Building on from your previous workshop on using data with Mo, we turned our attention to applying the key messages from his workshop to priority learners and barriers to learning. At the start of the workshop we revisited the questions Mo raised at the end of his presentation: What were the key messages that stood…

There is a growing emphasis on school leaders’ use of data to make informed-decisions about improvement. Both the National Educational Leadership Priorities and the Leadership Strategy identify the use of data as a key driver/capability for improving the quality of teaching and learning. Gathering and sharing data during the pandemic was also important for schools…

Have you ever wanted to introduce something new in your school but been faced with what feels like ‘resistance to change’. Do you wonder why people sometimes say they are keen to try something new but nothing actually changes? In this session we explored how perceptions of risk can get in the way of change…

Middle leaders play a crucial role in shaping collaborative decision-making processes. They look out from their ‘team’ as an advocate and look in to their ‘team’ as a shaper of collaborative processes. With an acknowledgement of perceived capacity levels (our last session of term one), we looked into three interrelated considerations regarding collaborative decision-making: classifying…

At the end of the second workshop, we asked how you get a ‘measure’ of well-being and capacity across the staff and students. Being well means we are more likely to learn well, individually, collectively and collaboratively. As we approach the latter part of the first term – How much ‘giving capacity’ is across the…

Over the last two years we have been learning to live with disruption. For many of us the degree of disruption is perhaps unprecedented. At times it may seem like we are continually in a storm of unpredictable and fluid events. We may not be able to control the environment around us, but one thing…

At the heart of wayfinding is focusing on all the signs available to you. With so many unknowns still around us as we venture into 2022, we will be weaving some of Professor Chellie Spiller’s work on Wayfinding Leadership into our workshops. We encourage you to watch her introduce Wayfinding Leadership here before this first…

We are in transition and possibly a critical juncture in world history. Netolicky (2020) uses the terms, old normal, new normal, and next normal. Some may be between the old normal and new normal as schools adapt once again. It is important we engage with each other in that space between old and new (current…

There is no doubt we are presently experiencing major disruption and the indications are that this will continue. As schools plan for a hopeful return of their students and staff sometime in term four, two foci become paramount; resilience and well-being. This pre-recorded workshop focuses on how can we possibly minimise ourselves adding to the…

Inquiry is something leaders and educators are expected to engage with yet it can be challenging. Humans are hard-wired to make assumptions and jump to conclusions. In this session we will explore what genuine inquiry means, why it matters, and what makes it difficult. We will practice some strategies to help ourselves and others engage…