tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post116251006594129930..comments2024-03-28T00:28:06.035+13:00Comments on leading and learning: Time for creative leadershipBruce Hammondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07031065790535111400noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-1162722919376823142006-11-05T23:35:00.000+13:002006-11-05T23:35:00.000+13:00I fear, for most teachers and principals, you are ...I fear, for most teachers and principals, you are right - they just want to do what is expected of them and get on with their life. For advances, in any area, we depend on those not frightened to let go; who enjoy the risk of challenging current 'wisdom'; who make tracks rather than follow them.Bruce Hammondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07031065790535111400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-1162712497074697082006-11-05T20:41:00.000+13:002006-11-05T20:41:00.000+13:00‘Don’t let go of something until you have a firm g...‘Don’t let go of something until you have a firm grip of something else.’<BR/><BR/>A problem with this is that so much is 'being held onto with such firm grips' that those at the chalkface who would be creative given the space and encouragement have not the bravery, or energy, to be so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-1162611407514560862006-11-04T16:36:00.000+13:002006-11-04T16:36:00.000+13:00Coudn't agree more.Having visited schools that hav...Coudn't agree more.Having visited schools that have received excellent reports I sometimes wonder if we come from the same planet.Mind you, reviewers carry the same faulty thinking as those they assess, coming from, as they do,the same limited gene pool - a case of the blind informing the blind.Bruce Hammondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07031065790535111400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-1162589781782200692006-11-04T10:36:00.000+13:002006-11-04T10:36:00.000+13:00All ERO is is a glorified warrent of fitness (WOF)...All ERO is is a glorified warrent of fitness (WOF) - as long as you comply you pass. It does not make the school a creative school. Possibly quite the opposite as schools clamber to show that they are achieving their 'targets', none of which would ever refer to creativity!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-1162587131780410662006-11-04T09:52:00.000+13:002006-11-04T09:52:00.000+13:00Creative leadership requires going beyond seeking ...Creative leadership requires going beyond seeking official acceptance through the usual channels such as ERO reports. How many principals think they have some how made it when ERO gives them the big tick? The reality is always significantly different to the official view and the more essential concerns of real learning for the sake of learners can easily be overlooked.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-1162549565917186872006-11-03T23:26:00.000+13:002006-11-03T23:26:00.000+13:00We forever fall over ourselves to follow ideas tha...We forever fall over ourselves to follow ideas that eventually fail in the countries they are pinched from, ignoring the creative talent we have in our own country in the process. Who are these people who work for the Ministry? Time for a clean out I think!<BR/><BR/>Like for example 'key competencies, a highly un-original idea ( but useful), that is being turned into a nightmare with attempts to assess it that they are currently trialing.<BR/><BR/>The key to our country is developing talented people - is that too hard for them to understand? Considering talent is not a word I would use for the Ministry employees it is!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-1162539526803746872006-11-03T20:38:00.000+13:002006-11-03T20:38:00.000+13:00The Ministry and principals are locked into a lead...The Ministry and principals are locked into a leadership model that is well past its 'use by date' - but no one seems to know.<BR/><BR/>'Creative' - that's one word I wouldn't associate with the Ministry or principals! Nor intellectual courage or integrity - it is a case of the blind leading the blind!<BR/><BR/>Principals seem to accept anything the Ministry throw at them ( like 'key competencies') - Primary principals that is; secondary ones just ignore them!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com