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Principal Possum: October 2014
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This blog is about my life. My life consists of working as Principal of Hobsonville Point Secondary School, doing crazy sports and recreational pursuits with the Opotiki Opossums and anyone else and keeping an eye on what my family is up to. They all surprise me. Monday, October 27, 2014. How might we .Thinking about paddling in unison. Thinking about paddling the waka, not only in the same direction, but also in unison! As well, Claire and I were fortunate to spend a day talking with Ewan McIntosh.
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Principal Possum: May 2015
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This blog is about my life. My life consists of working as Principal of Hobsonville Point Secondary School, doing crazy sports and recreational pursuits with the Opotiki Opossums and anyone else and keeping an eye on what my family is up to. They all surprise me. Sunday, May 24, 2015. I almost didn't go to the launch of David Hood's book, The Rhetoric and The Reality: New Zealand schools and schooling in the 21st century. 17 years ago) encouraged me to introduce 3 Day Wananga, 100 Minute Learning Periods...
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Principal Possum: How Might We Align NCEA With Our Vision
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This blog is about my life. My life consists of working as Principal of Hobsonville Point Secondary School, doing crazy sports and recreational pursuits with the Opotiki Opossums and anyone else and keeping an eye on what my family is up to. They all surprise me. Friday, April 3, 2015. How Might We Align NCEA With Our Vision. This report solidified my own resolve to not lead a school that contributed to this situation. I then moved on to finding the courage to stick with this moral purpose. Of co...The p...
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Principal Possum: Rhetoric and Reality
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This blog is about my life. My life consists of working as Principal of Hobsonville Point Secondary School, doing crazy sports and recreational pursuits with the Opotiki Opossums and anyone else and keeping an eye on what my family is up to. They all surprise me. Sunday, May 24, 2015. I almost didn't go to the launch of David Hood's book, The Rhetoric and The Reality: New Zealand schools and schooling in the 21st century. 17 years ago) encouraged me to introduce 3 Day Wananga, 100 Minute Learning Periods...
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Principal Possum: Life in the Pit Lane
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This blog is about my life. My life consists of working as Principal of Hobsonville Point Secondary School, doing crazy sports and recreational pursuits with the Opotiki Opossums and anyone else and keeping an eye on what my family is up to. They all surprise me. Sunday, May 3, 2015. Life in the Pit Lane. It's tough work moving through the establishment of a new school, especially when driven by the desire to lead the way in reshaping what secondary schooling needs to be like to retain its relevancy.
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Principal Possum: January 2015
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This blog is about my life. My life consists of working as Principal of Hobsonville Point Secondary School, doing crazy sports and recreational pursuits with the Opotiki Opossums and anyone else and keeping an eye on what my family is up to. They all surprise me. Monday, January 26, 2015. I have managed to get through three of them. The first was Grant Lichtman's #Edjourney: A Roadmap to the Future of Education. Project-based learning, flipped classrooms, design thinking, expeditions, collaborative work ...
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Principal Possum: April 2015
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This blog is about my life. My life consists of working as Principal of Hobsonville Point Secondary School, doing crazy sports and recreational pursuits with the Opotiki Opossums and anyone else and keeping an eye on what my family is up to. They all surprise me. Monday, April 20, 2015. Behaviour Management and Leading with Shared Responsibility. Because we have some understanding of the teenager and their brain we apply the Warm and Demanding approach in full knowledge that teenagers will push against t...
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Principal Possum: July 2015
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This blog is about my life. My life consists of working as Principal of Hobsonville Point Secondary School, doing crazy sports and recreational pursuits with the Opotiki Opossums and anyone else and keeping an eye on what my family is up to. They all surprise me. Sunday, July 19, 2015. Learning and Leadership Inquiries. These are the 2 "How Might I? S" we settled on. How might I consistently exhibit warm and demanding practices in my leadership of staff? Every Monday morning I have a 15 minute slot at Ki...
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Principal Possum: It's Not Only The Kids Who Learn Here!
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This blog is about my life. My life consists of working as Principal of Hobsonville Point Secondary School, doing crazy sports and recreational pursuits with the Opotiki Opossums and anyone else and keeping an eye on what my family is up to. They all surprise me. Monday, May 18, 2015. It's Not Only The Kids Who Learn Here! Super Heroes at Work! I have grown to love the elegance of timetabling! Such a timetable always resulted in comments such as , "I'd really like to do that but the timetable wont let me!