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The Process of Change

A Principal's Reflections

The stakes have become higher as changes in a globally connected world are far outpacing those in our schools. The ability to initiate, manage, and sustain change relies on a leader’s ability to think of it as a process as opposed to an event. This takes vision, planning, patience, and perseverance.

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Cultivating Authenticity in Learning

A Principal's Reflections

At our District Open House this Thursday, I plan to Skype the group in from Europe to kick off the event. The theme for the event is appropriately centered around what it is like to be a student in the 21st Century. ? In a society that is now globally connected through easy to use and cost effective web 2.0

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Nurturing Global Citizenship Through ‘British Values’ (Book Release: Developing Quality PSHE in Secondary Schools and Colleges)

Geogramblings

This was clearly evident throughout my time teaching high-school geography and PSHE, and I concur with Chowdhury’s observation that our young people are the most globally connected.* Is there evidence that comedy is ‘dying’? How do we differentiate between comedy and hate speech?