Inspiring Classrooms

Saying exact words – for this stage of the conference you’re looking sensational

What is a “Keynote”?

SOngline – series of songs and chants from Aboriginal culture? What is our global songline in education?.. Pathway to be inspiring in classrooms.

“Exercise your Goosebumps” in terms of inspiring our classrooms

What will I implement from this conference?

What 3 main comcepts/processes/ideas are you most likely to take further?

Will they measurably enhance your students’ learning?

Will they support your present great practises?

Can you pay respect to your Self while implementing them?

How to I put it into practise?

What could you do?

what will you do?

How and when will you do this?

HOw will you maintain??

Other follow up options

De-brief by next Wednesday – go back to my blogs and write a reflection of the conference and what I have got from it.

Build the conference material into your professional dialogue

Find a life coach – find someone who can challenge me to be the best I can be!!!

How can I stay inspired throughout this ongoing learning

Systems and schools; Classrooms; YOU

What is inspriation/: Enthusiasm, passion, purpose, spirit

Systems and Schools

Practise ‘abandonment’ – drop things that aren’t working

Understand that you ARE the system – one teacher can change to whole school for the positive or negative – we all count

Develop sustainable practises -

Create Green Light environments – red light vs green light thinking – I can do environments

Classroom

Promote intellectual rigour

Encourage IBL

Be EXPLICIT – tick off the learning for the lesson with the kids

Help students to create solutions

Personally, locally and globally

Students Against Landmines, Schoolaid, global ideas bank

Own Inspiration

Second life, Third life, Fourth life

Who do you know who is truly inspiring?

Why is that person so inspiring?

What’s your score for ATTITUDE?

Maintain high energy levels

It’s not hard work

Fuel body so works as good as possible

Focus on the positive and meditative practises

Having depth, substance in life – give everything to life

Is it possible to be inspiring most (all) of the time?

Put a pen between your teeth and move your lips away from the pen so that they aren’t touching.

Young monk approaches the wise old monk…why do we have bto be celibate?,,,,two days later….It says celebrate……

Tell people the good things in life and education.

Be a mexican sky dancer…..

“Be the change you wish to see in the world”…Ghandi