Christchurch New Zealand October 2009
Integrating new technologies to empower learning and transform leadership

Competent Adults
Competent Kids
Dr Cheryl Doig
Integrating new technologies to empower learning and transform leadership

Learning Intentions
• To explore ‘relating to others’ as it applies
to the adults in your organisation
• To develop strategies to encourage the
development of interpersonal skills with
those we lead
• To practice relating to others!

Kiwi Leadership
Relationships built
on trust are
developed when
principals respect
and care for others
and consistently
“walk the talk”.

You as leader…
• The power of
language
• The importance of
conflict
• Cross functional
teams

www.plotpd.com

Ideas Harvest
What do you want to know about:
• How are you embedding kcs into daily
practice?
• How do you get ongoing feedback from
students?

Link to survey

Capacity building
• Resilient - you do
people a disservice
when you do the
work for them
• How do you
encourage people to
think for themselves?
• Learning
conversations

Learning Talk is…
ANALYTICAL CRITICAL CHALLENGING
Analysis of Evaluates Making change
evidence of impact
the impact of based on
of teaching
practice on student teaching analysis &
learning outcomes. practice on critique. All talk
Evidence based student challenges
talk that enables learning colleagues to
teachers to judge based on justify and/or
their own
analysis change practice
effectiveness
Adapted from Annan, Lai &
Robinson 2003
With recognition to Roween Higgie,
Principal of Remuera School

Eustress
Support Challenge

A Professional Learning
Community
1. •Provide opportunities for staff to work in a
range of groupings and collaborations
2. •Actively foster perspective taking & diversity
3. •Sharing vision, values and norms with
appropriate accountability
4. •Encourages systems thinking/holonomy
5. •Mutual trust, recognition and support
6. •Encourage inclusive membership
Key Competencies document

Questions?

For more information…
www.thinkbeyond.co.nz
c.doig@thinkbeyond.co.nz