Relationships and Partnerships

Today we had Tony from InterLead come in and have a professional learning conversation and discussion with the senior leadership team about relationships and partnerships. He discussed with us what we are doing as leaders to lead our people. 

I have placed this image here that shows a woman weaving. The reason I have chosen this image as it symbolises or represents our roles as leaders, especially in the current times when many of our people we work with whether it is our learners, our families or our own families and our colleagues and us as well are all dealing with the impact of covid from the last two years. 

It has become apparent to me yet again after today's korero with Tony from InterLead that the importance of relationships and partnerships just cannot be underestimated. 

Our job as leaders has become more than just being able to plan together or design learning programmes together for our learners. It has become more multi dimensional. It is now very important to weave people together through creating common pathways and building shared understandings so we can design and aim for positive learning outcomes for all our learners. Hence why the image that shows weaving. 

For me the biggest takeaway from today's korero was to be able to ignite conversations with my learners and my colleagues. 

Next steps for us as class teachers and team leaders now is to go on walkthrough visits to our colleague's classrooms at our own place -our own school and ask questions to ourselves about our own practice. What are we doing? How are we working towards meetings the goals we set ourselves through our inquiry at the beginning of the year? 

My inquiry focus is engagement. How can I best and continually engage my learners and their whanau in learning and school despite the changes caused as a result of the pandemic? 

To conclude this post, As a teacher and team leader I need to persistently reflect on the how and the why around me. How am I engaging my learners and my team members? What steps am I taking to make sure I am creating engaging learning programmes in my class and supporting my team members to do this too.