The Principal Diaries: My Lens on Powerful Learning
If there is one thing I am pretty adamant about, it is that the Principal's primary role is to be the 'leader of learning'. To that end one of my real focus areas in my first term as Principal is to observe as much learning as I can in action. As many of you will know, at Albany Senior High School (ASHS) we have three strands to our curriculum - Tutorials, Specialist Subjects and Impact Projects. You can read explanations of each part of the curriculum here: Tutorials: http://ashs.school.nz/curriculum/tutorials Specialist Subjects: http://ashs.school.nz/curriculum/specialist-subjects Impact Projects: http://ashs.school.nz/curriculum/impact-projects I came into the school knowing that I loved the curriculum design and the way that the time allocations clearly signalled the value of each element. What I did not know was how well each element (in their current form) was meeting the needs of each and every learner. And as in every school there is often a bit of a di...