We are at the beginning,
Final Outcome, how will we know that the education system has succeeded?
Caring, capable, articulate, reflective, contributing, gracious citizens, answer from Year 8 Students.
Secondary school format, certain number of teaching spaces, certain number of teachers(specialist), certain number of students, certain number of curriculum areas. Subject packages. You get a monster thing of a tyrant of a timetable.
Core function of a school is learning.
What influences Learning?
Social (40%)
Personal(40%)
School (20%)
13% of a students year is spent at school, taking in the hours each day.
Thinking Thursday, David Hargresly?
iNET organsation...
project must be at leat 6 months...
I will be honest, I fell asleep, too much drinking and a late night at the conference dinner last night.
Though I did wake up when he started talking about how teachers teach, and how teachers learn, there is a link between them
End Note Tony Ryan
Excuse spelling and grammar etc…live blogging this as I go….My notes…
Inspiring Classrooms
Saying exact words - for this stage of the conference you’re looking sensational
What is a “Keynote”?
SOngline - series of songs and chants from Aboriginal culture? What is our global songline in education?.. Pathway to be inspiring in classrooms.
“Exercise your Goosebumps” in terms of inspiring our classrooms
What will I implement from this conference?
What 3 main comcepts/processes/ideas are you most likely to take further?
Will they measurably enhance your students’ learning?
Will they support your present great practises?
Can you pay respect to your Self while implementing them?
How to I put it into practise?
What could you do?
what will you do?
How and when will you do this?
HOw will you maintain??
Other follow up options
De-brief by next Wednesday - go back to my blogs and write a reflection of the conference and what I have got from it.
Build the conference material into your professional dialogue
Find a life coach - find someone who can challenge me to be the best I can be!!!
How can I stay inspired throughout this ongoing learning
Systems and schools; Classrooms; YOU
What is inspriation/: Enthusiasm, passion, purpose, spirit
Systems and Schools
Practise ‘abandonment’ - drop things that aren’t working
Understand that you ARE the system - one teacher can change to whole school for the positive or negative - we all count
Develop sustainable practises -
Create Green Light environments - red light vs green light thinking - I can do environments
Classroom
Promote intellectual rigour
Encourage IBL
Be EXPLICIT - tick off the learning for the lesson with the kids
Help students to create solutions
Personally, locally and globally
Students Against Landmines, Schoolaid, global ideas bank
Own Inspiration
Second life, Third life, Fourth life
Who do you know who is truly inspiring?
Why is that person so inspiring?
What’s your score for ATTITUDE?
Maintain high energy levels
It’s not hard work
Fuel body so works as good as possible
Focus on the positive and meditative practises
Having depth, substance in life - give everything to life
Is it possible to be inspiring most (all) of the time?
Put a pen between your teeth and move your lips away from the pen so that they aren’t touching.
Young monk approaches the wise old monk…why do we have bto be celibate?,,,,two days later….It says celebrate……
Tell people the good things in life and education.
Be a mexican sky dancer…..
“Be the change you wish to see in the world”…Ghandi
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