We are on the home straight to the end of the year.

As a school principal, I used the emotion tree with students to help them understand how they were feeling; how their learning was going and to uncover their aspirations.

Moving online for dialogue in 2021

As principal of a semi-rural primary school, I notice an abundance of opportunity the Pandemic has given us in considering educational needs and priorities as a sector moving forward.

During our leadership forums we collected members’ responses through the ‘chat’ function. Here are some of their thoughts.

We’d love to see you at next term’s FREE leadership forums.

The courage we need as leaders is the courage to be yourself and to be prepared to look inside one’s self, to acknowledge what one brings to leadership and to consider what matters for one’s self.

In the face of crisis, no matter how apparently insurmountable, we must act.

Leaders have been working their butts off and neglecting their own well-being.

When you ask school leaders to write three or four sentences about what is happening at their place and for them at this time, you see the passion, care and core capability of New Zealand leaders. A huge thank you to those who sent in some of their thoughts.