Facilitation Handbook designed to assist you collaborate with your staff in new learning for your students.

1. TOWARDS A WORLD LEADING EDUCATION SYSTEM - FIELDBOOK of FACILITATION RESOURCES
TOWARDS A WORLD
LEADING EDUCATION
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
SYSTEM
Cliff Edmeades has been a teacher, Head of Department,
Dean, Deputy Principal and Principal. He is the past Principal of
of FACILITATION RESOURCES
Rutherford College. He has also had the experience of being Acting Principal
at Orewa College and Waitakere College.
FIELDBOOK
Over the past four years, Cliff has been a consultant working for the Ministry of
Education providing services to Boards, Principals and their Staff. He has worked in
both rural and city schools including Wharekura.
Cliff has worked part-time for the University of Auckland Team Solutions over the
past three years in their Leadership and Management Team and in that capacity has
undertaken work with schools in Northland, Auckland and Waikato at the Principal,
Deputy Principal and Assistant Principal and Staff levels. KEY RESEARCH AND CONCEPTS TO ASSIST YOU TO
UNDERSTAND CONTEXTUALISE INTEGRATE AND
Several chapters have been “field trialled” with Principal groups and have proved IMPLEMENT REFORM OF EDUCATION
to be stimulating and enjoyable and have sparked a good deal of helpful sharing of
contextualised ideas.
What do people say about him and his work?
“Do not tell us any more! We have excellent material MOVING FROM:
here to keep us going for ages”. WHAT the research says to
WHO centred on our students and
“Thank you for the new insights and understanding Cliff”.
WHERE next in our contextualised holistic response
“Love the pictures and the diagrams – they give a CLIFF EDMEADES - MA (Hons), Dip Tchg A.F.N.Z.I.M
comprehensive picture on one sheet of paper”.
“You have a wonderful energetic optimism
combined with genuine kindness”.
CLIFF EDMEADES
MA (Hons), Dip Tchg A.F.N.Z.I.M

2. This Fieldbook is necessarily superficial in terms of discussion of the significance ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
of many of the research findings. It is not designed as an academic critique,
Dr. John Edwards, for his work with me and my staff colleagues
but an attempt to focus on the heart of each matter it deals with. It is designed
to give leading learners some facilitation exercises to stimulate the thinking of Pam Hook, for her work in leading learning about personalised pathways
the team around them with respect to the issue raised in each chapter. using technology and in the Key Competence of thinking
Professor John Hattie, for his stimulating research and leadership
Hopefully someone in that team will be led to research a chosen issue more
deeply on behalf of the team through the lens of YOUR students so that the David Hargreaves, for a new take on Curriculum development
issue becomes deeply contextualised.
Professor Russell Bishop, for his investigation into what student voice
has to tell us about cultural connectedness
This Fieldbook is designed to be the starting point for deeper exploration of an
issue which seems to be critical in responding to the data you have collected Ngaire Harris, for our mutual learning and resource sharing
about your learners.
Gayle Britten, for her thoughtful, supportive, approach to leadership and
challenges
You are confronting the challenge to find out:
My colleagues at Team Solutions for their stimulus and sharing of ideas
• The next steps for us as leading learners; and
My dear wife, Dianne, for her unfailing enthusiastic support
• The next steps for our learners.
My family, for their unerring support and thoughtful and often encouraging
The aim in each section is to: commentary
• Identify where that topic fits into the bigger picture; My daughter, Kirsten, for her patience, and skills in editing and formatting
• Point you to some relevant Research; and The researcher/writers of the BEST EVIDENCE SYNTHESES
• Provide some facilitation tools to help your team understand and A host of academic researchers whose ideas have provided thoughtful
stimulus
contextualise that aspect into your planning and delivery.
Leading Learners are well aware of the “what” but need help to discern where Where should you turn for help in facilitation?
they are up to on their learning journey within the context of their school.
Your local University
This volume comes about because of several learning journeys I have taken as Your Principals’ Centre
a leading learner in three schools and as a Consultant and as a University Team
Solutions Facilitator. Your Principals’ Groups
Consultants
This work is a compilation of material from various attributed researchers.
Various providers such as:
The commentary on and interpretation of the implications of the research and
the Facilitation Exercises are entirely the work of the author. This resource The Kohia Teachers’ Centre
can be photocopied within the school for which the Fieldbook was purchased. Private Bag 99946, Newmarket, (09) 6238977
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Printed and published for C.R. Edmeades the holder Learning Network NZ
of the Intellectual Property Rights. P O Box 21705, Henderson, (09) 8350912
Both these organisations have been enthusiastic about this Facilitation
Contact: 56 Cherub Place, West Harbour, Auckland 0618 Fieldbook for what it contains and for the support it offers Leading Learners
Email: edmeades@ihug.co.nz to explore learning possibilities with their colleagues in these institutions.