Archives for September 2021

‘He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings, you will find refuge;’ (Psalm 91:4) It seems as if the birds have been trying to tell me something over […]

Like all our Victorian schools, Geelong Lutheran College has learned to ‘do’ school differently throughout the year. Changes to routines, expectations and ways of engagement are resulting in some very […]

One of the common questions that people have, after they watch Most Likely To Succeed, is about what the long-term impact was for those students, have they gone on to […]

Planned deployment of SchoolTV: a resource supporting mental health & Wellbeing in Challenging Times. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH The continuing impact of COVID on students, school leaders and their communities has […]

HundrED Summit 2021 and Helsinki Education Week The HundrED Summit 2021 will again celebrate the most impactful and innovative educational initiatives from around the world. The Summit will be held […]

Get the recognition you deserve for the profession you love ISV is pleased to offer teachers at Victorian Independent schools an opportunity to pursue Highly Accomplished or Lead Teacher (HALT) […]

Action Plans One of the goals we have set ourselves in the office is to develop a RAP before the end of this year (a goal which all schools were […]

Many thanks to those schools who have been completing a small group (one-hour) or a larger workshop to support this important review. A vision for learners and learning  ‘I believe […]

Be transformed Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind (Romans 12:1). Read Romans 12:1–9 God is not really interested […]

In a series of meetings in 1941-42, leading Nazis met and decided the ‘Jewish problem’ needed to be solved. They resolved that every Jew in Europe should be killed, around […]

If you haven’t engaged in one of the sessions that has been developed for your school community as yet then I encourage you to have a look at the resources […]

“It was a Very practical and valuable session.” “Thanks so much for sharing and facilitating – lots to think about!” “Thank you so much for sharing your experience and knowledge,” […]

Some of you would be aware that I am one of two (Derek Bartels is the other) Country Lead ambassadors for HundrED. HundrED is an organisation whose headquarters are based […]

For many months Derek Bartels (LEQ) and I have been working on writing a Contemporary Learning Framework. The reason that we began writing it was because so many school leaders […]

Louka Parry’s keynote at Edutech last week was absolutely my stand-out session. Louka talked about the need to transform education so that we are helping people to find their personal […]