Meetings and more meetings July 29, 2008
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I had another important VC meeting today. This time with the principals of Cantatech. A very good turn out as well, which is reassuring. I felt like a talking head, but we had so much to get through in just an hour.
Principals were supportive of the many new initiatives on the agenda. A few seem concerned with the speed we were going when I mentioned the possiblity of a cross cluster Moodle site. The reality is we would still be moving teachers along slowly in terms of PD. For them there would be little difference initially – just a different front page. It’s the possibilties that it throws up for the future that are so exciting.
Another exciting opportunity in the pipeline is a presentation on the new curriculum from Rachel Bolstad. Video conference equipment enables us to get this to a much wider audience, although room size would probably limit it to HODs and senior management. Hopefully some schools from other clusters could get on too.
The key thing I have realised with this job, and I conveyed to the principals, is that it is not about me. It is about building sustainability and capacity in each school. I have also realised that each school must be approached very differently – some are ready and some are not. It’s a matter of working with each school in a way that works for them.
Must remember to take photos of these events so I can post them. I have gotten out of that habit.
Who am I? February 4, 2008
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Well…after using blogs with my students for a wee while I have finally decided to take the plunge and create my own educational blog. This one is about my role as elearning leader for the Cantatech elearning Cluster in Canterbury, New Zealand. The Ministry of Education has funded the creation of these positions across the country and it is an exciting opportunity for our cluster.
The purpose of this blog will be to detail the progress of the cluster over 2008 and 2009. For me this is a far more reflective and effective way for me to report on how things are going. It would certainly take it over writing Milestone Reports any day…did my fair share of those last year.
Anyway – when I find time over the next few days I will detail the journey so far. It’s going to be an interesting one…
