tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post113429407048343829..comments2024-03-28T00:28:06.035+13:00Comments on leading and learning: End of year Ministry Report.Bruce Hammondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07031065790535111400noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-1134699824238006532005-12-16T15:23:00.000+13:002005-12-16T15:23:00.000+13:00Who really cares - but they know I am around!Who really cares - but they know I am around!Bruce Hammondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07031065790535111400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-1134597446648727702005-12-15T10:57:00.000+13:002005-12-15T10:57:00.000+13:00The Ministry technocrats must love you Bruce!The Ministry technocrats must love you Bruce!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-1134466960158723922005-12-13T22:42:00.000+13:002005-12-13T22:42:00.000+13:00Thanks Rachel - I sent the Minister a letter today...Thanks Rachel - I sent the Minister a letter today, more or less ( well actually more - you know me!) saying what you have written. I am sure he will be pleased to get it.NotBruce Hammondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07031065790535111400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-1134379554703120422005-12-12T22:25:00.000+13:002005-12-12T22:25:00.000+13:00Thankyou Bruce for touching on many of the things ...Thankyou Bruce for touching on many of the things that we have discussed that make us feel so hamstrung in what we try to do. What are we sending our children to when they leave our Primary schools? (I know as i have also worked in the secondary sector) How can we make High Schools a more fertile ground for our kids or should we just make sure they have got a good grasp of the basics & throw them in the Lions Den! <BR/>Literacy & Numeracy - everybodies doing it - has it been worth the investment in time & effort? The same goes for ICTPD - substantial funding - what have we got to show for it? It is quite an intangible - lots of anecdotes but evidence - where does it match up? How do you quantify the benefits? <BR/>MOE - How do you bite the hand that feeds you? When you need to justify the ED funding or the next instalment of PD funding?? <BR/>I think the Ministry are also driven by accountability (literacy, numeracy, achievement in middle school & Maori - you could put this in the global policyscape & it wouldn't look out of place anywhere around the world) they continue to pass it down the chain to whose at the bottom? Ah Teachers! <BR/>Yes, the Minister has got some thinking to do over the summer - not me though i plan to read as much NZ Fiction as i can :-) Any recommendations?Rachel Whalleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12898148459528535518noreply@blogger.com