Week 2
This week was a tricky week for me, it's hard being the only Kaiarahi in a team. I would love someone to bounce my ideas off. In saying that it has been great working with Jess, and Bernice was awesome when we joined our groups together.
I would like to join groups with Lex and Iri at some point as well, to give us a go at working with some other people.
We had some good discussion in Puna Ako time this week, and were happily talking about our fears. I am trying to get us talking about them so that we become more open with one another. I think this is going to be a very important thing to have as a team as we move into the new year.
I have been reading a leadership through coaching book that Karyn gave me and it is very interesting. It's given me a lot of insight into the background of coaching, and why it's good, but I can't wait to get into how to do it. We had a coaching system running at the last school I was at but I'm not sure it was as effective a it could have been as it was not reciprocal. It was someone being coached by someone "higher up" in the chain of command.
We had some really interesting discussion around students at Haeata, and whether or not they will form relationships with the new teachers who are starting. The comments from my team today when we weren't grouped with the year 4-7's was interesting as well, they didn't like the discussion much yesterday either. I think we will all develop quality relationships with students and it may take a wee while to foster, as it will in any low decile community where students have been constantly hurt by relationships they have fostered in the past. It is an emotional time for all staff members who have come out of the local schools, and I think we as leaders need to be aware of that as well. We can't shut people down too hard, but we do need to keep the tone positive, and keep it welcoming to people who are arriving from out of Christchurch and the area.
I have got a good grip on what we need to do in puna ako time now I think, getting used to working with values, principles, dispositions and essential agreements before we can even think about learning design. It will be good to do some more work with the team next week and welcome in Juanita as well.
I would like to join groups with Lex and Iri at some point as well, to give us a go at working with some other people.
We had some good discussion in Puna Ako time this week, and were happily talking about our fears. I am trying to get us talking about them so that we become more open with one another. I think this is going to be a very important thing to have as a team as we move into the new year.
I have been reading a leadership through coaching book that Karyn gave me and it is very interesting. It's given me a lot of insight into the background of coaching, and why it's good, but I can't wait to get into how to do it. We had a coaching system running at the last school I was at but I'm not sure it was as effective a it could have been as it was not reciprocal. It was someone being coached by someone "higher up" in the chain of command.
We had some really interesting discussion around students at Haeata, and whether or not they will form relationships with the new teachers who are starting. The comments from my team today when we weren't grouped with the year 4-7's was interesting as well, they didn't like the discussion much yesterday either. I think we will all develop quality relationships with students and it may take a wee while to foster, as it will in any low decile community where students have been constantly hurt by relationships they have fostered in the past. It is an emotional time for all staff members who have come out of the local schools, and I think we as leaders need to be aware of that as well. We can't shut people down too hard, but we do need to keep the tone positive, and keep it welcoming to people who are arriving from out of Christchurch and the area.
I have got a good grip on what we need to do in puna ako time now I think, getting used to working with values, principles, dispositions and essential agreements before we can even think about learning design. It will be good to do some more work with the team next week and welcome in Juanita as well.
Looking forward to investigating a coaching approach to 'Growing Kaiako'
ReplyDeleteDid you manage to find an opportunity (ies) to connect with Ihutai, also?
Am pleased to see your engagement with the Principles, Dispositions etc - the stronger those links are made in every conversation, the richer our learning will be for our kids
We are working with Ihutai today. It was great to do some planning with them yesterday, Iri and Lex have some great ideas.
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