#OnlyLearning

  School Leadership is more than timetabling and discipline. School leaders can set the climate for learning and teaching. Where done well, increasing personalisation and choice for learners ( learningpathways ) and teachers ( autonomy ) allows for both staff and students to see meaning in their efforts. A meaningful life will be built of Purpose, Belonging and Personal Growth, according to  Voluntās '  Meaningful Quotient . But it is good Leadership that provides the climate in which these grow. With the Curriculum Improvement Cycle in full swing, I truly hope that we collectively build an education system that proves meaningful for all involved. Empowered decision making which brings about meaningful change - leading to better learning, secure jobs, happier communities, and everyone involved thriving. Imagine if the metrics by which we judge the success of the system included the sense of belonging every child and every member of staff feels in school, and h...

Leaders, Teachers, let me ask you some questions... When d id you last admit that you had made  a mistake? When d id you last own a failure and discuss it with the people most affected? When  did you allow someone to show you that you had got it wrong, then stop and change direction? hashtag changedirection ? There is a popular tale that the great Renaissance master, Michelangelo, scribbled the phrase Ancora imparo alongside a sketch he was working on, deep into his 80s.  This creative genius - sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer - supposedly recognised that, despite his many achievements, he was "still learning". At the other end of that lifelong process, my little one reminded me one day that she couldn't possibly be held accountable for the mess she was making, because "I'm still learning, Daddy". It was humbling to be reminded that she had yet to learn the very lesson that was causing me become frustrated. Even more so that she helped me...