Monthly Archives: February 2012

Emotional Labour – at the Heart of Teaching

Labor, particularly emotional labor, is the difficult task of digging deep to engage at a personal level.  Emotional labor looks like patience and kindness and respect.  It’s very different from mechanical work, from filling out a form or moving a … Continue reading

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Leader as Host

I recently came across the article, “It’s Time for the Heroes to Go Home“, co-authored by Margaret Wheatley and Deborah Frieze.  Like their work in “Walk Out Walk On”, this piece really resonated with my current thinking on educational leadership. … Continue reading

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Parents as Partners Webcast – Building a Learning Network

Many schools are beginning to use social media to send out information to parents.  Examples include twitter feeds and facebook pages.  These initial forays into social media are a first step.  They provide parents and the community with greater access … Continue reading

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Continue Looking

  Our task as educators is to nurture that curiosity.  If our students continue looking, we have achieved our goal. Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Pin it Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this … Continue reading

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