Fantastic to be kicking off our first #otakaro Within School Hui this afternoon! #theoryforimprovement and #mahitahi on the agenda!

Kia ora Alistair and thank you for the welcome to #shirleyprimary! We're underway for Hui 1 for #otakaro

#teacherwellbeing has been a fantastic part of 2018 for me. now i'm planning to bring it into my teaching programme and these thoughts on being present seem a good start: buff.ly/2BtHV9J via Leo Babauta

Have you ever considered that the #marginalisedcommunities in a city are generally on the east? buff.ly/2MGh6DC there's geographic and historic reasons, but its by design and we have the ability to design for change via Stephen DeBerry

Proud!!!

Loving #WORDChch. Performing with FIKA poetry last night. Then a day of workshops today with Michelle Elvy Catherine Chidgey and @HeraLindsayBird. I'm full of inspirations to last a long time...

“More important than intelligence is the ability to capitalise on intelligence..Our poorest students end up segregated in smaller schools w fewer resources, bearing the burden of concentrated disadvantage - more students who are cold & hungry & stressed.” We need systemic change.

My amazing wife. See you soon family!

My wife is awesome

Claire Amos: An open letter to New Zealand students - you are bigger than any exam! A reminder about what exams do measure and more importantly what they don't. #NCEA #exams #edchatnz teachingandelearning.blogspot.com/2018/11/an-ope…

Proud of former student Feleti Pesefea for chasing his dreams and being just awesome!

Heading in to relieve for one of the primary schools in our #kāhuiako and feeling a bit nervous! It's like the first day of a new job! Will I be able to hack it?

Thrilled to have a piece in this issue of Cordite Publishing Inc. titled "The Dent". Loving reading the other pieces in the issue, what great quality writing.

You said "what punishment of gods are not gifts. Do you really believe that?" Anderson Cooper, choking back tears, asks Stephen Colbert, as they discuss grief. "Yes," replies the comedian. "It's a gift to exist and with existence comes suffering. There's no escaping that."

Shay Wright has kicked #ulearn19 off with thought provoking ideas about citizenship @ULearnNZ #globalcitizenship

If you let young people have their voice within these big issues then you go someway to addressing wellbeing #ulearn19

This is so powerful #ulearn19

Te Aroha Grace. The iwi algorithm - what is my spiritual identity scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1903… #ulearn19 #panelist #digitaltheft

Check out our Kāhui Ako's podcast - Ōtākaro Kōrero. This week's episode looking at how to be the best teacher of English for Māori and Pasifika students with Tiria Tiria podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/%C5… open.spotify.com/show/30o52oSvL… #education