Edchange Global

Join me at https://www.edchangeglobal.com/ for a celebration of Global Change in Education. Choose from a vast array of presentations – including mine, which discusses the need for building relationships before reporting on learning progress. The link to my presentation is https://edchangeglobal.sched.com/event/03af2a497d47eea4bcd1b3493fae8921 and you can access resources to it in the previous blog post. I hope …

Developing community before writing reports

How often have you made it through the year to the parent-teacher-learner conference and are meeting a parent for the first time? I am guilty of this in the past, but think the approach in the video below has supported change in this area. I have a video as a walk through and the initial …

Learner Expectations

I have been reading about Pisa recently, and some of the findings of the most recent maths assessment. Of note, is the difference between how some countries manage learners who are behind their peers. The most successful countries seem to follow one basic mantra: Expect no less of learners who are facing challenges to their …

Learning Through Technology

I had the privilege today, of attending an education conference focusing on technology in education. The refreshing outcomes were the almost united messages from all of the panelists and delegates that pedagogy comes first, technology is only a tool to support this. As a comparison, there are too many articles on LinedIn that claim to …

Learning is an organic, fluid process

Learning should be fluid not compartmentalised into blocks or units that can be ticked off as they are covered.  For learners to meet their potential, they should have the confidence to know: their strengths and weaknesses are acknowledged and catered for; when they face a barrier, they know that a coach will help them find …