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Parents: A Field Guide For School Leaders

“Other people, with their differences, can also be right.”  International Baccalaureate Mission Statement I’ve done a fair bit of school leadership training over the years. None of it led with a chapter on understanding your parents. Which is peculiar if you think about it. We spend considerable time learning to lead learning, staff, budgets, navigate […]

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How to See a Child

Passing through the Primary School library this afternoon, I saw two children leaning over a table, staring intently at an open book between them. Curious, I went to go and see what was capturing their attention. Child 1: Can you see it? Child 2: No. Child 1: Bring it closer to you. Can you see […]