Winter will be here tomorrow so this is a good checkpoint to stop and reflect. I'm celebrating the fact that I'm not studying at the moment and that I've thus had more time with my class and to concentrate on the kids' learning. I'm really enjoying the work I'm doing with my focus group kids at the moment, particularly in maths, as the kids are responding so well.
It was exciting to finish MindLab, having developed a different perspective, and be moving into yet another phase of our great profession. Learning and teaching is a challenging business to be in and I'm always growing as a result. Learning alongside some great teachers over the past year has given me different experiences and I feel grateful for all my learning.
Looking back on times like these I wonder where I'd like to head next.
I particularly enjoyed studying and stretching myself into new learning territory. I'm still interested in taking on a TeachNZ study award to try to go further with my learning. I'm really interested in Leadership and in Change Initiatives in particular. I had some interesting conversations with my ex-Principal, Nik House last week, when I visited him, and would love to continue to learn from him and his experiences. He had a lot of important information to share and I would be interested in how I could best utilise this knowledge over the course of our change toward modern learning environments at GisInt in the future. Collaborative teaching could be a great move for many of us.... AND will need significant scaffolding, support and inquiry learning processes to be in place in order for us to be successful.
He mentioned Michael Fullan, who writes on change leadership, so that will be an interesting next step.
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