6th+June+Mtg

A big thank you to St Andrew's Middle School for a great venue, great food and a great welcome.

A big thank you also to Jo Wilson for her session on leadership. I'm sure there was food for thought for all there - that is certainly evidenced from the evaluations. A copy of Jo's presentation will be available here shortly.

The afternoon session on application of the workshop session to the cluster programme, and responsibilities of key personnel will be important for each of you to follow through in the remaining time available - be that 6 months or 30 months or anything in between. Remember this is about whole school change and sustainable growth through the establishment of a network of schools with common goals and aspirations and a commitment to this purpose. Every teacher has a responsibility for that, but all principals, the project director and the facilitator(s) play a crucial role that should not be delegated to others. No matter who leads the change, these people need to retain the responsibility and accountability for success. That is what you signed agreement with the MoE and / or the lead school to undertake.

The notes from the session will be provided here by Barbara Reid.

Leadership for the Cluster
>make connections for teachers >seeing the big picture
 * Develop ethic / ethos of professional dialogue about learning
 * Beliefs, values about learning – collaborative storytelling / conversation about a teachers philosophy How does this translate into teaching practice?
 * Collect initial data as well as progress. Opportunities for teachers to reflect.
 * Students articulate their values and beliefs about learning ==> does this fit with actual practice
 * Recording student voice ==> and how this matches with teacher practice
 * Dialogue re citizenship ==> from ME to us
 * Modelling
 * Leadership Cluster wide
 * School networks open and easily accessible (web2.0 sites not blocked)
 * Safe practices for use of internet
 * Developing a trust environment amongst all learners -Norm setting, protocols
 * All schools contribute to milestones
 * Transparency and specific purpose / focus
 * Setting aside competitiveness / suspend judgement
 * Workshop strategies
 * Ladder of inference ( see Sue @ Ohaupo) Management meeting strategy for difficult conversations
 * Develop scaffolding
 * Shared, distributed leadership, all being heard
 * Varied diet of approaches / strategies and inclusiveness
 * Communication – disseminate to all schools
 * Transferring information / knowledge to classroom practice
 * Project director responsible for systems within the cluster i.e. Principals attendance at meetings / buy in = PD role
 * Opportunities for the management team to model reflective practice
 * Lead teacher links information and encourages transfer of new learning into the school / PD for lead teachers
 * Memorandum of Understanding – define roles, delegations and systems
 * Accountability / commitment from principals
 * Expectations for all