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Education: Back to Basics Imbizo 2011, 29-30 November 2011.
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Finding your OWN rhythm
Gillian ArendseiThemba LABS, Cape Town
Belmont Square, RondeboschBack to Basics Imbizo 2011
29 November
The stage …
It's incredibly easy to get caught up in an activity trap, in the business of life, to work harder and harder at climbing the ladder of success only to discover it's leaning against
the wrong wall.Stephen R. Covey
Dolphin test
Story …
1ST YEAR EXPERIENCE•He who knows not that he
knows not, is a FOOL•He who knows not that he
knows, is ASLEEP•He who knows that he knows
not, is a STUDENT•He who knows that he knows, is
a WISE MAN
CYCLE OF LIFE•Unconscious incompetence•Conscious incompetence•Conscious competence•Unconscious competence
Power of the STUDENT
• 1999: 1,318,932 start school• 2010: 643,546 sat for exam
• 18 schools where no pupils passed examSowetan
NBT
Yogi Berra
SAAMEE
Meaningful?
AutonomousComplex
Link between effort and reward
BUT, I’M ONLY A …
One thing you are very proud of?One thing you regret?
One thing you would still like to do?
One thing you want to be remembered for?
REFLECTION
Discouragement
ChangeProblems
FearFailure
LIFE OF LIMITS
FEAR
FAILURE
CHANGE
The illiterate of the future will not be the person who cannot read. It will be the person who does not know
how to learn. Alvin Toffler
Cannot CanIncompetence DiscouragementExperience ChangeFacts ProblemsPersonal growth Failure
Fear
Attitude
THE LEADER WHO HAD NO TITLE
“Each one of us is born into genius. Sadly most of us
die amid mediocrity.“
Robin Sharma
LWT - PHILOSOPHY
4 principles
Becoming the CEO of your role
“If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare
wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say: Here lived a great street sweeper
who did his job well.”
Dr Martin Luther King Jr.
DON’T NEED A TITLE TO LEAD
IMAGEInnovation
MasteryAuthenticity
GutsEthics
The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by
going beyond them into the impossible.
Arthur C. Clarke
Making a contribution
TURBULENT TIMES BUILD GREAT LEADERS
SPARKSpeak with candour
PrioritizeAdversity breeds opportunity
Respond versus reactKudos for everyone
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to
continually be afraid you will make one.
Elbert Hubbard
Olny srmat poelpe can raed tihs. I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rgh it pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! if you can raed tihs psas it on !!
THE DEEPER YOUR RELATIONSHIPS THE STRONGER YOUR LEADERSHIP
HUMANHelpfulness
UnderstandingMingleAmuse
Nurture
Barriers
TO BE A GREAT LEADER, FIRST BECOME A GREAT PERSON
SHINESee clearly
Health versus wealthInspiration matters
Neglect not your familyElevate your lifestyle
“Inside each and every one of us is one true
authentic swing. Somethin’ we was born with. Somethin’ that’s ours and ours alone.”
WHAT DO YOU MAKE?
Well, I make kids work harder than they ever thought they could.
I make a C+ feel like the Medal of Honour winner.
I make kids sit through 40 minutes of class time when their parents CAN’T make them sit for 5 without an IPod, Game Cube or movie rental.
I make kids wonder; I make them question.
I make them apologise and mean it. I make them have respect and take responsibility for their actions.
I teach them to write. Keyboarding isn’t everything. I make them read, read, read.
I make them show all their work in Math. They use their God given brain, not the man-made calculator.
I make my classroom a place where all students feel safe.
Finally, I make them understand that if they use the gifts they were given, work hard and follow their hearts they can succeed in life.
Then, when people judge me by what I make, with me knowing money isn’t everything, I can hold my head up high and pay no attention because they are ignorant.
Do you still want to know what I make?I make a DIFFERENCE!
“Attitude isn’t everything, but it is one thing that can make a difference in
your life. If you think you can do something, that’s confidence. If you
can do it, that’s competence. Both are needed for success”
Taken from “The difference maker”by John C Maxwell