Principals' sabbatical reports recently added
28 January 2010
Principals' sabbatical reports added to Educational Leaders in December 2009 and January 2010 look at:
- ways in which school leaders are engaging with their communities to implement the new curriculum. (Peter Callanan, St Anne's School, Woolston)
- the place of 'nurture groups' in primary schools as a means of supporting at-risk students in the school environment. (Jane Culhane, Waimataitai School)
- how thinking skills and inquiry learning are implemented in schools that cater for the 'middle years'. (Nigel Davis, Wesley Intermediate)
- the processes schools have to transition students from primary school to year 7 in year 7 to 13 composite schools. (Ken Dawson, Ellesmere College)
- the value of investing school funds in electronic equipment, namely interactive white boards. (Brent Godfery, Pembroke School, Oamaru)
- schools that have moved out of an ICT contract and how successful they are. (Warren Hawke, Governor's Bay School)
- addressing the under-achievement of boys in literacy in a primary school context. (Richard Inder, Gate Pa School)
- developments in neuroscience and brain research that should be informing education practice. (Simon Lamb, Takapuna Grammar School)
- planning and managing in schools: templates and frameworks for delegations and/or specific initiatives. (Lindsay Robertson, Geraldine Primary School)
- what 21st century learning is. What conditions are required for models of 21st century learning to be successfully implemented in our three schools. (David Reardon, Russell Street School)
- how secondary schools set up by the Sisters of Mercy in the United States operate, and Mercy Schools in Samoa. (Alexandra Pasley, St Mary's College)
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