Mentoring+and+Motivation

= Mentoring and Motivation =

This was a workshop presented by [|Perry Rush] from [|Island Bay School] at an [|NZEI Wellington District Council] "Staff Wellbeing" Seminar.

Just some rough notes until i can get some urls from perry ...

He quoted Judith Aitkin?

//Chn are compelled to be at school - it is therefore our responsibility to make sure they take something wonderful and worthwhile out of their 10+ years invested in the school system//

Educational research from Graham Nuttal and ? EDwards (reminded me a bit of some of the things that David Warlick talked about) - we do what we do because that's how we were taught / we do what we do because we learned from educators who did it that way because they learned it from educators who did it that way ...

Modelling from the top - example of sharing his own appraisal with the staff - using [|an anonymous survey forum] to get feedback; then sharing the results with the staff; sharing his goals concerning the areas he needed to improve in with them - and lastly sharing with them what he has done to meet those goals

the reggio emilia approach to learning []

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Oxford Dictionary definition of teachers : **dispensers of facts and knowledge**

//I note that [|dictionary.com] says ** a person who teaches or instructs, esp. as a profession; instructor.**

and my Collins dictionary say **A person whose occupation is teaching**//

Teachers, however, are not merely dispensers of fact and knowledge!

We need to:


 * pose provocative questions


 * show the teacher as a learner

There is powerful teaching done through asking questions //(instead of telling facts)// and even more powerful teaching done by being quiet and letting the children figure things out.


 * Think outside the box**


 * Dream the dream you are passionate about**


 * Our kids deserve the absolute best**


 * Maximum passion - maximum energy**