This
post could also be titled, who would you give up your Sunday sleep in for? Or
invite to dinner?
Well
that's easy. Barack and Michelle, Richie ( of course) Sir Peter Jackson,
Wills and Kate, Dr Lance Sullivan, Dame Ann Salmond, Ellie Catton, Lorde...
But
another question might be who would you give up part of your weekend or holiday
to go and listen to. Who do you think is worth listening to?
Last year I went to the Elmwood bowling club to listen to Martin
Crowe speak about his battle with cancer and his life as a NZ cricket legend.
Yes it was a book launch, but he shared some insights into his life and talked
about playing in cricket matches I had seen or listened to. I really enjoyed
these few glimpses into his life. Another person I heard speak at the
Christchurch Cathedral was Terry Waite. I sat in the aisle and listened to
an extraordinary story of courage, survival and forgiveness. I will never
forget it.
However, attending
educamps, lectures and workshops in the weekend(and holidays), I see this as an
opportunity to connect with other educators, learn, be inspired and
re-energised to teach again on Monday. I have written previous posts on the
value of personal PD, some of it where I have been sitting on my deck in the
sun, learning.
Events such as ULearn, MLE, Festival of Education, MLearn14, CoreEd breakfasts are just some of professional learning opportunities I have attended recently. I see this as an opportunity to connect with other educators, learn, be inspired and re-energised to teach again on Monday. I have written previous posts on the value of personal PD, some of it where I have been sitting on my deck in the sun, learning.
The opportunity to listen to international educators, sharing their views and experience is as the advert states "priceless". Over the last few months I have listened to Professor Stephen Heppell, Dr Julia Aitken, Kevin Honeycutt, Ken Shelton, Professor Steve Wheeler, Christian Long and Professor Michael Fullan. Professor Scott McLeod of the famous Shift Happens video and was a guest lecturer on one of my Masters papers at the University of Canterbury.
Add onto the list Fabulous NZ educators such as Derek Wenmoth, Mark Osborne, Karen Melhuish, Chrissie Butler, Claire Amos and maybe you can see why I am happy to give up a few hours of my weekend to listen to presenters who I see as education heroes. Last weekend, I gave up my Sunday sleep-in, left the packing, drove to Wigram Airforce museum to listen to Professor Michael Fulan and Christian Long. In June, I am lucky enough to be going to a conference where Sir Ken Robinson is speaking.
I can't wait! Oh, and did I mention, I sat next to the current Education Minister on Sunday morning.
Events such as ULearn, MLE, Festival of Education, MLearn14, CoreEd breakfasts are just some of professional learning opportunities I have attended recently. I see this as an opportunity to connect with other educators, learn, be inspired and re-energised to teach again on Monday. I have written previous posts on the value of personal PD, some of it where I have been sitting on my deck in the sun, learning.
The opportunity to listen to international educators, sharing their views and experience is as the advert states "priceless". Over the last few months I have listened to Professor Stephen Heppell, Dr Julia Aitken, Kevin Honeycutt, Ken Shelton, Professor Steve Wheeler, Christian Long and Professor Michael Fullan. Professor Scott McLeod of the famous Shift Happens video and was a guest lecturer on one of my Masters papers at the University of Canterbury.
Add onto the list Fabulous NZ educators such as Derek Wenmoth, Mark Osborne, Karen Melhuish, Chrissie Butler, Claire Amos and maybe you can see why I am happy to give up a few hours of my weekend to listen to presenters who I see as education heroes. Last weekend, I gave up my Sunday sleep-in, left the packing, drove to Wigram Airforce museum to listen to Professor Michael Fulan and Christian Long. In June, I am lucky enough to be going to a conference where Sir Ken Robinson is speaking.
I can't wait! Oh, and did I mention, I sat next to the current Education Minister on Sunday morning.
(Waite was the Assistant
for Anglican Communion Affairs for the then Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie, in
the 1980s. As an envoy for the Church of England, he travelled to Lebanon to try to secure the release of four
hostages, including the journalist John McCarthy. He
was himself kidnapped and held captive from 1987 to 1991)
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