open space – Edventures

Leading Learning #LL14

Kristian Still 26 Apr ’14 27 Apr ’14

Open Spaces – Leading Learning #LL14 happened. That in itself was an achievement. I had never actually met Shaun Allison in person, when I proposed meeting to discuss leading learning and CPD in schools. Before we had agreed a date, …

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Open space – staff consultation

Kristian Still 21 Apr ’12 23 Apr ’12

The post follows on from the earlier investigation and visits to schools looking to address the inefficiencies of this ‘typical’ parent and carer events. You know the ones…. where teachers sit around the outside of a main hall and spill …

I still expect the carpet to be pulled out from under me3 Nov ’24
This post is written for a friend. The point of desperation is often the point of truth. He wrote. How do your move forward, when you still expect the carpet to be pulled out from under you? If you can move at all? Let alone …
No rescuing3 Nov ’24
Do not do for someone, that they can do for themselves. This is a life, teaching, leading, parental sentiment or wisdom that I have long held important. It sits along side the notion of “no rescuing.” This is the focus on this post and thinking. …
Teams – Day 3 (part 2)2 Nov ’24
Prioritising time to write has not made it to the top of the priorities list until today (the end of half-term). That is a failing on my part. With hindsight, I should have planned and scheduled less. I am not comfortable accepting that “writing, thinking …
Yuimaru – ‘a circle of people’26 Oct ’24
It started with reading sports team Coach biographies. John Wooden, Phil Jackson, Mike Krzyzewski (Basketball), Sir Alex Ferguson, Johan Cruyff, Anson Dorrance (Football), Sir Clive Woodward and James Kerr’s Legacy (Rugby) and Dave Brailsford (Cycling) and there were plenty others. It turns out, many of …