As we ease back into something resembling normal schooling (while still being ready to act if infection rates make a jump), at St Columba, we are looking at what we have learned about teaching and learning from our experiences.
If you have been a long term viewer of education you will have noticed that some educational practices find their way into schools and establish themselves for decades. Others seem to come and go in a shorter time period.
Then there are those that come because circumstances force us to move away from the comfortable, traditional modes and into a new realm that combines difficulty and possibility.
The Chinese word for “crisis” (simplified Chinese: 危机; traditional Chinese: 危機; pinyin: wēijī, wéijī) is frequently invoked in Western motivational speaking as being composed of two Chinese characters signifying “danger” and “opportunity” respectively.
This third category comes when circumstances force us to quickly and even radically adapt our teaching. This can cause great stress on teachers and involves hundreds of hours of extra work but can also:
The rapid transition from face-to-face learning to a wholly online model was stressful and hard work and it would be wasteful not to use our experience to learn from the experience. We are going to determine what aspects of our online learning we can adapt to our longer term teaching and learning to decide how some of these strategies could enhance our professional delivery.
Therefore, the Heads of School and Educational Directors will be undertaking a process where we examine what we have developed in this crisis that:
We will do this, not only because it will be fertile ground for our educational improvement, but because it is part of our determination to keep improving so that our School and its educational model remains relevant, engaging and sustainable in this ever-changing world.
“Those who learn and adapt faster have a competitive advantage.
Organizations with a structured change management process and an organizational change
management competency have the ability to learn and adapt faster with greater results”.
McKinsey & Company.
As we return to school after what I hope was a relaxing and refreshing break…
On Tuesday, an enthusiastic gaggle of performers from Years 7 to 11 gathered to present…
Embark on a captivating journey down the Yellow Brick Road with this timeless tale beloved…
As we approach the end of another term, I wanted to take a moment to…
Student exchange organisation, World Education Program (WEP) is excited to be welcoming exchange students to…
As the Head of Secondary School, one of the highlights of my role is welcoming…