On the second day of our Hui at Kuaotunu we were involved in a role play activity in which we were given a character/role to play and our role was to be in the shoes of the board member on the board of trustees at the Kuaotunu Area School. The role of the board chair was played by our programme lead Dorothy and Jenny played the role of the principal.
Each of us had a role to play in the mock board meeting. A series of challenges were put forward and shared by the board chair and the principal with all the members of the board and group of parents who were invited to the board meeting to participate in the meeting.
This activity really helped me in realising that it is very important to firstly identify the challenge but then most importantly to unpack it and discuss it with group of people who can help with either resolving the problem or coming up with ideas that will support in managing the challenge and do something about it.
One thing that I particularly found difficult was starting a question with the word why. We were asked by our programme lead team to try and begin our questions with why. It is easy to begin asking questions about a challenge or a problem by saying what, how and who but when we start putting why at the beginning of the question it is a process I was not very familiar with.
This role play activity showed me how I need to use the word why as a question starter when thinking of the challenge I have identified in my journey of MIT this year.
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