Leadership news

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This page keeps you up-to-date with information and material about leadership. Visit often, as new material is added regularly. Look for the new! icon throughout the Leadership area.

New! Overcoming obstacles to leadership
This article by Susan Moore Johnstone and Morgaen L. Donaldson speaks directly to the experience of many lead teachers. It deals with the complex issues facing aspiring leaders and looks at the issues of setting up professional learning communities and the importance of creating positive supportive teaching environments.
Download a copy of the article, and consider reflective questions to guide your reading of it.
http://www.leadspace.govt.nz/leadership/articles/overcoming-obstacles-leadership.php

New! Great Expectations
This article by Steve Munby ‘provides useful discussion for leadership teams. This report from a very low decile school in the UK shows how the school leadership team committed themselves to turning the school around and improving the learning experiences of all children.
Download a copy of the article, and consider reflective questions to guide your reading of it.
http://www.leadspace.govt.nz/leadership/articles/great-expectations.php

Michael Fullan Spring Seminars: October and November 2008
Michael Fullan returns to New Zealand next month to lead seminars on The Six Secrets of Change throughout the country. Click here to find out more about the seminars and to download a registration form.
http://www.leadspace.govt.nz/leadership/events/#oct08

Creating culturally-safe schools for Māori students
This article presents findings from its authors – Angus Macfarlane, Ted Glynn, Tom Cavanagh, and Sonja Bateman – about ways to create culturally safe classrooms in New Zealand schools. In particular, it focuses on ways in which teachers and schools can create inclusive environments for Māori students. The authors remind us that all students benefit from being in culturally inclusive classrooms.
Download a copy of the article, and consider reflective questions to guide your reading of it.
http://www.leadspace.govt.nz/leadership/articles/creating-culturally.php

As part of a long-term strategy focused on building leadership capacity in New Zealand schools, the Ministry of Education has a number of initiatives that provide support and development for principals, senior management, and other school leaders. This link takes you to information on each of those initiatives.
http://www.leadspace.govt/leadership/news/initiatives.php

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