Middle Leaders 2024

 Supplementary Course

5 Maehe 2024

Self Reflection on Leadership and What it Means:

Reflecting on our own leadership helps us to become better leaders. 

• What do you believe leadership is?

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  Strong relationships

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  Being approachable

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  Trusted

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  Supportive

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  Best interests of all

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  Effective communication

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  Being able to see the big picture and the details

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• Who has influenced you as a leader?

Greer Doidge - One of my first mentor teachers when I was a beginning teacher. Knew her stuff, great fun and always keen on a laugh but also highly professional. Gave me some of the best feedback and feed forward that I have had in my career. 

• What aspects of educational leadership do you think are the most important?

For me, trust is a big one at the moment. Honesty in being able to question things or share things and kow that it is a safe space. I think in educational leadership, you need to have the tamariki at the centre of all that you do. Sift through what is not important. See the learner as a developing person not just the kid in your class/school for however long. 

With your own situation in mind. Look below at the qualities of middle leadership

Select and write down 4 things that you do well and often as a middle leader and think of three that you would like to give more thought to.

Cultural Responsive Practice

What is the aim of culturally responsive practice?

Patara, 2012 P50

Relationships are key.

Purpose: Affirm or challenge what we do at school. 

Watched video of Brigham Riwai-Couch. Was hard watching the first time and is emotional watching it again...so I 

10 Ways to Teach Me

1) Have no other goal other than to teach me.

2) Have high expectations and believe I can and will achieve.

3) Don't underestimate the importance of pronouncing Māori words correctly.

4) Show whakawhanaungatanga - Relationships.

5) Honour the Treaty as the principles apply to education.

6) Don't kill my wairua, belittle me or put me down.

7) Design and deliver lessons to engage me. 

8) Use our culture and identity as an asset in the classroom.

9) Know that achieve is good, merit is better, excellence should be the target.

10) Understand that one size does not fit all.

Need teachers who try, and try and try again.

Learning From the Middle

Leadership needs to be distributed. 

Māori Whānau Hui 2024

It has been a long time since we held a Māori Whānau Hui so it is great to be doing one this year. I am really looking forward to meeting with some of our whānau and hearing about what they want from us and how we can work together to get the best possible outcomes for our Māori students.