This year I had again choose one word to focus on... 'Fierce' the word that gave me the possibility of doing things deliberately this year.
Highlights (accomplishments, best memories)
Game changers (unexpected events that shifted my priorities)
Highlights (accomplishments, best memories)
- Completing my Post Grad Study in Applied Practice (Digital and Collaborative Learning). I did not find this to always be easy, especially while full-time teaching, but what a positive journey this experience was overall.
- Sharing my skills and knowledge with colleagues in the district as part of my role as Learning Facilitator at Ngā Pūmanawa e Waru (NPeW). Two post to demonstrate: Supporting Junior school teachers as Learning Facilitator and Supporting change as Learning Facilitator.
- I have been kinder to myself and therefore was able to finally work towards achieving a work-life balance
- I have been fierce in re-connecting with myself, knowing who I am and what I am capable of. Therefore, I voiced my perceptions 'bravely' on numerous occasions when necessary and appropriate
- Trying to understand that not everyone is ready for change and that I see things differently than my colleagues
- As a leader, to trust and allow a positive space for people to grow and develop their skills, to focus on strengths not weaknesses
- Partake in as many twitter chats as I would have like to and connecting with my Twitter PLN on a regular basis
Reflection
At times it was [still] easy to forget that reaction is human... no matter how good the intentions. I will need to keep this in mind, as 2017 will surely bring [many] challenges of its own. I will be in a position of leading / supporting change in many purposeful ways. Most importantly, I will be a learner myself.
~ “The first rule of learning is that people learn what they need to learn, not what someone else thinks they should learn” - Peter M Senge: The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organisation ~
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