tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post4428482312844620763..comments2024-03-28T00:28:06.035+13:00Comments on leading and learning: Bruce Hammonds .Reflecting on what it has been all about.Bruce Hammondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07031065790535111400noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-2766708236439573942010-06-19T12:48:00.003+12:002010-06-19T12:48:00.003+12:00Thanks Regan - look foward to meeting up next momt...Thanks Regan - look foward to meeting up next momth.Bruce Hammondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07031065790535111400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-54430816778777929142010-06-18T20:58:05.212+12:002010-06-18T20:58:05.212+12:00Bruce, your work in Taranaki was (is) outstanding ...Bruce, your work in Taranaki was (is) outstanding and you assisted with putting Taranaki on the map for leading the learning. I remember my early career attending courses at the NP Advisory Centre with yourself and others, and the work you assisted with at Vogeltown. <br />I look forward to hearing you present in the coming weeks at the H.P.A in Levin.Regan Orrhttp://regano.edublogs.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-41191190982515168942010-06-17T08:19:20.518+12:002010-06-17T08:19:20.518+12:00Thanks Mike
As I mentioned, in one of my replies,...Thanks Mike<br /><br />As I mentioned, in one of my replies, the blog was originally written as my last contribution to the Principals' Magazine. It was , I guess, over reflective!<br /><br />You are right about the use of modern technology to share ideas - my little map on my blog indicates who reads it worldwide and last week I used skype and camera to present ideas on project based learning to lecture room full of students in Dakota in the US! Amazing<br /><br />I do appreciate you taking the time to comment. And there is life in the old dog yet.Older and wilder!Bruce Hammondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07031065790535111400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-7229331476206021432010-06-16T22:14:04.092+12:002010-06-16T22:14:04.092+12:00I would argue your most influential time is now. T...I would argue your most influential time is now. Thanks to the internet i.e. your blog your are reaching and influencing more than ever. <br /><br />Example - when trying to make a point in front of an audience of 160 teachers at a PD gathering this week I said "we should take a sort of Bruce Hammond's approach to this, if any of you read his blog and know what I mean".. and the whole room lit up with recogniton.<br /><br />Great legacy.Mike Andersonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-3316820549866004042010-06-15T16:30:58.423+12:002010-06-15T16:30:58.423+12:00Kia ora Alan.
I apprecite your comment.Sounds lik...Kia ora Alan.<br /><br />I apprecite your comment.Sounds like I was begging for re assurance! As Mark Twain once said he , 'Could live for a month on one compliment ' so I am OK for a while yet.<br /><br />Creative schools depend on creative principals but unfortunately this is not always the case - read Lester Flockton's article in the last Principals' Magazine.<br /><br />As Mac ( first comment ) said , 'There be sharks out there!' All working for the Ministry or ERO. Not much of an environment to encourage creative risk taking as we head back to the standardized days of the Victorian 'three Rs'!Bruce Hammondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07031065790535111400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-21376438862842495982010-06-15T11:11:07.305+12:002010-06-15T11:11:07.305+12:00Bruce, while your input at Hokowhitu doesn't f...Bruce, while your input at Hokowhitu doesn't fit into your preference of a week a term over a year or more, I can assure you that your work with us has been invaluable and your spirit underpins everything we do. We need the wise heads like you and Kelvin, to keep us from being distracted by the @### standards and to keep us focussed on providing real educational opportunities for our kids.Allan Alachnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-67173861971163918272010-06-15T08:58:05.659+12:002010-06-15T08:58:05.659+12:00Thanks Tom and Mac
Guess my blog was a bit down -...Thanks Tom and Mac<br /><br />Guess my blog was a bit down - actually it was my last Principlas Magazine article ( just thought I would re-use it) and I was feeling reflective at the time.<br /><br />I like the 'play the game but not lose the soul' idea Tom but it is hard to do. And some principals are busy selling out!<br /><br />And I agree there are those still fighting the fight but in opposition the government is employing literacy and numeracy shock troops ( 'sharks') to assault schools - paid mercenaries who have long sold their souls - along with the biggest sellout of all - Mary Chamberlain. Amazing what power, position, lots of money -and survival will do!<br /><br />National Standards will eat up time and energy,create confusion, distract from more important things and get schools bogged down with moderation - a new set of shock troops/sharks will be needed to sort out reluctant schools. All this is nothing to do with education - developing the gifts and talents of all students.<br /><br />Teachers will be like some one trying to get on to a boat while it pulls away from the shore - one foot on the solid ground of the NZC and the other pulling back to the past with the back to basics standards.Bruce Hammondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07031065790535111400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-85656244407938921852010-06-14T19:43:39.637+12:002010-06-14T19:43:39.637+12:00When I first started teaching in 1984 Bruce, you w...When I first started teaching in 1984 Bruce, you were an advisor and I remember a course at the old nurses home in Stratford which I was privileged to attend.<br /><br />I have always held the creative teacher ideas in my head and have developed them in various schools over the years.<br /><br />I also remember pictures we did around 1987 of an Art advisor!One of the kids captured you in all your glory holding a bunch of flowers.<br /><br />More recently Bruce you have given my school a solid foundation when you came to assist us in a post review cycle. The teaching and learning system we developed is still cutting edge and is proving to be a rock solid basis while the standards debate is aired.<br /><br />So to you Bruce - many thanks. Don't be despondent about the standards. There are plenty of teachers out there who are creative and believe in teaching children.<br /><br />We'll play the game but not sell our souls!Tomhttp://www.tomsheehan.co.nznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-59061997797425212732010-06-14T19:38:57.782+12:002010-06-14T19:38:57.782+12:00We need you to stay on the edge my old friend. The...We need you to stay on the edge my old friend. Them be sharks and all sorts of other nasties out there if you leave the side.<br />They have many names and you know them all. Beeby would have done for the lot of them and as he isn't here we need you to keep pushing the creative message.<br />I remember the good things you did way back when not the least of which was being a Nature Study adviser!!! Not Science note.Mac Stevensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09285257070911299880noreply@blogger.com