2. My Question …
How can I affect the most
change for the betterment
of students?
3. The Answer …
By Mentoring and Coaching
teachers I can affect several
classrooms of children at
once.
4. What is a Leader?
“Before you are a leader, success is all
about growing yourself.
When you become a leader, success is
all about growing others” Jack Welch
(Former CEO of General Electrical)
5. Leadership Experience
Associate Principal – Tikorangi School
Head of Juniors – Tikorangi School
Elected onto various BOT for 4 cycles – Including being
on Policy, Property, Employment and Health and Safety sub-committees
Tutor teacher
Appraisal observations
Provided Guidance to returning teacher
Professional Learning Group Leader
Introduced and Lead PB4L into Tikorangi School
6. Experience Continued …
Lead Maori and Kapa Haka – taken groups to
compete in Puanga Festival (Taranaki Competition)
Directed and Produced 4 large scale productions,
(each involving between 130 – 150 students)
SENCO – co-ordinating agencies, writing IEPs
Asked to work alongside Anne Purves (Consortium
for Professional Learning), in our School, to observe
and guide teachers in their inquiries of “Assessment
to Learn”
Head of many curriculum areas: Maori, Music,
Science, Literacy, Numeracy, Junior ICT
7. Leadership Beliefs
Relationships are fundamental to being a good
leader.
Leaders need to be flexible - open to ideas
Leaders need to create a vision and inspire passion.
As a leader you articulate the vision and
support others to execute it.
8. My Skills and Disposition
Good communicator
Collaborative – work alongside others
Collegial and Respectful
Will have the “difficult conversations” when needed
Enthusiastic – always looking for ways to improve my own
teaching, other’s teaching and systems within the school – all
for the betterment of the kids
Open to new challenges and experiences
Resilient and reflective – I learn from my
experiences and move forward with resilience
9. Treaty of Waitangi
Maori learning and succeeding as Maori
Develop the Bi-cultural foundations of
Aoteraroa
Build partnerships between Schools, our
Maori community,
Whanau and Akonga
Protect the treaty
and its rights
10. Showcase – Maori talents
- that outside of National Standards
Value and Promote Maori Culture –
By teaching Te Reo Maori ona Tikanga
(to all children).
11. Future Focused Schools
• We need to develop a generation that:
• Ask questions, Inquires, Designs and modifies
solutions and then think “So what?”
Education can no
longer be “Open the
head up and stuff
knowledge in”!
12. Key Competencies
Are the key to learning in every area and
the keys to life-long learning.
To build future –focused learners we need
to make the
Key Competencies
underpin all learning.
13. Future Focused Learning
Modern Learning Environments
Cater to a ever-growing diverse range of
students
Learning need to be based on “real life”
Needs to be skills based
Needs to build digital capability
Focus on Sustainability, Enterprise,
Globalisation and Citizenship.
14. Ka Kite
Ma mua ka kite a muri, ma muri ka Ora a mua.
Those who lead give sight to those who follow,
those behind give life to those ahead.
