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Our Perspectives are opinion pieces that highlight current and topical educational leadership matters. We write candidly about our views and offer a fresh perspective on today’s educational leadership challenges.

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27 November 2020

Pānui

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25 August 2020

COVID-19 - crisis or opportunity?

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21 April 2020

The Covid Chasm: Challenges of learning online

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10 February 2020

Effective and Efficient Meetings - Oxymoron or Practical Possibility?

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10 October 2019

Maximise Improvement

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21 August 2019

Miranda Makin joins our team

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25 January 2019

Welcome to the New School Year

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25 October 2018

Annual Planning and Goal Setting

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19 September 2018

Kāhui Ako - Traps for beginnings and what can be learnt from them

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8 August 2018

Inquiry - Benefit The Learners And Stop Burdening The Adults By Planning Efficiently For 2019

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30 July 2018

Leading Professional Learning And Development (PLD) With Purpose

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12 July 2018

A Tribute to Viviane Robinson

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29 May 2018

The Overburdened And Malnourished Work-Horses In Our Schools

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22 March 2018

Slow Down To Increase Productivity

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20 February 2018

Inquiry - Much Harm Done In Its Name?

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12 October 2017

Reduce Change To Increase Improvement - Viviane Robinson

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21 September 2017

Managing Change Or Suffering From It?

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24 August 2017

Digital Technologies Curriculum - Leadership Required

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09 June 2017

Leading Professional Learning in a Time of Change

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28 March 2017

Courageous Leadership Needed?

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09 February 2017

Perspectives, Term 1, 2017

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10 August 2016

Planning for Better Results

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01 April 2016

Communities of Learners: What are the Implications for Leadership Development?

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10 February 2016

Another New Year - another opportunity to be a better leader.

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26 August 2015

Common Sense Leadership – Taking Care When Employing Staff

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08 May 2015

Vision without focus is worthless – empty words of aspiration (Bamburg & Andrews, 1991)

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24 February 2015

“The next new thing?’ – do you need it?

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12 November 2014

A dilemma for senior leaders: middle leadership

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04 September 2014

Inquiry – a much abused word

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16 June 2014

Applying relevant knowledge and skills – a core capability required of any leader – except in education?

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15 April 2014

Improvement and how to get it

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28 January 2014

Changes to Principalship Signal Major Changes to the Way New Zealand Schools Operate – Good News or Bad?

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06 November 2013

Strategic and Annual Planning Problems? Help is at hand!