a 7th ranking when … Continue reading →

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Ipods and podcasts the tools of leadership

Posted on December 11, 2007 by mwalker

I was walking laps around one of my local parks this morning at 6.30 am listening to a podcast of Peter Senge talking about the relationship between business and school and it struck me how the tools of leadership have … Continue reading →

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Learning by Heart

Posted on December 6, 2007 by mwalker

  I’m currently rereading a book by Roland Barth titiled “Learning by Heart” which I think makes a number of relevant comments for me about school reform from a very practical perspective. I also think his quotes are great: e.g.  “Experience … Continue reading →

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Creating relevant curriculum for 21st century leaners

Posted on November 28, 2007 by mwalker

Kath Murdoch has been supporting us here at Elsternwick Primary over the past three years as we make great strides forward in developing  deep, meaningful and engaging inquiry units of learning for students. For those interested in learning more about what makes a … Continue reading →

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