This blog follows closely on the back of my colleague’s recent blog post, as I consider her thoughts and some recent consultancy experience. What are five of the key considerations I can see in leading a learning community down fresh pathways?
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Love the creativity of the NBCS community! In these photos: recycled whiteboard table by Ben Pridmore for the Design Studio; modular stool & table blocks by Chris Woldhuis for the Production Suite; Global Learning Village ‘Racer’ (3-in-1: chair, desk, locker) - concept by Jordan Keller. If we can unleash creativity, passion, empowerment and ownership within a community, there are no limits!
Want to further ignite entrepreneurial and visionary thinking? Join the 2012 SCIL Vision Tour.
SCIL Vision Tours have to be one of the annual highlights to which I most look forward. I love the SCIL Vision Tours because spending in-depth time with like-minded people who are similarly energised by fresh thinking, entrepreneurial mindsets, creativity and spontaneous dialogue, never fails to ignite new professional passion. This year we’ve managed to link up with some outstanding thinkers, as well as journeying to dynamic places and spaces. I love the intersection of minds as a way of sparking fresh vision – and with people from education, business and entrepreneurial backgrounds. This year the focus is once more on some northern European locations, plus the UK. Last year participants described the SCIL Vision Tour as the ‘best professional development’ a leader can undertake.
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I’m often asked what do I believe schools will be like in 2025 … this is my best response. The notion of schooling is evolving. I don’t think they will disappear with the advent of online courses or other methodologies. But I do think they will change quite fundamentally. At the core will be relationship.
We have discovered that English language dictionaries are like gold in northern Rwanda. People from the NBCS community have kindly donated enough money for us to distribute 95 dictionaries. Interestingly, the school leaders are as desperate for them as school students.
The Greenway Centre - new Design Studio at NBCS opened April 2012
The Island - a classroom furniture make-over for Year 1 & 2 at NBCS.
Co-Founder & Chief Learning Officer
Learnlife, Barcelona and Worldwide
Founder & Director
Sydney Centre for Innovation in Learning (SCIL)
Principal
Northern Beaches Christian School
