Using Play to guide Inquiry

Inquiry and Play

Above and Below the line

Above and BelowA reminder to us all that it is natural to resist and see the negatives .
 One must consciously  choose the positive.
A helpful discussion starter for leadership.

Melbourne Road Trip- Stella Maris Catholic Primary

Stella Maris  Catholic Primary School-  

First impression Principals  office in central open plan circle  close to entrance , library, staffroom .

 Focus on Mentoring and learning Conversations 

• Team Planning once a fortnight.
•  One  day Structure 

1. Focus on data 1 hour analysis
2. Agenda around the table
3. Well-being of students  
4. Paired planning of core areas
5. Observation time 
6. Come back together to share 

• 2 hours per week learning conversations with students or assessment 
• Because  staff overwhelmed by workload. 

Strategise around a problem

Support for staff to solve and work around the problem.

Everybody is in a coaching pair to ensure support for all

human centred design

3 week cycle of improvement- learning,design intervention-design based thinking

Agile schools

Melbourne Graduate School of Education WPA Road Trip

Acclaimed American Neuroscientist, Professor Melina Uncapher will be streaming in from the University of California San Francisco to present some of the leading research in her field.

https://www.forbes.com/…/nine-lessons-from-brain-science-…/…

Health and Wellbeing Survey

pdf File Principals Survey

Note Recommendations as per  HES

•  increased Leadership as for 2019
• high level of collegial support present
• BOT encourages involvement with professional support networks and PL opportunities
• Leadership team takes time to debrief each other and others involved if traumatic or similar incident - eg abusive parent/child 
• New structure gives opportunities for debriefing.
•  Attempt to keep working hours term time 41-60 hours
• Steady increase from 2016-2018 in cognitive/emotional  demands
• Increase in mental health needs of students and whanau