What does the shift between professional development and professional learning mean? Professional development feels like something done to us verses what we study and learn. Does it work to send people off to PD and then expect them to share back and change everybody? Really I should be on a professional journey that improves my…… Continue reading Unleashed: Professional Learning instead of Professional Development

Last week we had our Student Led Conferences (SLCs).  As Student Support Services (SSS), non-classroom teachers, we don’t have one place that we see students and one set of students.  As a literacy specialist, I don’t even have one or two grade levels that I focus on. That means a couple of things.  I don’t…… Continue reading How are they showing learning?

I’m a little overwhelmed.  As I said yesterday, I am happy to see that our school shares a plethora of struggles with Mt. Scopus.  I am now at the stage where I am collecting ideas and looking for fixes together with my counterpart, Joc.  She shared a number of documents.  We are both planning meetings for…… Continue reading Mind Spinning

This week I have the privilege to attend a conference in Melbourne at the Mt Scopus College upper primary campus.  The first two days has included inspiration talks about “Unleashing Learning” and workshops about pedagogy and chats with other professionals.  Today I am at the campus with the students and teachers.  I’ve floated around.  I’ve been…… Continue reading Schools are Schools