Significance (lessons from ISASA visitorship to USA)

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This is the presentation which came out of my visit to Los Angeles and Palm Springs in March 2014 (an award from the Independent Schools Association of Southern Africa). I attended the ASCD and CUE Conferences as well as visiting Crossroads Elementary and Westland School.

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SIGNIFICANCE

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Report on US visitorship - Arthur Preston (@artpreston)

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• Elementary School

• Middle School

• Upper School

www.ascd.org

ASCD Conference15-17 April 2014

http://ac14.ascd.org

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Daniel PinkEducators are persuaders -

"A big part of what you do is try to move people."

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Daniel PinkBuild your persuasive techniques

through these qualities

Attunement

Buoyancy

Clarity

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Daniel PinkSix evidence-based strategies for

moving others to your cause

1. Recalibrate feelings of power

"We need others more than they need us."

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Daniel PinkSix evidence-based strategies for

moving others to your cause

2. Be an ambivert

"The best persuaders are a little bit extrovert and a little bit

introvert."

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Daniel PinkSix evidence-based strategies for

moving others to your cause

3. Practice interrogative self-talk

"Let Bob the Builder be your leadership role model."

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Daniel PinkSix evidence-based strategies for

moving others to your cause

4. Apply motivational interviewing

"Self-reflection transfers ownership of the task to the

person doing it, not the motivator."

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Daniel PinkSix evidence-based strategies for

moving others to your cause

5. Look for off-ramps

"Don't try to change people's minds; just make it easier for

them to act."

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Daniel PinkSix evidence-based strategies for

moving others to your cause

6. Why

"Explaining why is the cheapest performance enhancer you have."

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Daniel Pink"We on the outside look at the why of what you're doing with admiration,

awe and gratitude."

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Sir Ken Robinson

Reclaiming the elemental purpose of education

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Sir Ken RobinsonFour major purposes

for education

1. Economic2. Cultural3. Social4. Personal

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Sir Ken RobinsonSchool culture should focus on community,

individuality and possibility

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Sir Ken RobinsonCurriculum must bedeep, diverse and

dynamic

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Sir Ken Robinson

Pedagogy should inspireand engage the imagination and creativity of students

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Sir Ken RobinsonAssessment should motivate students to

achieve at high standards

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Sir Ken Robinson

"We've spent too much effort in education on containing, when

instead, we can—and great teachers do—create the conditions for

creativity to flourish, and each student to blossom."

Dr Russell Quaglia

www.qisa.org

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Dr Russell Quaglia

From Dreaming To Doing

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Dr Russell QuagliaGreat schools foster

self-worth by:

Creating a sense of belonging

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Dr Russell QuagliaGreat schools foster

self-worth by:

Having heroes

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Dr Russell QuagliaGreat schools foster

self-worth by:

Feeling a senseof accomplishment

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Dr Russell QuagliaEngagement exists inschools that prioritize:

Fun & excitementin learning

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Dr Russell QuagliaEngagement exists inschools that prioritize:

A spirit ofadventure

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Dr Russell QuagliaEngagement exists inschools that prioritize:

Students' naturalcuriosity and

creativity

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Dr Russell QuagliaSchools engender a

sense of purpose whenpupils have:

Real opportunitiesto demonstrateleadership andresponsibility

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Dr Russell QuagliaSchools engender a

sense of purpose whenpupils have:

The confidence toset goals andtake steps toreach them

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Dr Russell Quaglia" I challenge you to

reflect on why you get up every day, to never

stop learning from students and spend

more time with kids on where they’re going and less on where

they’re coming from.”

www.cue.org

blog.mrmeyer.com@ddmeyer

Perplexityhttp://bit.ly/cue14meyer

www.khanacademy.com

“Imagine if we built homes the way we progress children through the school system - and progress was made despite the gaps in construction.”

http://bit.ly/cue14questionsforkhan

http://www.readingrainbow.com

http://bit.ly/cue14burton

“We have made war, not literacy, our priority. We can do better than that.”

Understand the role of the teacher/school in a modern learning environment

Search for meaning/relationship

Accept that we don’t have all the answers

Realise that we are good at what we do

Stick to the basics and do them well

Apply best practice from others to our own environment

“What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived.

It is what difference we have made to the lives of others which will

determine the significance of the life we lead.”

- Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

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